<p>It’s pretty important to know MLA format, you’ll have a professor who’s picky about it eventually and it’s good to be educated on proper formatting in general. </p>
<p>The web resources are all great, but I really like the [book</a> version.](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Writers-Research-Papers-Sixth/dp/0873529863/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205287464&sr=8-1"]book”>http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Writers-Research-Papers-Sixth/dp/0873529863/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205287464&sr=8-1) As far as desk references for research papers go, it’s unbeatable, and it’s been thoroughly updated for web sources.</p>