What i learned about MLA is that it makes it easier to find the source where you get your info from.
You can use it for yourself as a help to re-read stuff or for others to take a closer look at things you been working on.
It works like this: First you have to write the name of the author, starting with the last name, then in ” the article title or the name of the source. Then underline the name of the magazine or book, in ( ) follows the year or the issue number and then the page numbers. If its an online source you should put the URL in the end.
Once you written it a few times, it goes automatically!
Thanks for making it appear easy, it really is once you do it often enough. I prefer instead of underlining though that you italicize either the book or journal name. In the “old” days when people only had typewriters, they had to underline but now with computers it is easy enough to change it to italics. Thanks for putting it so succinctly. YES, MLA is a format to follow to make it easy to look up again for yourself or for others if they are curious.