Pathfinders  Tags: pathfinder  

U/CL Pathfinders are basic guides written to give the user step-by-step starting points for using various resources of the University/College Library; these resources include LINCC, ready reference materials, and networked electronic indexes.

In Summer 2008, the Modern Language Association released its third edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, which publicly unveiled modifications to MLA Style for the upcoming year.

These changes go into effect April 2009 with the release of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition). General paper formatting (margins, headings, etc.) and in-text citations will remain the same, but all Works Cited style entries will be different from the 6th edition guidelines.

The Purdue OWL will begin listing these changes in all our MLA resources in April 2009. Until then, here are some of the more noteworthy changes to look forward to:

• No More Underlining! Underlining is no more.
• No More URLs!
• Continuous Pagination? Who Cares?
• Publication Medium.
• New Abbreviations.

MLA 2009 Sample Entries