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MLA and APA Styles of Documentation MLA APA Governing Body Modern Language Association American Psychological Association Users Humanities Social Sciences aka Author-Work Author-Date Bibliographic list Works Cited References Order of entries in bibliographic list Alphabetical by author, then alphabetical by work Alphabetical by author, then chronological by work Names Last, First, Middle Initial Last, First Initial, Middle Initial Dates Not used in-text Prominent in-text Article Titles In quotation marks Not in quotation marks Capitalization All Major Words Capitalized First words only capitalized Notes (Foot or End) Not used for references Not used for references In-text parenthesis (Name space page number) (Levin 13) (Name comma year comma p.#) (Levin, 1982, p. 13) And Spelled out Ampersand except running text Secondary citation ( qtd. in Levin 13) (cited in Levin, 1982, p. 13) Publisher's names Many abbreviated Rarely Abbreviated Trailing punctuation Not underlined Underlined Multiple works by same author Works alphabetical, three hyphens and a period for name Works chronological, name repeated for each entry Et al Four or more authors Six or more authors Tense of reporting Present: Smith claims . . . Past: Smith claimed . . .

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Page 1: Differences between MLA and APA Styles of … vs MLA.pdfMLA and APA Styles of Documentation MLA APA Governing Body Modern Language Association American Psychological Association Users

MLA and APA

Styles of Documentation

MLA APA

Governing Body Modern Language Association American Psychological

Association

Users Humanities Social Sciences

aka Author-Work Author-Date

Bibliographic list Works Cited References

Order of entries in

bibliographic list

Alphabetical by author, then

alphabetical by work

Alphabetical by author, then

chronological by work

Names Last, First, Middle Initial Last, First Initial, Middle Initial

Dates Not used in-text Prominent in-text

Article Titles In quotation marks Not in quotation marks

Capitalization All Major Words Capitalized First words only capitalized

Notes (Foot or End) Not used for references Not used for references

In-text parenthesis

(Name space page number)

(Levin 13)

(Name comma year comma p.#)

(Levin, 1982, p. 13)

And Spelled out Ampersand except running text

Secondary citation ( qtd. in Levin 13) (cited in Levin, 1982, p. 13)

Publisher's names Many abbreviated Rarely Abbreviated

Trailing punctuation Not underlined Underlined

Multiple works by same

author

Works alphabetical, three hyphens

and a period for name

Works chronological, name

repeated for each entry

Et al Four or more authors Six or more authors

Tense of reporting Present: Smith claims . . . Past: Smith claimed . . .

Page 2: Differences between MLA and APA Styles of … vs MLA.pdfMLA and APA Styles of Documentation MLA APA Governing Body Modern Language Association American Psychological Association Users

APA—Basic Format

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also

for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Note: For "Location," you should always list the city and the state using the two letter postal abbreviation without periods (New York, NY).

Example:

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing

manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American

Psychological Association.

Book—MLA Binns, Tristan Boyer. The Bald Eagle. Chicago: Rourke, 2001. Print.

Book—APA Binns, T. B. (2001). The bald eagle. Chicago, Il: Rourke Publishers.

Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report

List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to find the information; don't be lazy. If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn't have the information you're looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/):

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document.

Retrieved from http://Web address

NOTE: When an Internet document is more than one Web page, provide a URL that links to the home page or entry page for the document. Also, if there isn't a date available for the document use (n.d.) for no date.

Web Page—MLA Green, Joshua. “The Rove Presidency.” The Atlantic.com. Atlantic Monthly Group, Sept. 2007. Web.

15 May 2008.

Web Page—APA Green, J. (2007, September). The Rove presidency. The Atlantic.com. Retrieved from

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/09/the-rove-presidency/6132/.