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MLA 8th Edition Resources

MLA Style Center: Quick Guide
The MLA Style Center provides a quick guide to creating citations in the new 8th edition of the style.
MLA Style Center: Formatting your Paper
The MLA Style Center provides this overview of how to format your research paper in the new 8th edition.
MLA Style Center: Practice Template
Use this template to help you build your citations for your paper.
OWL Purdue- MLA 8th Edition
This site from Purdue University provides a thorough guide to the 8th edition of MLA Handbook.

MLA Cheat Sheet
This handout will provide an overview of MLA Style 8th edition and is good as a starting point for learning about the style.

MLA 8th Edition: EasyBib guide
This guide is broken down into multiple sections to help provide greater details on how to use the current edition.

MLA Style 8th Edition: Module 1- Style Basics
Covers the basics of the MLA 8th edition, including its overall scope, how to format your research paper, and how to format the layout of a Works Cited page.
MLA Style 8th Edition: Module 2- In-Text Citation
Covers how to cite sources within your text following MLA Style 8th edition guidelines.
MLA Style 8th Edition: Module 3- Works Cited Basics
Reviews formatting issues that are common across multiple elements of an MLA citation, including how to deal with names, dates, capitalization, and more. Also provides an introduction to the MLA Practice Template.
MLA Style 8th Edition: Module 4- Citing Books, Articles, and More
Provides specific examples on how to format a Works Cited page citation using the MLA Practice Template and the formatting rules learned in Module 3.