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From Purdue University: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities.
How to write : some basics for shorter writing tasks -- Doing research : a basic method for longer projects -- Using libraries and the Internet -- Scholarly documentation : citing sources -- Using illustrations : notated music, pictures, tables, and other visual representations -- Language and numbers -- Some musical terms and phrases -- Sources and research tools -- Citations I : the printed word and its electronic equivalents -- Citations II : musical sources -- Citations III : other sources
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Words & music: form and procedure in theses, dissertations, research papers, book reports, programs, theses in composition by