Modern academic writing has evolved far beyond the manual formatting struggles of the past. What once required meticulous attention to spacing, italics, and punctuation can now...
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Countering Plagiarism with MLA: Techniques, Tools, and Preventive Measures
Understanding Academic Integrity in the Digital Age In the twenty-first century, information has become as accessible as it is vulnerable. With the internet offering limitless access...
Continue reading...Modernizing Scholarship: Updating MLA Citations to the Ninth Edition
The Changing Landscape of Academic Citation Every generation of scholars inherits the task of keeping academic conventions current. Citation styles evolve to reflect changes in technology,...
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Understanding Archival Scholarship in a Digital World In the twenty-first century, historical scholarship and literary research have entered a new era of accessibility. What once required...
Continue reading...MLA Style in the Age of AI-Generated Texts: Citing ChatGPT, Large Language Models, and AI Contributions
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others—has transformed how writers, researchers, and students create and...
Continue reading...MLA Formatting for Multilingual Papers: Mixing English, Spanish, Chinese, and Other Languages
In the increasingly globalized world of academic research, scholars are no longer confined by the linguistic boundaries of their own disciplines or countries. Modern scholarship in...
Continue reading...Comparative Study: How MLA 9 Compares to Other Citation Styles in Emerging Disciplines (Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Data Science)
As scholarship increasingly crosses disciplinary boundaries, the role of citation styles has become more complex than ever before. What was once a straightforward matter of referencing...
Continue reading...Using Citation Management Tools (Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley) with MLA Style: Practical Tips and Pitfalls
In the twenty-first century, research and scholarship increasingly depend on digital tools for managing, organizing, and formatting information. As academic writing grows more data-intensive and interdisciplinary,...
Continue reading...How to Set Up MLA Format in Word and Google Docs
Most college students spend hours refining their ideas yet lose points for errors that have nothing to do with argument or evidence. Those errors are usually...
Continue reading...Top 10 Common MLA Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
Modern Language Association (MLA) style remains one of the most widely used citation systems in the humanities. It offers clarity, flexibility, and a deep respect for...
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