{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2011838947","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","title":"The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (review)","display_name":"The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (review)","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-06-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2011838947","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","mag":"2011838947"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1353/lit.0.0067","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S60363785","display_name":"College literature","issn_l":"0093-3139","issn":["0093-3139","1542-4286"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"College Literature","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041689605","display_name":"James M. Clawson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6756-0607","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6756-0607"]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"James M. Clawson","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5041689605"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":93},"biblio":{"volume":"36","issue":"3","first_page":"234","last_page":"237"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12648","display_name":"Academic Writing and Publishing","score":0.9613999724388123,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12648","display_name":"Academic Writing and Publishing","score":0.9613999724388123,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13516","display_name":"Publishing and Scholarly Communication","score":0.031099999323487282,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3309","display_name":"Library and Information Sciences"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10366","display_name":"Discourse Analysis in Language Studies","score":0.0019000000320374966,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scholarly-publishing","display_name":"scholarly publishing","score":0.6710000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/documentation-style","display_name":"documentation style","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/citation","display_name":"citation","score":0.5049999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-resources","display_name":"electronic resources","score":0.652999997138977},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/chicago-manual-of-style","display_name":"Chicago Manual of Style","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/style-guides","display_name":"style guides","score":0.4690000116825104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/revision","display_name":"revision","score":0.3269999921321869},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/academic-writing","display_name":"academic writing","score":0.5},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/modern-language-association","display_name":"Modern Language Association","score":0.6389999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/writing-instruction","display_name":"writing instruction","score":0.4410000145435333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/word-usage","display_name":"word usage","score":0.3370000123977661}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151719136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3972943","display_name":"Publishing","level":2,"score":0.7297720313072205},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776445246","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1792644","display_name":"Style (visual arts)","level":2,"score":0.6868824362754822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777601897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3409113","display_name":"Presentation (obstetrics)","level":2,"score":0.6231455206871033},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56666940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788790","display_name":"Documentation","level":2,"score":0.5058946013450623},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775868214","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208425","display_name":"Praise","level":2,"score":0.44169557094573975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778805511","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1713","display_name":"Citation","level":2,"score":0.42319706082344055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161191863","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199655","display_name":"Library