A Guide to MLA Documentation: With an Appendix on Apa Style

Trimmer, Joseph F.

ISBN 10: 0618967893 / ISBN 13: 9780618967896

Published by Cengage Learning, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Guide to MLA Documentation: With an Appendix on Apa Style
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0618967893
• ISBN 13: 9780618967896
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: very good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.