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Citations Libguide

For more detailed and indepth examples for MLA and APA citations check on the Citations Libguide.

What are MLA & APA Citations

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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.

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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.

Examples of MLA Citations

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.

Examples of APA Citations

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.