For examples of in text citations, reference page citations and paper formatting in APA style. Based on the 6th ed. of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association published in 2010.
The Writing Center, College of Letters & Science
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
APA Style, 7th edition
For examples of in text citations, reference page citations and paper formatting in MLA style. Based on the 7th ed. of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers published in 2009.
The Writing Center, College of Letters & Science
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
The future home of The MLA Style Center!
The MLA Style Center will feature:
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-Guidelines on formatting a research paper
-Writing tips from MLA editors
The Writing Center, College of Letters & Science
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contains the Notes and Bibliography (NB) sample paper for the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition.
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For in-text citations, APA emphasizes the author's name and date of publication; whereas, MLA emphasizes the author and the page number of the original text.
From the Writing Center at the University of South Florida.
About APA and MLA.
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Compares APA, MLA, and Chicago using one journal article as an example.