關於MLA寫作格式
半個多世紀以來，MLA（美國現代語言協會）所倡導的學術著作原稿和學術論文的格式被各種學術期刊、出版社和學校等廣泛接受。美國和加拿大在人文學科研究中普遍使用MLA格式，MLA格式在全世界得到普遍認可。MLA出版了兩本關於寫作格式的書，一本是MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers（《MLA科研論文寫作規範》，供高中生和大學本科生使用），另-本是MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing（《MLA格式指南及學術出版準則》，供研究生、學者和專業作家使用）。
這兩本書就MLA格式做了最準確、全面的介紹。
《MLA格式指南及學術出版準則》（第三版）對原來的第二版做了重要修訂：
1．簡化了網絡來源的文獻記錄；
2．更新了版權、合同等法律注意事項部分；
3．更新了論文電子稿的呈交方式；
4．附錄中不再有原第二版中對其他格式體繫的介紹，取而代之的是對其他學科慣用的參考文獻格式的介紹；
5．更新了序，增加了前言，對全書做了介紹。關於MLA（美國現代語言協會）
MLA（美國現代語言協會）成立於1883年，該組織有3萬多名教師和學者。其宗旨是促進語言和文學的研究。MLA的出版物除上述兩本書外，還有著名的學術期刊PMLA、MLA International Bibliography以及繫列書籍Approaches to Teaching World Literature和MLA Texts and Translations.

《MLA格式指南及學術出版準則（第3版）》包括以下內容：
1.學術論著的出版流程；
2.學術出版的法律問題及其處理方法；
3.學術論著寫作的技術性細節；
4.學術論著原稿的格式要求、論文的寫作步驟和格式要求；
5.編制參考文獻目錄的格式、正文中使用參考文獻的方法；
6.縮略語的用法和格式；
7.索引部分方便讀者查閱；
8.兩個附錄分別介紹了人文學科外其他學科參考文獻慣用的格式以及《MLA格式指南及學術出版準則（第3版）》中3.4到3.5這一部分一些例子的出處，供讀者參考使用。

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Foreword Domna C. Stanton
Preface David G. Nicholls
1 SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Scholars and Scholarly Publishing
Refereed and Nonrefereed Publications
Deciding to Submit a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Journal
Scholarly Journals· Types of Scholarly Arficles·Selecting a Journal· Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal·Evaluation of a Manuscript· Acceptance of a Manuscript
Placing a Manuscript with a Press
Scholarly Presses· Types of Scholarly Books· Selectinga Press· Submitting a Prospectus for a Book· Submitting a Manuscript to a Press· Evaluation of a Manuscript·Acceptance of a Manuscript
Production and Publication
Copyediting· Proofreading· Preparing an Index·Design· Composition, Printing, Binding, ElectronicProduction· Marketing
Conclusion

2 LEGAL ISSUES IN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
Introduction
Copyright
Development of Copyright Law in the United States·Subject Matter of Copyright· Ownership of Copyright·Co ownership of Copyright· Works Made for Hire·
Material Objects· Term of Copyright· Registration of Copyright· Copyright Notice· Renewal of Copyright·Rights of Copyright Owners· Transfers and Terminations·Fair Use of Copyrighted Works· Requesting Permission·Damages for Copyright Infringement and Attorney's Fees·International Copyright· Copyright and Computer Networks Publishing Contracts Books· Journal Articles and Contributions to Edited Works Defamation
Libel· Opinion· Truth as Defense· Actual Malice
Right of Privacy
Emergence of Privacy Law· Unreasonable Publicity of Private Life· Publicity Placing Another in a False Light·
Consent as Defense
Further Guidance

3 BASICS OF SCHOLARLY WRITING
Audience, Genre, and the Conventions of Scholarship Language and Style
Spelling
Consistency and Choice of Spelling· Word Division·Plurals· Accents· Umlauts· Ligatures and Other Special Characters
Punctuation
Purpose of Punctuation· Commas· Semicolons·Colons· Dashes and Parentheses· Hyphens·Apostrophes· Quotation Marks· Square Brackets·
Slashes· Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points· Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks
Italics
Words and Letters Referred to as Words and Letters·Foreign Words in an English Text· Emphasis
Names of Persons
First and Subsequent Uses of Names· Titles of Persons·Names of Authors and Fictional Characters· Dutch and German Names· French Names· Greek Names·
Hungarian Names· Italian Names· Russian Names·Spanish Names· Latin Names· Asian Names· Names in Other Languages
Capitalization
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4 PREPARATION OF SCHOLARLY MANUSCRIPTS
5 PREPARATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
6 DOCUMENTATION: PREPARING THE LIST OF
7 DOCUMENTATION: CITING SOURCES IN THE TEXT
8 ABBREVIATIONS