1. FORMATTING UNDERGRADUATE MLA v. APARESEARCH PAPERS

2. OBJECTIVESDetermine which editorial style guide is appropriateFormat of paperIn text citationsConstruction of reference list

3. WHICH EDITORIAL ST YLE SHOULD I USE? OR

4. FORMAT OF PAPER MLA V. APA MLA APA 1 margins 1 margins Double-spaced Double-spaced No title page, uses four Title page with author line header with title note plus abstract on below second page Top right, last name Running header top left and page # Top right, page #

5. MLASample from:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

6. APASample from:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

7. IN TEXT CITATIONS MLA APAParaphrased text Paraphrased text goes here(Name goes here page#). (Name, year, p.#).If A, then B If A, then B (Smith, 34). (Smith, 2007, p. 34).

8. WORKS CITED/REFERENCES In MLA , a paper has a Works Cited where citations are given of references used in the paper. Last name, First name. Title. Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication. Spell out authors whole name Capitalize all major words in title Date at end Use hanging indent In APA, this is titled References. Last name, First initial. (year). Title goes here. Place of publication: Publisher. Authors last name and first initial only Capitalize only first letter of first word of title Date at beginning Use hanging indent

9. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

10. THE PURDUE OWL