what is the defination of mla format, in reference to research papers.?

Answer 1

MLA is when you have to put down the source - such as book or website where you found the information used in your research paper

Answer 2

MLA stands for modern language association. They produce a style guide, most universities require things to be in MLA format. It means a little more then 'use references', it speaks to how footnotes, end notes, references etc are formatted.

If they said to use MLA, use it (and get used to it).

Here's an online guide:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Answer 3

believe it is master language association, used by many professors for term or research papers