MLA stands for the Modern Language Association. This is the style used mostly in the humanities, literature, religion, philosophy, and others. A new edition was published in 2021 and there are some significant changes from the previous handbook. Make sure you're using the 9th edition of the handbook.
This contains the full text of the latest (9th) edition of the MLA Handbook. A one-stop resource for all MLA style and citation information needs. The Modern Language Association (MLA) provides detailed information on over 25,000 journals and book series that cover literature, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, language, linguistics, pedagogy, rhetoric and composition, and the history of printing and publishing. Articles published in works listed in the directory are indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.