science","level":1,"score":0.4057382047176361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.33277612924575806},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3111651539802551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.2699585556983948},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.20879051089286804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.13782888650894165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1353/lit.0.0067","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1353/lit.0.0067","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S60363785","display_name":"College literature","issn_l":"0093-3139","issn":["0093-3139","1542-4286"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["anvur-scientific","erih-plus","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-2","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"College Literature","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W571762304","https://openalex.org/W7075681340","https://openalex.org/W4241653520","https://openalex.org/W7020838928","https://openalex.org/W2572649995","https://openalex.org/W7021325996","https://openalex.org/W7099824310","https://openalex.org/W7098047446","https://openalex.org/W1874245720","https://openalex.org/W4411145588"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Reviewed":[0],"by:":[1],"The":[2,20,281,424,442,522,673],"MLA":[3,21,58,116,445,490,496],"Style":[4,22,59,446,497],"Manual":[5,23,60,79,117,162,176,554],"and":[6,24,61,111,143,149,172,192,196,203,242,252,297,318,411,422,462,513,560,634,637],"Guide":[7,25,62],"to":[8,26,48,63,73,88,105,127,153,158,186,239,248,275,287,308,346,376,403,427,488,503,557,567,606,612,666],"Scholarly":[9,27,64],"Publishing":[10],"James":[11],"M.":[12],"Clawson":[13],"Modern":[14,33],"Language":[15,34],"Association":[16],"of":[17,56,80,95,135,140,182,194,278,293,344,387,407,419,453,460,532,542,552,571,576,581,587,622,670,676],"America.":[18],"2008.":[19],"Publishing.":[28,65],"3rd":[29],"ed.":[30],"New":[31],"York:":[32],"Association.":[35],"$32.50":[36],"hc.":[37],"xxiv":[38],"+":[39],"336":[40],"pp.":[41],"There":[42],"are":[43,210,217,555],"a":[44,50,119,164,272,291,311,319,348,400,530,582,614,623,630],"few":[45],"possible":[46],"ways":[47],"evaluate":[49],"resource":[51],"like":[52,76],"the":[53,57,77,89,106,109,114,125,132,138,144,154,161,175,180,205,211,226,249,256,263,268,279,294,333,342,369,396,404,408,415,420,428,553,569,574,585,588,601,619,658,668,677],"new":[54,227,312,320],"edition":[55,228,270,410,524,675],"To":[66,198],"begin":[67],"with,":[68],"one":[69],"might":[70],"compare":[71],"it":[72,184,383,604],"other":[74,397,448],"manuals":[75],"Chicago":[78],"Style,":[81],"now":[82,98],"in":[83,99,131,179,433,458,494,500,508,516,520,546,599,652,655,680],"its":[84,100,129,187,240,354,536,593],"fifteenth":[85],"edition,":[86,289],"or":[87,479,499],"MLA\u2019s":[90],"own":[91],"Handbook":[92],"for":[93,300,352,391,435,579],"Writers":[94],"Research":[96],"Papers,":[97],"sixth":[101],"(soon":[102],"seventh).":[103],"Compared":[104,152],"former\u2014three":[107],"times":[108,113],"size":[110],"five":[112],"edition\u2014the":[115],"is":[118,178,271,340,399,483,591],"mere":[120],"brochure,":[121],"missing":[122],"out":[123],"on":[124,169,208,329,395,430,444,451,476],"opportunity":[126],"school":[128],"readers":[130,617],"finer":[133],"points":[134],"word":[136],"usage,":[137],"presentation":[139,253,561],"mathematical":[141],"expressions,":[142],"differences":[145],"between":[146,644],"perfect,":[147],"notch,":[148],"burst":[150],"binding.":[151],"latter,":[155],"which":[156,304],"caters":[157],"undergraduate":[159,372],"students,":[160],"offers":[163,185,412],"welcome":[165,401],"reprieve":[166],"from":[167,368],"guidance":[168],"note-taking,":[170],"outlining,":[171],"drafting.":[173],"Where":[174],"shines":[177],"surfeit":[181],"specificity":[183],"principle":[188],"audience:":[189],"advanced":[190],"writers":[191],"researchers":[193],"literatures":[195],"languages.":[197],"these":[199,473,645],"postgraduates,":[200],"faculty":[201],"members,":[202],"professionals,":[204],"Manual\u2019s":[206,250],"chapters":[207],"documentation":[209,295,661],"gold":[212],"standard;":[213],"as":[214,382,529,540,573],"such