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Visual Studies Research Guide

Getting Help with MLA Style and Formatting

Here you will find a list of some of the MLA resources that are available online. 

MLA Handbook

Writing Handouts

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined in the Texas A&M University-San Antoinio's Procedure for Academic Dishonesty Cases (April 19, 2010) as:

"Plagiarism - A student can be accused of academic dishonesty if he/she uses the ideas, data or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment."

These websites below offer ways to better understand plagiarism and how to avoid it: