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What’s New on MLA Handbook Plus

Updates to MLA Handbook Plus as of September 2023 are listed below.

Video Courses

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

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)