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What’s New on MLA Handbook Plus

Updates to MLA Handbook Plus are listed below.

2024

dozens of new citation examples, including how to cite source code, playlists, translated song lyrics, webinars, slide decks, and more
new sample student papers featuring formatting and documentation in MLA style, including papers by high school students

A ten-part, step-by-step course on quoting and paraphrasing, with quizzes to reinforce learning
A course on using the MLA practice template to create works-cited-list entries, with a final quiz
A course on in-text citations, with periodic quizzes to test your knowledge

More than one hundred brand-new entries added to “Citation Examples” (appendix 2), many for works in languages other than English
Five new annotated papers added to “Sample Papers in MLA Style” (appendix 4)
The designation “foreign language” replaced with “language other than English” and, in relevant contexts, “non-English language”
New and expanded guidance on the following topics:
- formatting headings (1.5), tables and illustrations (1.7), lists (1.10), glossaries (1.17), and appendixes (1.18–1.26) in research papers
- capitalizing acronyms (2.65)
- capitalizing abbreviations in titles (2.90)
- translating titles (2.98, 2.125, 5.30)
- styling ordinal numbers and numbers that designate ages (2.127)
- styling months in the Publication Date element (5.77)
- formatting quotations of song lyrics (6.37, 6.38)
- avoiding citations in headings (6.43)
- using notes to provide original publication information (7.1)
- using more than one note in a sentence (7.4)

Added! More than one hundred brand-new entries to “Citation Examples” (formerly titled “Appendix 2: Works-Cited-List Entries by Publication Format”)
“Citation Examples” categories revised to optimize search and improve findability
New! A guide to English grammar
New! Six annotated sample papers in MLA style
New and expanded guidance in the following sections:
- On capitalizing titles (2.90)
- On styling tweets in prose (2.109)
- On styling untitled works in prose (2.123)
- On citing databases (5.35)
- On citing video games (5.54, 5.112)
- On when to include a copyright date as a publication date (5.68)
- On ordering works with identical titles in the list of works cited (5.130)
- On the use of authors’ full names in prose and in citations (6.4)
- On citing works with identical titles (6.15)
- On how to cite an unnumbered page in a paginated work (6.16)
- On using an ellipsis in a short quotation of poetry (6.61)
- On the use of square brackets to adjust the syntax in a quotation (6.67)
- On bilingual quotations, with many new examples (6.75)