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Key differences in MLA 8th Edition 1. One standard citation format that applies to every source type In previous editions of the MLA Handbook, researchers were required to locate the citation format for the source that they used. For example, if a magazine was used, researchers needed to locate the specific citation format for periodicals. Due to the various ways that information is now received, in books, websites, lectures, tweets, Facebook posts, etc, it has become unrealistic for MLA to create citation formats for every source type. Now, there is one standard, universal format that researchers can use to create their citations.
Inclusion of “containers” in citations. Containers are the elements that “hold” the source. For example, if a television episode is watched on Netflix, Netflix is the container.
Both the title of the source and its container are included in a MLA 8th edition citation. The ability to use pseudonyms for author names It is now acceptable to use online handles or screen names in place of authors’ names. Example: @WSJ.
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“Generation X went from the most successful in terms of homeownership rates in 2004 to the least successful by 2015.” Twitter, 8 Apr. 2016, 4:30 p.m., www.twitter.com/WSJ/status/30753280 4. Adding the abbreviations vol. To magazine and journal article citations. In MLA 7, there was no indication that the numbers in periodical citations referred to the volume and issue numbers.