The format of citation has been discussed here.

2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MLA 7TH
AND 8TH EDITION
PREPARED BY
VAIDEHI HARIYANI
(RESEARCH SCHOLAR)
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, MKBU
17TH SEPTEMBER 2018
PHD COURSEWORK EXAM

3. • “APPRECIATION IS A WONDERFUL THING; IT MAKES WHAT IS EXCELLENT
IN OTHERS BELONG TO US AS WELL.” (AROUET )

4. • “IT IS LIKE STANDING ON
THE SHOULDERS OF THE
GIANTS (PREVIOUS
SCHOLARS). IT IS NOT ONLY
TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE, BUT IT IS TO
VISUALIZE BEYOND THEIR
VISIONS.” (BARAD)

6. • THE ORGANIZATION NAMED MLA;
MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
GIVES US PROPER FORMAT OF CITING
ANY WORK. THE RESEARCHERS IN THE
ARTS FIELD USE MLA STYLE CITATION.
EVERY FIELD HAS ITS OWN STYLE TO
CITE THE SOURCES.

7. • MLA STYLE IS ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN TODAY’S
RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT. ONE OF THE
ADVANTAGE TO USE THIS STYLE IS ITS
SIMPLICITY. YOU ENTER BRIEF REFERENCE OF
THE SOURCE USED WHILE WRITING THE
ARGUMENT AND AT THE END OF YOUR PAPER
YOU WILL GET AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE
WORKS YOU CITE. (NICHOLLS)

8. THERE ARE MANY EDITIONS OF MLA HANDBOOK;
FROM 1977, 1984, 1988, 1999, 2003, 2009 AND 2016.

9. 7TH EDITION
• DIFFERENT CITATION
FORMAT FOR EVERY
DIFFERENT SOURCE.
8TH EDITION
• ONE STANDARD CITATION
FORMAT FOR EVERY
DIFFERENT SOURCE.
Print,
Social Media,
E-Source,
Journal,
Web Source etc.
Any Source = Same
Format

10. EXAMPLE
• 7TH EDITION
• FRANKE, DAMON. MODERNIST HERESIES: BRITISH LITERARY
HISTORY, 1883-1924. COLUMBUS:OHIO STATE UP, 2008.
PRINT.
• TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN (JTIMBERLAKE). “USA! USA!!.” 16 JUNE
2014, 8:05 PM. TWEET
• 8TH EDITION
• FRANKE, DAMON. MODERNIST HERESIES: BRITISH LITERARY
HISTORY, 1883-1924. OHIO STATE UP, 2008.

11. 7TH EDITION
• DID NOT INCLUDE “CONTAINERS”
8TH EDITION
• INCLUSION OF “CONTAINERS”
For example, if a television episode is
watched on Amazon Prime, Amazon
Prime is the container. Both the title of
the source and its container are included
in a citation.
Poe, Edgar Allan. "The
Black Cat". Literature:
Reading Fiction,
Poetry, and Drama,
edited by Robert
DiYanni, 6th ed.,
McGraw Hill, 2007, pp.
137-43.
Poe, Edgar Allan.
"The Black Cat". 6th
ed., McGraw Hill,
2007. Print

12. 7TH EDITION
• AUTHORS’ NAME SHOULD BE
SPECIFIC.
8TH EDITION
• IT IS NOW SUITABLE TO USE ONLINE
HANDLES OR SCREEN NAMES IN PLACE OF
AUTHORS’ NAMES.
Timberlake, Justin
“USA! USA!!.” 16 June
2014, 8:05 PM. Tweet
@jtimberlake. “USA! USA!.”
Twitter, 16 June. 2014, 8:05
p.m.,
twitter.com/WSJ/status/718
53288783075328

13. 7TH EDITION
• NO INDICATION OF ABBREVIATIONS
VOL. AND NO. TO MAGAZINE AND
JOURNAL ARTICLE CITATIONS.
8TH EDITION
• INCLUDES ABBREVIATIONS VOL. AND
NO. TO MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL
ARTICLE CITATIONS.
DelGuidice, Margaux.
“When a Leadership
Opportunity Knocks,
Answer!” Library Media
Connection 30.2 (2011):
48-49. Print
DelGuidice, Margaux.
“When a Leadership
Opportunity Knocks,
Answer!” Library Media
Connection, vol. 30, no. 2,
2011, pp. 48-49.

14. 7TH EDITION
• URLS WERE NOT COMPULSORY.
8TH EDITION
• INCLUSION OF URLS.
"Ukulele Weeps by Jake
Shimabukuro." YouTube.
22 Apr. 2006. Web. 9 Sept.
2010.
"Ukulele Weeps by Jake
Shimabukuro." YouTube,
uploaded by cromulantman,
22 Apr. 2006,
www.youtube.com/watch?v
=puSkP3uym5k.

15. City of
Publication
is included
7TH EDITION
Omission of
city of
publication
8TH EDITION

16. HOW TO CITE EMAIL
• LAST, FIRST M. “RE: TITLE OF MESSAGE FROM SUBJECT LINE (IF ANY).” MESSAGE
TO [RECIPIENT NAME]. DATE. MEDIUM OF DELIVERY.
Example:-
Cloyd, Allison M. “Re: The Best Books
I Have Ever Read.” Message to Emily
Gover. 23 July 2014. E-mail.

17. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT IS A MLA STYLE
CITATION????

18. MLA(MODERN LANGUAGE
ASSOCIATION )
• LAST NAME, FIRST NAME M.
BOOK. CITY: PUBLISHER, YEAR
PUBLISHED. SOURCE.
APA(AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION)
• LAST, F. M. (YEAR PUBLISHED)
BOOK. CITY, STATE: PUBLISHER.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter
and the socerer's stone.
London: Bloomsburg
Children's. 2001. Print.
Rowling, J.K. (2001). Harry
Potter and the socerer's stone.
London: Bloomsburg
Children's.

19. SO WHAT?????
• IT TAKES A MINUTE TO TELL SOMEONE
THEY ARE APPRECIATED. THIS ONE
MINUTE CAN BE A LIFETIME MEMORY
FOR SOMEONE. AND CITATION IS THE
ACADEMIC WAY TO SAY THANK YOU.
Thanking someone
is a simple thing
but it takes a lot of
courage in saying
it.

20. WORKS CITED
• AROUET , FRANÇOIS-MARIE. HAPPY TO INSPIRE. CECILLE , 11 APRIL 2012. WEB. 28 JULY 2018.
• BARAD, DILIP. PRESENTATIONS ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY, LITERATURE REVIEW AND PLAGIARISM. 1 DECEMBER 2013. WEB. 2017 JULY 2018
• NICHOLLS, DAVID G. "PLAGIARISM AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY." FEAL, ROSEMARY G. MLA
HANDBOOK SEVENTH EDITION. NEW DELHI: AFFILIATED EAST-WEST PRESS PRIVATE LIMITED, NEW
DELHI, 2009. 52. PRINT.
• THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. MLA HANDBOOK SEVENTH EDITION. NEW
DELHI: AFFILIATED EAST-WEST PRESS PRIVATE LIMITED, NEW DELHI, 2009. PRINT.

21. THANK YOU