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050	0	0	_aLB2369 _b.G53 1984
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100	1		_aGibaldi, Joseph _d1942- _910994
245	1	0	_aMLA handbook for writers of research papers / _cby Joseph Gibaldi and Walter S. Achtert.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York : _bModern Language Association of America, _cc1984.
300			_avii, 221 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aRev. ed. of: MLA handbook for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations. 1st ed. 1977.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_a Foreword / Phyllis Franklin -- Research and Writing -- The Research Paper as a Form of Exploration -- The Research Paper as a Form of Writing -- Selecting a Topic -- Conducting Research -- The Modern Academic Library -- The Central Information System -- Reference Works -- The Online Catalog of Library Holdings -- Other Library Resources and Services -- Internet Sources -- Compiling a Working Bibliography -- Evaluating Sources -- Authorship and Authority -- Accuracy and Verifiability -- Currency -- Taking Notes -- Plagiarism -- Outlining -- Working Outline -- Thesis Statement -- Final Outline -- Writing Drafts -- Language and Style -- Guides to Writing -- The Mechanics of Writing -- Spelling -- Consistency -- Word Division -- Plurals -- Foreign Words -- Punctuation -- The Purpose of Punctuation -- Commas -- Semicolons -- Colons -- Dashes and Parentheses -- Hyphens -- Apostrophes -- Quotation Marks -- Square Brackets -- Slashes -- Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points -- Italics (Underlining) -- Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters -- Foreign Words in an English Text -- Emphasis -- Names of Persons -- First and Subsequent Uses of Names -- Titles of Persons -- Names of Authors and Fictional Characters -- Numbers -- Arabic Numerals -- Use of Words or Numerals -- Commas in Numbers -- Percentages and Amounts of Money -- Dates and Times of the Day -- Inclusive Numbers -- Roman Numerals -- Titles of Works in the Research Paper -- Capitalization and Punctuation -- Underlined Titles.
520			_a This book describes a set of conventions governing the written presentation of research. The recommendations on the mechanics and format of the research paper reflect the practices recommended by the MLA and reqired by college teachers throughout the United States and Canada. Questions of writing style--choice of words, sentence structure, tone, and so on-- are covered in other guides, such as those listed in section 1.9 and are not considered here.
526			_aEnglish
590			_aAbdul Gani
650		0	_aReport writing _xHandbooks, manuals, etc. _97223
650		0	_aResearch _xHandbooks, manuals, etc. _910995
700	1		_aAchtert, Walter S. _910996
710	2		_aModern Language Association of America. _910997
710	2		_aModern Language Association of America. _tMLA handbook for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations. _910998
740	0		_aM.L.A. handbook for writers of research papers.
856			_3WorldCat details _uhttp://www.worldcat.org/title/mla-handbook-for-writers-of-research-papers/oclc/10799188&referer=brief_results
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