How is Bedford planning for the MLA 2021 Update?

The ninth edition of MLA Handbook just published in April 2021 and Bedford is providing you with informational MLA update videos and course options so that you and your students have access to the latest MLA style guidelines this fall.

MLA 2021: An Overview of Updates

Bedford’s editorial team has been working diligently this past spring and summer to update our materials and apply the 2021 MLA Documentation Style to our products. Please join Executive Editor Michelle Clark as she walks you through the newest updates to the MLA 2021 Guidelines.

Don't want to watch the whole thing right now? Watch in segments here:

Watch Part 1: Basic Formatting Watch Part 2: Online Sources, Social Media, and Language

MLA 2021: Course Materials for Fall 2021

Whether you teach with print materials or online, Bedford has course solutions available for you this fall. Explore your print and online options:

Bedford is offering the supplement, Documenting Sources in MLA Style 2021 Update, at no additional cost in print or e-book format when packaged with any Bedford/St. Martin’s English title. Please contact your Bedford Representative for more information.  

Documenting Sources in MLA Style: 2021 Update

This 48-page print supplement gives your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021). The supplement covers the elements of MLA citations, MLA in-text citation models, MLA list of works cited, MLA-style formatting for student papers, sample pages from student writing in MLA style, and a sample MLA research project. The booklet will be available to package with any Bedford English title at no additional cost. Also available as an e-book. You can view the full supplement here.