MLA Style Manual

The MLA Style Manual, titled the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing in its
second (1998) and third edition (2008), is an academic style guide by the Modern Language
Association of America (MLA) first published in 1985

MLA documentation style is used in scholarship throughout the humanities, especially in English
studies, modern languages and literatures, comparative literature, literary criticism, media
studies, cultural studies, and related disciplines.

The MLA Style Manual is one of two books on MLA documentation style published by the
MLA. While the MLA Handbook is aimed at secondary and post-secondary students and their
teachers, the intended audience of the Manual primarily consists of graduate students, academic
scholars, professors, professional writers, and editors.[1]

Both the MLA Handbook and the MLA StyleManual were preceded by a slim booklet titled the
MLA Style Sheet, first published in 1951 and revised in 1970. The Style Sheet was allowed to go
out of print after the commercial success of the Handbook, creating the need for the Manual as a
companion to the Handbook.[2]

The MLA Style Manual went out of print in 2016.[3] As of April 2017, the organization claims to
be "developing additional publications to address the professional needs of scholars."[4]

See also

 Comparison of reference management software

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLA_Style_Manual