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MLA style is a set of standards for writing and documentation used by writers to find and evaluate information, alert their audience to the trustworthiness of their findings through citation, and shape the expression of their ideas in conversation with others.
The MLA Style Guide was first created in 1931, as a three-page style sheet of the Modern Language Association's scholarly journal, PMLA, and was formalized into the MLA Style Sheet in 1951, as a guide for uniformity in the preparation of scholarly manuscripts. This was the precursor to what we now now as the MLA Handbook, which was first published in 1977.
Now on its 9th edition, the MLA Handbook has undergone many changes since its inception, but remains a highly-regarded standard for use in the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines.
This guide is here to serve as a quick introduction to the MLA 9th edition citation style. Be sure to consult the MLA Handbook or the online MLA Style Center for detailed standards and procedures.
