- ISBN13: 9781603290241
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Widely adopted by universities, colleges, and secondary schools, the MLA Handbook gives step-by-step advice on every aspect of writing research papers, from selecting a topic to submitting the completed paper. For over half a century, the MLA Handbook is the guide millions of writers have relied on.
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers 7th Edition
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#1 by musicfan on January 26, 2010 - 4:27 am
There are some things in life that I just do not understand at all. Being this detailed in citing a reference is one of them. People, let’s all think about this logically for a moment. Someone is writing a term paper for high school or college. This person obviously does a lot of research, spends time editing his grammar and the way the paper flows, and making sure all of his points are accurate and effective. He has spent mich time putting his notes together and typing his research into a fully comprehensible paper. After all of this, he wastes a lot of time looking up how to “correctly” cite a source.
What I don’t understand is why you can’t just do something like write down the author’s name and the title so that if anyone wanted to go back to the original source, they can. This would work a lot better than wondering what gets underlined, what gets quotes, where all of the puntuation marks go, and every single minute detail this book worries so much about. Certainly this would not be considered plagiarism in a society that thinks logically because you are giving credit where credit is due, and anyone can go back and check what publishing company and city and year your book is from if need be.
It is a sad day for mankind when we get extremely picky over how we’re going to cite sources. An author and the title would be plenty. This book is busy work in its worst form. It spends time that is needleslly wasted.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by hairy pothead on January 26, 2010 - 5:57 am
If you know what the words eat, drink or sleep are or have an I.Q above 2 you are way beyond this books level. My parrot speaks better English than this book. In two words this book is “horrible.” If I were stranded on an island and all I had was this book I’d commit suicide. In the words of the author,”S-U-C-C-E-S-S! That’s the way you spell failure.”(pg. 17645 verse 483.98) If I were to grade this book, I would give it 6 thumbs down.
Rating: 1 / 5
#3 by D. S. Heersink on January 26, 2010 - 7:29 am
Not many scholarly or academic journals, much less reputable publishers, recommend the use of the MLA, and for good reason. It’s not very thorough, and many of its recommendations are against the prevailing views. Annual MLA meetings are often the bane of serious writers and academia, and is frequently the material for murmors and shouts. The book seems attractive, because it’s short. If a briefer version of the “Chicago Manual of Style,” *the* authority on style, is desired, then Kate Durabian’s book based on “Chicago” is the reccommended version. For the very economical, which is not suitable for serious papers, there is always “Elements of Style,” a perennial favorite of style. But don’t waste time and money on MLA, where you’ll learn to do things wrong, and be told bad form is okay.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by misterb1020 on January 26, 2010 - 10:07 am
This book is for people who write papers. In fact, you can’t write a paper without it. The MLA format is easy to use because you don’t have to do it right unless your teacher is hard.
This book should be bigger. I wanted to write a paper about MLA style, but I didn’t know how to cite the handbook. They need a chapter about how to cite research guides. Also, they need a chapter on how to cite from video games because I wrote a paper on “Final Fantasy VII” and the scene where you have to fight Sephiroth and take back the world from his minions, but when I tried to include the something from the game, the MLA book didn’t tell me how to do it. Also, if doesn’t tell you how to cite from wrestling interviews or candy wrappers.
If they ever revise this book, they should make it longer and include more ways to cite. I gave this 3 stars because it’s ok.
Rating: 3 / 5
#5 by Gael M. Tovar on January 26, 2010 - 11:28 am
Lots of help, very useful, but when i got it, the silver cover was a bit dirty, and the stain would not come of, other than that, excellent handbook.
Rating: 4 / 5