MLA 2009 Update Amanda Makula Library What has changed? Works Cited entries Paper formatting (margins, headings, etc.) and in-text citations remain the.

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MLA 2009 Update Amanda Makula Library

What has changed? Works Cited entries Paper formatting (margins, headings, etc.) and in-text citations remain the same

Specify publication medium OLD: Blige, Mary J. “Be without You.” The Breakthrough. Geffen, NEW: Blige, Mary J. “Be without You.” The Breakthrough. Geffen, CD.

Publication medium, continued Most of the time, Print or Web is the publication medium. Print = anything you used in print form Web = anything in digital / electronic / online format. This includes a website, online book, article from an online database, blog, article from online newspaper or magazine, etc.

Italicize, don’t underline OLD: Garcia, Cristina. The Aguero Sisters. New York: Ballantine, NEW: Garcia, Cristina. The Aguero Sisters. New York: Ballantine, Print.

URLs not required OLD: Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin Luther Jan NEW: Peterson, Susan Lynn. The Life of Martin Luther. Susan Lynn Peterson, Web. 24 Jan

New abbreviations Web sources now need a publisher/sponsor, date of publication, and page numbers. N.p. = no publisher/sponsor given n.d. = no publication date given n. pag. = no page numbers given

Abbreviations, continued Belau, Linda. “Trauma and the Material Signifier.” Postmodern Culture 11.2 (2001): n. pag. Web. 20 Feb Shiva, Vandana. “Bioethics: A Third World Issue.” NativeWeb. NativeWeb, n.d. Web. 22 Feb

Include volume & issue number OLD: Ryan, Katy. “Revolutionary Suicide in Toni Morrison’s Fiction.” African American Review 34 (2000): NEW: Ryan, Katy. “Revolutionary Suicide in Toni Morrison’s Fiction.” African American Review 34.3 (2000): Print.

For more information: The OWL at Purdue has a nice section on the MLA 2009 update: Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference, Sixth Edition, 2009 MLA update (red sticker on front) Contact me: