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Table of Contents:
Pt. 1. Principles of MLA style
Pt. 2. Details of MLA style :
1. The mechanics of scholarly prose :
1.1 Names of persons
1.2 Titles of sources
1.3 Quotations
1.4 Numbers
1.5 Dates and times
1.6 Abbreviations
2. Works cited :
2.1 Names of authors
2.2. Titles
2.3 Versions
2.4 Publisher
2.5 Locational elements
2.6 Punctuation in the works-cited list
2.7 Formatting and ordering the works-cited list
3. In-text citations :
3.1 Author
3.2 Title
3.3 Numbers in in-text citations
3.4 Indirect sources
3.5 Repeated use of sources
3.6 Punctuation in the in-text citation
4. Citations in forms other than print.