Where to Start

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Get Adobe Acrobat Reader

Notes: Your download time for the Acrobat Reader will be very, very long on a dial-up connection. Try to download Acrobat Reader while you have access to high-speed Internet access.

Go to the source

You may be able to find answers to questions by searching the MLA website.

Visit the MLA Website

Use an online writer's guide

Don't forget to check out the other online writer's guides, especially if your professor uses a particular guide.

Writer's references such as Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference, the Holt Handbook, and the Bedford Researcher are online.