Yes, it can be done, and there is more than one way to do so. You can: 1. usestandard bibtex with the mla style. I no longer use this method, as it was not very reliable
2. use biblatex (a replacement for bibtex that is still in beta version but widely used) with the biblatex-mla style availaible here: http://konx.net/biblatex-mla/ (see the disclaimer about the latest version of the MLA handbook not being supported, though) 3. just use biblatex and tweak one of the standard styles or the excellent biblatex-dw style by Dominik Weisshoven (a style explicitly designed for the humanities, but with a decidedly European flavor): http://biblatex.dominik-wassenhoven.de/biblatex-dw.shtml?en I currently use method 3, but I have heard good reports about method 2. Method 1 is, in my opinion, obsolete. Notice that, in the vast majority of cases, publishers requesting manuscripts formatted with MLA style will also request the manuscript in microsoft word format. This means that the lyx/latex file will have to be converted into Word format. It can be done, but it is not completely painless. On the plus side, once the manuscript is converted, you can fix any minor bibliographic problem by hand. Cheers, Stefano On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Frederick Noronha < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, A friend would like to know if it's possible to use the MLA > style for a bibliography in Lyx. I quote: "The MLA style has first > line of every entry on left margin and second line of the entry > indented five spaces." Thanks in advance for any help you might be > able to offer. FN > -- > Frederick Noronha > Books from Goa :: http://goa1556.goa-india.org > -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (1) 979 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (1) 979 845-0458 College Station, Texas, USA
