Michael Rees at Impressons Scholarcast reports that in the 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers print should no longer be treated as the default medium, AND that the MLA has ceased to recommend inclusion of URLs in citing Web-based works – unless the instructor requires it or a reader would likely be unable to locate the source otherwise.
Following back to the announcement of this resource in Inside Higher Ed there are some questions raised in the comments about whether library copies will enable access to the web-only examples that go along with the new handbook.
