For more detailed and indepth examples for MLA and APA citations check on the Citations Libguide.
MLA is the Modern Language Association, the website is located at www.mla.org.
The latest edition of the MLA Handbook is available through the ECC library.
Call number 808.02 M6896m.
APA is the American Psychological Association, the website is located at www.apa.org.
The latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is available through the ECC Library.
Call number 808.066 A51274p.
This site provides detailed examples for how to format citations in both the MLA & APA for any type of materials, i.e. electronic books, articles from magazines, websites, and so forth.
MLA Basic Style examples.
Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. City of Publication, Publisher, Publication Date.
*Note: the City of Publication should only be used if the book was published before 1900, if the publisher has offices in more than one country, or if the publisher is unknown in North America.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. Penguin, 1987
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House. MacMurray. 1999.
Basic APA Citations
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)
*DOI stands for Digital Object Identifier.
Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.
Editor, E. E. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if available)
Leitch, M. G., & Rushton, C. J. (Eds.). (2019). A new companion to Malory. D. S. Brewer.