近半个世纪以来,由MLA(美国现代语言协会)**的学术著作原稿和学生研究论文的格式已经为学术刊物、学校、大学各系科和广大教师普遍采用。因此,《MLA科研论文写作规范》和《MLA格式指南及学术出版准则》便成了广大人文学科的教师、本科生、研究生和其他专业论文作者信赖的权威工具书。
《MLA科研论文写作规范》[第五版]内容要览:
·选择论文题目,使用图书馆、因特网,撰写有效的文献目录、提 纲,撰写草稿,杜绝剽窃;
·拼写、标点、人名、引用著作的名称及引文;
·科研论文格式;
·运用MLA格式规范在论文后列出资料出处;
·在论文中引用原始资料;
·恰当的缩写形式;
·各学科参考书目建议;
·其他文本写作格式规范概要;
·科研论文样张。

Foreword by Phyllis Franklin
CHAPTER 1:Research and Writing
1.1 The Research Paper as a Form of Exploration
1.2 The Research Paper as a From of Writing
1.3 Selection a Topic
1.4 Conducting Research
1.5 Compiling a Working Biblography
1.6 Evaluating Sources
1.7 Taking Notes
1.8 Plagiarism
1.9 Outlinling
1.10 Writing Drafts
1.11 Language and Style
1.12 Guides to Writing
CHAPTER 2:The Mechanics of Writing
2.1 Spelling
2.2 Punctuation
2.3 Italics(Underlining)
2.4 Names of Persons
2.5 Numbers
2.6 Tiltels of Works in the Research Paper
2.7 Quotations
2.8 Capitalization and Personal Names in Languages
CHAPTER 3:The Format of the Research Paper
CHAPTER 4:Documentation:Preparing the List of Works Cited
CHAPTER 5:Documentation:Citing Sources in the Text
CHPATER 6:Abbreviations
Appendix A:Selected Reference Works by Field
Appendix B:Other Systems of Documentation
Sample Pages of a Research Paper in MLA Style
Index