DESC: The MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS has been popular among college students and their professors for decades. It provides invaluable advice from beginning to end on how to research a topic and write it up. It sets the standard for students in the Humanities on how to cite sources, and the editors at the Modern Language Association continuously update the handbook to keep up with developments in the field. Later editions provide advice and examples on how to use the Internet and how to cite electronic sources.