Developed by the Modern Language Association, this style is widely used in literary studies and throughout the humanities. Unlike Chicago humanities style, it uses in-text citations rather than notes.

The concept of containers is crucial to MLA style. When the source being documented forms part of a larger whole, the larger whole can be thought of as a container that holds the source. For example, a short story may be contained in an anthology. The short story is the source, and the anthology is the container.

Want to know more about the new edition of the MLA?  Check out MLA 8th edition: What's New and Different from the Purdue OWL!

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. 

Take a look at what you can do with Zotero:

1. Create and manage citations of books, articles, videos, etc.
2. Import citations from databases and the WU Catalog
3. Add searchable notes and tags to citations; attach pdf's if desired
4. Quickly create a bibliography in multiple formats (MLA, Chicago, APA...)
5. Automatically manage in-text citations in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice/OpenOffice
6. Easily share references with others

Go to the Library's Zotero Guide to learn more: http://libguides.wustl.edu/zotero