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Start Here: MLA or APA?
Start Here: MLA or APA?
Use APA style for Natural, Physical and Social Sciences- Cite journals and technical reports.
*Profile Project Courses will use APA formatting*
Use MLA style for Arts and Humanities- Cite paintings, books, and other literature.
APA and MLA Styles differ in In-Text Citation and Bibliography styles. Follow the style guides below. See Mrs. Wohlrab for additional support!
APA (American Psychological Association)
APA (American Psychological Association)
APA Formatting
APA Formatting
USE APA STYLE FOR NATURAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES: Cite journals and technical reports.
FORMAT YOUR PAPER
-APA EDITABLE TEMPLATE (Microsoft Word)
IN-TEXT CITATIONS
General Guidelines for In Text Citations.
FORMAT YOUR "REFERENCES" PAGE
The APA citation page, will be labeled References. Title is centered at the top of the page and the list of references is double spaced.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Topic/Source Tracker: Use this tool to organize the phrases/ideas you plan to include and the sources from which they came.
mLA (Modern Language Association) Formatting
mLA (Modern Language Association) Formatting
USE MLA STYLE FOR ARTS AND HUMANITIES: Cite paintings, books, and other literature.
FORMAT YOUR PAPER
Step by step instructions for MLA Format
IN-TEXT CITATIONS
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).
Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).
General Guidelines for In-text Citations
FORMAT YOUR "WORKS CITED" PAGE
Papers written in MLA format will have a Works Cited page. Titles will be centered at the top of the page and the list of references will be double spaced.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Topic/Source Tracker: Use this tool to organize the phrases/ideas you plan to include and the sources from which they came.
MLA 8th Edition Citation Guide
Paraphrase, Quote and Use In-Text Citations
Paraphrase, Quote and Use In-Text Citations
Both APA and MLA cite sources within a paper by using parenthetical, in-text references.
Both APA and MLA cite sources within a paper by using parenthetical, in-text references.
-MLA uses the author's last name and the page number as reference.
-MLA uses the author's last name and the page number as reference.
-APA uses the author's last name and the year of publication. If a direct quote is used, APA requires author's name, year, and page number
-APA uses the author's last name and the year of publication. If a direct quote is used, APA requires author's name, year, and page number
Use this tool to organize the phrases/ideas you plan to include and the sources from which they came.
Check for plagiarism
Check for plagiarism
A variety of free plagiarism tools can be found online. Note: they may not be fool proof! You must do your due diligence to cite properly to avoid plagiarism.
A variety of free plagiarism tools can be found online. Note: they may not be fool proof! You must do your due diligence to cite properly to avoid plagiarism.
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