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SPAN 490: Senior Departmental Studies (HC) Fall 2020

Citation Styles

MLA Handbook
ISBN: 9781603292627
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
The Modern Language Association takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Previous editions provided separate instructions for each format. In this new edition, the MLA recommends instead one universal set of guidelines, which writers can apply to any type of source.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Guide to MLA

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The MLA's Handbook is a standard source for advice on formatting and documenting research in literature studies; it contains useful information on all matters pertaining to writing papers.

The Chicago Manual of Style
ISBN: 022628705X
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
The Chicago Manual is a comprehensive style manual used throughout the U.S. publishing world, perhaps more comprehensive than most college students need, but containing much useful advice on matters of punctuation, capitalization, and word choice as well as on the documentation of sources.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Guide to Chicago Style