,":[215],"revisions":[216,260],"best":[218],"compared":[219],"against":[220],"previous":[221,370,674],"versions.":[222],"In":[223,266,648],"this":[224,276,288],"respect,":[225],"fares":[229],"well,":[230],"offering":[231],"impressive":[232],"(and":[233],"[End":[234],"Page":[235],"234]":[236],"needed)":[237],"updates":[238,307,611],"content":[241],"style":[243,296,388,491,662],"definition.":[244],"More":[245],"guardedly,":[246],"changes":[247,286,449,474,651],"usability":[251],"will":[254,374,595],"confound":[255],"user,":[257],"while":[258],"referencing":[259],"may":[261],"worry":[262],"college":[264],"teacher.":[265],"all,":[267],"third":[269,523],"sound":[273],"update":[274],"Bible":[277],"humanities.":[280],"inside":[282],"dust":[283],"flap":[284],"lists":[285],"including":[290,456],"revision":[292,345],"simpler":[298],"treatment":[299],"electronic":[301],"sources":[302],"(of":[303],"more":[305,389,450],"later),":[306],"legal":[309,431],"matters,":[310],"foreword":[313,367,379,548],"by":[314,322,439,526],"Donna":[315],"C.":[316],"Stanton,":[317],"preface":[321],"David":[323],"G.":[324],"Nicholls.":[325],"Stanton\u2019s":[326,356],"discerning":[327],"essay":[328,357],"style\u2014channeling":[330],"(while":[331],"spoiling":[332],"ending":[334],"to)":[335],"Orhan":[336],"Pamuk\u2019s":[337],"My":[338],"Name":[339],"Red\u2014establishes":[341],"importance":[343,656],"such":[347,613],"standardized":[349],"form.":[350],"Nevertheless,":[351,564],"all":[353],"strengths,":[355],"really":[358],"should":[359],"complement,":[360],"rather":[361],"than":[362],"replace,":[363],"Herbert":[364],"Lindenberger\u2019s":[365,378],"excellent":[366],"edition;":[371],"instructors":[373],"want":[375],"keep":[377],"at":[380,626],"hand,":[381,398],"presents":[384],"an":[385],"explanation":[386],"suitable":[390],"students.":[392],"Nicholls\u2019":[393],"preface,":[394],"replacement":[402],"terse":[405],"acknowledgements":[406],"last":[409],"insight":[413],"into":[414],"process":[416],"behind":[417],"some":[418],"additions":[421],"changes.":[423],"significant":[425],"amendments":[426],"chapter":[429],"issues":[432],"publishing,":[434],"example,":[436],"were":[437],"overseen":[438],"two":[440,646],"authorities.":[441],"Committee":[443],"based":[447],"recognition":[452],"changing":[454],"trends,":[455],"italics":[457],"place":[459],"underlining":[461],"french":[463],"(single)":[464],"spacing":[465],"after":[466],"final":[467],"punctuation":[468,653],"marks.":[469],"And":[470],"yet,":[471],"whether":[472],"depend":[475],"de":[477,480],"facto":[478],"jure":[481],"standards":[482],"another":[484],"issue":[485],"altogether.":[486],"Prior":[487],"2008,":[489],"was":[492],"presented":[493,539],"\u201cThe":[495],"Sheet\u201d":[498],"volumes":[501],"attributed":[502],"individuals:":[504],"William":[505],"Riley":[506],"Parker":[507],"1951;":[509],"Walter":[510],"S.":[511],"Achtert":[512],"Joseph":[514,518],"Gibaldi":[515,519],"1985;":[517],"1998.":[521],"differs":[525],"being":[527],"published":[528,679],"work":[531],"corporate":[533,589],"authorship,":[534],"with":[535,618,632],"updated":[537],"recommendations":[538],"products":[541],"consensus.":[543],"Stanton":[544],"notes":[545],"her":[547,565],"that":[549,663],"stylistic":[550],"concerns":[551],"limited":[556],"spelling,":[558],"punctuation,":[559],"(alongside":[562],"documentation).":[563],"willingness":[566],"cite":[568],"definition":[570],"\u201cManual\u201d":[572],"compilation":[575],"rules":[577],"needed":[578],"mastery":[580],"field":[583],"suggests":[584],"role":[586],"author":[590],"consummate:":[592],"manual":[594,615],"always":[596],"be":[597],"complicit":[598],"defining":[600],"disciplinary":[602],"\u2018norms\u2019":[603],"claims":[605],"chronicle.":[607],"At":[608],"worst,":[609],"then,":[610],"present":[616],"uncomfortable":[620],"discipline":[621],"nor-mativizing":[624],"system;":[625],"best,":[627],"they":[628],"reflect":[629],"community":[631],"shared":[633],"evolving":[635],"traditions":[636],"common":[638],"goals.":[639],"Actuality":[640],"probably":[641],"lies":[642],"somewhere":[643],"poles.":[647],"any":[649],"event,":[650],"quail":[654],"beside":[657],"necessarily":[659],"systematic":[660],"has":[664],"come":[665],"signify":[667],"meaning":[669],"\u201cMLA":[671],"style.\u201d":[672],"Manual,":[678],"1998,":[681],"gave":[682],"only":[683],"passing":[684],"mention...":[685]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}