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  • Two articles of interest: Inside Higher Ed https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/31/new-mla-handbook-wants-make-citing-sources-variety-media-much-easier LA Review of Books https://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/the-future-of-academic-…
    in MLA 8th edition Comment by ProfGurak April 7, 2016
  • I'll be interested to hear what you think. The new guidelines give writers a lot of leeway about, for example, including a URL or not in the citation (that is just one example). There is this new concept of a "container" and then "nested containers.…
    in MLA 8th edition Comment by ProfGurak April 6, 2016
  • OK, thank you. Their new guidelines allow for a lot of user discretion and move away from specific examples for every type of entry or media type. On the one hand, this approach is helpful in terms of trying to keep up with media types yet to be inv…
    in MLA 8th edition Comment by ProfGurak April 6, 2016