Let's face it, MLA format can feel like the ogre under the academic bed. Intimidating. Complicated. Not to mention annoying. But with the resources now available to our kids online (like the Purdue writing lab's guide to citation), it doesn't have to be so stressful. All we really need to do is introduce students to the basic system, teach them to cite their favorite sources, and give them a roadmap to the right online source for when they need to cite something wild, like an interview originall