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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Biblatex-mla provides Biblatex support for references and citations in the
style defined by the Modern Language Association (MLA). The style is a common
standard for writers in the humanities and is outlined in the MLA Style Manual
and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. These files follow
-definitions for the 7th and 8th editions of the MLA Handbook. Before using
+definitions for the 9th, 8th, and 7th editions of the MLA Handbook. Before using
biblatex-mla, you will need to install Biblatex. Biblatex is commonly
included with most installations of LaTeX, but it can also be found at
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ http://www.ctan.org/pkg/biblatex
Manual Installation:
1. Locate your latex installation folder
- - In OS X, it can be found at
+ - In OS X, it can probably be found at
~/Library/texmf/tex/latex/
2. Create a new folder called "biblatex-mla" if there isn't already one there
3. Place the biblatex-mla files into this folder
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ Usage:
your Latex preface:
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
- \usepackage[style=mla-new]{biblatex}
+ \usepackage[style=mla]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{<bibfile>}
- - (replace "style=mla-new" with "style=mla" if you'd prefer to use the
- style described in the old edition of the Handbook)
+ - (replace "style=mla" with "style=mla7" if you'd prefer to use the
+ style described in the older 7th edition of the handbook)
+ - (replace "style=mla" with "style=mla-strict" if you'd prefer to avoid some
+ attempted cleverness to apply transformations to entries, including
+ publishers, URLs and eprint fields)
- (replace "<bibfile>" with the name of your .bib bibliography file)
- - to use MLA-style footnotes, use the "autocite=footnote" package option
+ - to use MLA-style footnotes (no longer well supported), use the "autocite=footnote" package option
2. Cite a text with \autocite{<key>}, cite a page with
\autocite[<page>]{<key>}, and include a citational prenote---"'To be or not to
be,' he wrote (Shakespeare qtd. in Brown 34)"---with