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Changes to MLA in 2016 :

Learn about the changes in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook and how to document various types of sources using the new core elements and containers. Includes information on optional elements and online locations.

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Changes to MLA in 2016 :

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  1. Changes to MLA in 2016: (Illustration from the MLA, https://www.mla.org/MLA-Style) An Overview to Aid the Transition to the Eighth Edition of the MLA Handbook By Debbie Burdick, Writing Center Coordinator, Alamance Community College

  2. Change is good . . .change is good . . . • The previous edition of the MLA Handbookprescribed patterns for documenting different types of sources. The eighth edition is “a system for documenting sources that begins with a few principles rather than a long list of rules” (MLA 3). • There is more than one way to document a source, and the choice depends on what the writer’s readers need to know.

  3. The nine core elements for documenting any source Core elements Sample Puig, Manuel. Kiss of the Spider Woman. Translated by Thomas Colchie, Vintage Books, 1991. • Author. • Title of source. • Title of container, • Other contributors, • Version, • Number, • Publisher, • Publication Date, • Location.

  4. Puig, Manuel. Kiss of the Spider Woman. Translated by Thomas Colchie, Vintage Books, 1991. (MLA Handbook 25)

  5. Using the nine core elements to document a journal article Core elements Sample Tilman, David. “Food and Health.” Dædalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 144, no. 4, Fall 2015, pp. 5—7. • Author. • Title of source. • Title of container, • Other contributors, • Version, • Number, • Publisher, • Publication Date, • Location.

  6. Tilman, David. “Food and Health.” Dædalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 144, no. 4, Fall 2015, pp. 5—7.

  7. Most of the words on the list are familiar, but “container” is new in MLA and denotes the larger whole where the source appears, whatever that may be. Apoem may have a book as its container; an article may be contained in a magazine, journal, newspaper, or website, just to name a few (30); a song may be contained on a CD or a website. Various containers https://www.alamancecc.edu/

  8. A single source may have more than one container. An article appearing in a journal may be available through a database such as JSTOR. Whenever a source is nested inside more than one container, the second container is listed after all information on the first container is provided (MLA 31). Coles, Kimberly. “The Matter of Belief in John Donne’s Holy Sonnets.” RenaissanceQuarterly, vol. 68, no. 3, Fall 2015, pp. 899-931. JSTOR. Doi: 10.1086/683855.

  9. A source with more than one container • Author. • Title of source. • Title of first container, • Other contributors, • Version, • Number, • Publisher, • Publication Date, • Location. • Title of second container, • Location • Coles, Kimberly. • “The Matter of Belief in John Donne’s Holy Sonnets.” • Renaissance Quarterly, • vol. 68, • no. 3, • Fall 2015, • pp. 899-931. • JSTOR. • Doi: 10.1086/683855.

  10. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Associate Executive Director of the Modern Language Association likens these containers to Russian nesting dolls.

  11. Here are some other highlights of 8th edition MLA documentation In keeping with the overall goal of providing information that is practical and readily understood, the information is less coded. For example, instead of writers simply listing the volume and page numbers for a journal article entry, the labels vol. and no. are included, as in this example: Tilman, David. “Food and Health.” Dædalus, Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, vol. 144, no. 4, Fall 2015, pp. 5—7.

  12. Including information about online locations • The new MLAsays to include the DOI, permalink, or URL, whenever one exists, as the last section of a works cited entry. • What is a DOI? A digital object identifier is a unique number attached to an online object. It is useful for finding articles that appear in various locations. See www.doi.org. • The 8thed. advises omitting http:// or https:// from the URL (110). The hyperlink will still work without them. Coles, Kimberly. “The Matter of Belief in John Donne’s Holy Sonnets.” RenaissanceQuarterly, vol. 68, no. 3, Fall 2015, pp. 899-931. JSTOR, doi: 10.1086/683855. Leonard, Andrew. “The Surveillance State High School.” Salon, 27 Nov. 2012, www.salon.com/2012/11/27/thesurveillancestate_high_school/.

  13. Optional Elements The eighth edition also allows “optional elements” in the works cited entry at the writer’s discretion (50). Some of these were standard elements in the previous MLA. Original publication date, city of publication, number of volumes in a work, and date of access are now all optional elements that should be included if they provide information important to their specific use. For example, original publication date is important if it provides historical context for a source (50). Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. 1818. Project Gutenberg, December 10, 2012 [EBook #41445], www.gutenberg.org/files/41445/41445-h/41445-h.htm.

  14. We are not • Your North Carolina MLA Experts • Who is? The Modern Language Association • https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Nonseries/MLA-Handbook-Eighth-Edition • https://style.mla.org/teaching-resources/ • https://style.mla.org/files/2016/04/practice-template.pdf Costs $12

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