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Update in Biblatex MLA citation style? [closed]

I complied an essay for my English Composition class. After receiving the review, the grader marked my Works Cited as 'incorrect'. I use lualatex -> biber -> lualatex -> lualatex to compile my .tex. ...
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How to avoid printing the shorthand label in subsequent quotes of same entry

How to avoid printing the shorthand label in each subsequent quote from the same work? Sticking with the idea of using MLA with biblatex standard styles (in my case authortitle-ticomp), I've got a ...
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Run multiple commands in TeXShop typeset [duplicate]

I am a user of biblatex-mla and I wish to run the whole bibliography generation workflow with a single click of "Typeset" in TeXShop. pdflatex filename.tex bibtex filename pdflatex filename.tex How ...
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Citation undefined in Biblatex-mla [closed]

I am a mac user and I installed biblatex-mla into ~/Library/texmf and I texhashed a lot. However my citation never works. Here is my tex file: \begin{filecontents*}{bibl1.bib} @book{goossens93, ...
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Print bibliography only when references are cited

The root question here is how can one print a bibliography only when there are sources to be cited? BACKGROUND I'm working on expanding a small package (originally by Jackson Taylor and Becca Funke) ...
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Force Biblatex to Print Author in Citation [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: biblatex-mla sometimes \autocite[prenote][pg]{key} is not printing the author’s name I am writing a literary essay with Biblatex as my works cited engine (running ...
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Can biblatex-mla support @online entries?

So I have a paper that I'm writing. I want MLA citations, footnoted. So I use biblatex-mla, and do the \DeclareAutoCiteCommand{footnote}[f]{\footcite}{\footcites} hack so that I can use the ...
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Citing in mla style using & adjusting authortitle-ticomp (and not biblatex-mla)

MLA without biblatex-mla I'd like to set a document conforming to the MLA style. As I was recommended elsewhere, I don't want to do this with biblatex-mla, but instead use the more robust styles that ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 biblatex mla style

I've had a good search of internet and unable to find answer. I have Ubuntu 12.04 with all updates, and using LyX for work/study. I need to use mla style for some papers. There is no biblatex-mla ...
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biblatex-mla parenthetical citations put the space in the wrong place [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Spaces before biblatex-mla shorttitles I have the following entry defined in my .bib file: @incollection {turner1967, author = {Turner, Victor}, title = ...
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Fix for biblatex-MLA in TeX Live 2011

I'm trying to fix an error I get when trying to use biblatex-mla 0.9.5 with Biblatex 1.7 Unfortunately, I get ! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \biburldatelong Which I believe was a ...
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biblatex footcite and footnote

In a document, I am using \usepackage[style=mla,babel=hyphen,backend=biber]{biblatex} together with the \footcite command, and everything is perfect. There is a difficulty when I want to include a ...
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biblatex-mla bibliography: one redundant dot in second entry by same author (@collection)

when quoting two collections by the same author, biblatex-mla puts an extra dot before the title in the references entry, as may be seen here: \documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} ...
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biblatex-mla sometimes \autocite[prenote][pg]{key} is not printing the author's name

Context I am working with Emacs 23, Auctex, Texlive 2011, biblatex-mla. My operative system is Linux Mint Lisa. I am writing my dissertation. I use a dissertation.cls and a master document. This is ...
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Spaces before biblatex-mla shorttitles

I'm using LuaLaTeX with the biblatex-mla style for \autocites* quotes in my text. But before shorttitles like "OED" the spaces are missing. How can they be inserted? Here is a minimal working example: ...
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MLA Style and \autocite [closed]

I am writing my bachelors thesis using the mla style package. I have a problem with the output of my quotes in the pdf file. I use \autocite to refer to the sitekeys from BibDesk. This is how it ...
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Displaying selected bibliographic items in the body of the text

I have to prepare a beamer presentation on the topic of citations and bibliographies. So I should be able to display selected bibliographic items in the slides as examples in most of the slides. I ...
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how to modify the biblatex 'useprefix' option

In supplying an answer to this question: Preserve lowercase in bibtex I discovered that the way biblatex handles name prefixes is a bit odd, since it appears to be "all or nothing". Update This ...
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urls do not show up in in biblatex-mla Works Cited list

Using the texlive distribution on Arch Linux. I have: \usepackage[american]{babel} \usepackage{csquotes} \usepackage[style=mla]{biblatex} \bibliography{sources.bib} ... In sources.bib I have: ...
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Multiple bibliography and MLA style

I have to write my BA Thesis in the MLA Style and I tried different stuff such as Biblatex and mla-paper making weird headings this. The problem is I need to use two bibliographies, two .bib ...
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How to insert the database information in biblatex-mla?

Here is the full citation information: Port, Larry. "Four Ways to Eliminate Procrastination." Law Practice: The Business of Practicing Law 36.5 (2010): 18. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. ...
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Authoring an MLA-conforming document in LaTeX?

I am trying to write a paper in proper MLA (Modern Language Association) format, but I am having trouble understanding how it all goes together. Is there an example document or template for MLA (with ...
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Biblatex-mla gives me a \smartcite error

Using: Biblatex 1.4a Biblatex-mla 0.95 Biblatex set up as follows: \usepackage[style=mla,autocite=footnote,backref=true,backend=biber]{biblatex} When I run XeLaTeX (XeTeX, Version ...
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Biblatex and mla-paper making weird headings

I'm trying to use mla-paper and biblatex with MLA style in the same document so I can have a managed bibliography but with the whole document in MLA. I seem to have it working almost properly, but it ...
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Biblatex-MLA Online Author Entry Absent?

I'm trying to use biblatex-mla to make an annotated bibliography for a course of mine. One of the documents I need to cite is an online resource, and from what I see, the version online currently ...
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Biblatex / MLA for official reports and websites

I'm writing an thesis in British architecture and I need to follow the MLA style for bibliography. I'm now using biblatex and biblatex-mla; but I can't find out how to define official reports ...