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MLA and APA Format

MLA and APA Format. An Overview. PURPOSE. In text parenthetical citations direct the reader to the appropriate MLA or APA entry. The purpose for APA or MLA citations are to enable the reader to verify your information, or research the topic further. Who are these people anyway?.

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MLA and APA Format

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  1. MLA and APA Format An Overview

  2. PURPOSE • In text parenthetical citations direct the reader to the appropriate MLA or APA entry. • The purpose for APA or MLA citations are to enable the reader to verify your information, or research the topic further.

  3. Who are these people anyway? • APA = American Psychological Association (Social Sciences) • MLA = Modern Languages Association (English and the Humanities) • CBE = Council of Biology Editors (Science)

  4. When to Document?(Both in-text, then at the end as well) • Summaries, paraphrases, quotes • Obscure or recently discovered facts • Other’s opinions • Other’s field research (polls, surveys) • Quotations or paraphrases from your own interviews

  5. When NOT to document: • Common knowledge • Everyday facts (presidential birth dates, names of Supreme Court Justices, etc. • Standard definitions of academic terms • Your own field research (surveys, observations)

  6. Works Cited or Bibliography? • Works Cited pages are a list of all works cited within the paper. • Bibliographies are a list of works read and consulted whether you used them or not.

  7. In Text Citations (Parenthetical Citations) • APA = (Author’s last name, Date) (Jenkins 1978) For quotes, use a pg. # at end: (Jenkins 1978, p. 53) • MLA (Author’s last name Page) (Jenkins 53) Many instructors may prefer that you use attributions rather than parenthetical citations.

  8. Works Cited Entries • Examples for APA and MLA side by side.

  9. APA Last Name, First Initial. Tolstoy, L. MLA Last Name, First. Tolstoy, Leo. AUTHORComes FIRST.Always. Every Source.

  10. APA Packard, V. (1957) The hidden persuaders. New York: McKay. MLA Packard, Vincent. The Hidden Persuaders. New York: McKay, 1957. 52-55. BOOKS Notice, the date’s placement. Notice the use of capitals and underlining in the title.

  11. APA Shute, N. (1997, August 18). Why do we age? U.S. News & World Report, 123, 55-57. MLA Shute, Nancy. “Why Do We Age?” U.S. News & World Report 18 Aug. 1997: 55-57. PERIODICALS Notice the capitalization in article title, and the use of underlining, and the addition of the volume number.

  12. APA Rise, S. (1997, September 7).The Bulwer fiction home page. San Jose State U. Retrieved January 29, 1999 from http://www.bulwer.com MLA Rise, Scott. The Bulwer Fiction Home Page. 7 Sept. 1997. San Jose State U. Web. 29 Jan. 1999 INTERNET WITH AUTHOR Notice date of WWW lookup and style of url adress

  13. APA Fetal surgery. (1999, March). Alliance for Women’s Health. Retrieved January 31, 1999 from http://www.alliance/fetal.com MLA Fetal Surgery. Mar. 1999. Alliance for Women’s Health. Web. 31 January, 1999. INTERNET WITHOUT AUTHOR

  14. APA Herring, S. (1993) Gender and democracy in computer-mediated communication. Electronic Journal of Communication, 3.2. Retrieved 7 September, 1999 from http://www.cios.org MLA Herring, Susan. “Gender and Democracy in Computer-mediated Communication.” Electronic Journal of Communications 3.2 (1993). Web. 7 Sept. 1997 ONLINE JOURNAL

  15. …and many others. The only way to be sure is to LOOK IT UP.

  16. …try online tools • There are some great web sites that will simply ask you to fill in the information for the source, and the site will produce the entry for you! • CAUTION: On these sites you are only as good as the information you “input” into the fields, and the choices you make about what type of source you have.

  17. BE METICULOUS. • Your grade depends on it, and it’s the LAW!

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