Reorganized and revised, the third edition of the MLA Style Manual offers complete, up-to-date guidance on writing scholarly texts, documenting research sources, submitting manuscripts to publishers, and dealing with legal issues surrounding publication. New in the third edition: * a significant revision of MLA documentation style * simplified citation formats for electronic sources * detailed advice on the review process used by scholarly journals and presses * a fully updated chapter on copyright, fair use, contracts, and other legal issues * guidelines on preparing electronic files * discussion of the electronic submission of a dissertation * a foreword by Domna C. Stanton on the current state of scholarly publishing * a preface by David G. Nicholls on what is new in the third edition MLA guides present the most accurate and complete information on MLA style.