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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-01-03 00:21:57 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2011-01-03 00:21:57 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-mla/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-mla/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e4009a48737 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/biblatex-mla/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Description: +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 3rd edition of the Manual and the 7th edition of the +Handbook. Before using biblatex-mla, you will need to install Biblatex: +http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/biblatex.html + + +Installation: +1. Locate your latex installation folder + - In OS X, it can 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 + + +Usage: +1. Call the MLA style in your Latex document using the following four lines in +your Latex preface: + \usepackage[american]{babel} + \usepackage{csquotes} + \usepackage[style=mla]{biblatex} + \bibliography{<bibfile>} + - (replace "<bibfile>" with the name of your .bib bibliography file) + - to use MLA-style footnotes, 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 +\autocite[<prenote>][<page>]{<key>}. + - (replace <key>, <page>, and <prenote> with their respective elements) +3. Before the end of your document, include the following line where you want +your bibliography to appear: + \printbibliography + + +This material is subject to the LaTeX Project Public License. See +http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/licenses.lppl.html for the +details of that license.
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