Every type of research writing acknowledges the importance of documenting references. Without documentation, reference work would be almost completely plagiarized.
Ways of referencing can vary between different academic fields. MLA style for referencing works is widespread in all disciplines, particularly when writing about literature or language.
MLA style is one of the more-simple referencing styles. It is also known as being succinct. A main feature of MLA style is that it utilizes parenthetical citations within the text. These citations are connected to an alphabetical "Works Cited" page at the end of the work.
Schools and instructors alike have used the MLA style for more than half a century.
Among the works that employ the MLA format are scholarly journals, literary journals, magazines, newsletters, universities and commercial presses. MLA format is not only used in the U.S., it's also used in Brazil, China, Taiwan, India and Japan.