Overview
Briefer, more affordable, and easier to use than the MLA's own handbook, this popular booklet features current MLA guidelines, a new section on evaluating online sources, and an up-to-date APA appendix. The guide also provides numerous examples, a sample research paper, and helpful hints on such topics as avoiding plagiarism and taking notes.
Full Product Details
Author: Joseph Trimmer (Ball State University)
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
Edition: International Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 18.90cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.086kg
ISBN: 9781111837075
ISBN 10: 1111837074
Pages: 48
Publication Date: 01 January 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By: 9781337555999
Format: Pamphlet
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
CONTENTS 1. IMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND COMPOSING. Evaluating Sources. Compiling Source Information. Taking Notes. Quoting Sources. Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources. Avoiding Plagiarism 2. DOCUMENTING SOURCES. 3. PREPARING THE LIST OF WORKS CITED. Sample Entries: Books in Print. Sample Entries: Articles in Print Periodicals. Sample Entries: Miscellaneous Print and Nonprint Sources. Sample Entries: Web Publications. 4. USING NOTES. 5. ANNOTATED STUDENT RESEARCH PAPER. 6. ABBREVIATIONS FOR MLA DOCUMENTATION. APPENDIX ON APA STYLE.
Trimmer's Guide is an informative, concise, and usable reference which aids students in understanding MLA conventions and appropriately documenting their sources. The text covers key concepts and provides examples of each.
Author Information
"Joseph F. Trimmer is Professor of English Emeritus and Director Emeritus of The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University. He is the author of numerous articles on literature, culture, and literacy, including THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION: THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS (1978), UNDERSTANDING OTHERS: CULTURAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE (1992), and NARRATION AS KNOWLEDGE: TALES OF THE TEACHING LIFE (1997). Professor Trimmer has also worked on 20 documentary films for PBS, including the six-part series, Middletown"" (1982). His textbooks include WRITING WITH A PURPOSE, 14th Edition (2004), THE RIVER READER, 12th Edition (formerly the RIVERSIDE READER (2016), and eFICTIONS (2002). Trimmer's A GUIDE TO MLA DOCUMENTATION, 9th Edition is a perennial bestseller; he has also published A GUIDE TO APA DOCUMENTATION."""
