ENGL 101: Krystal, B. (Fall 2024): Citation - MLA and APA
Annotated bibliography citation - MLA & APA
All of your annotated bibliography sources must be cited in both MLA and APA citation styles.
This page will orient you to each style and provide the best online resources for creating citations.
What does citing mean? (two parts, general) (it's OK to copy this box and change examples/wording)
Understanding Citations
After you gather information from outside resources to add to your own ideas about a topic, you will quote, paraphrase, or summarize those sources within the body of your paper. Citing allows you to share with your readers where you got your information (so they can make judgements about its validity) and it protects you from any charges of plagiarism.
There Are Two Parts to a Proper Citation
- The citation "in text" --letting your readers know when an idea comes from someone other than yourself within the text of your paper
- The separate "works cited" page where you will list complete information about each of those sources
Purdue OWL guides for APA 7
- The Purdue OWL: APA 7 style citation guideUse the navigation on the left to find examples of in-text and reference list citations. Also contains a sample paper demonstrating in-text citations and paper layout .
- The Purdue OWL APA 7 changesThe OWL goes over some of of the changes from APA 6 to APA 7
- The Purdue OWL APA 7 overview and workshopThis workshop introduces important aspects of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style used to format research papers.
Video tutorial: Introduction to APA, 7th edition (please do NOT copy this box, just map to it)
Video Tutorial: Introduction to APA 7
Watch the video below for an introduction to using APA style, 7th edition. To see it in a larger window, click on the link below. This video tutorial was created by TCC librarians.
- Introduction to APA, 7th edition - video tutorialClick this link to view the video tutorial on using APA style, 7th edition.
- Introduction to APA, 7th edition - video tutorial slides [pdf]Slides from the video tutorial above.
- Introduction to APA, 7th edition - video tutorial slides [ppt]Slides from the video tutorial above.
What are APA and MLA styles? (short) (it's OK to copy this box and change examples/wording)
What Are APA and MLA Styles?
APA Style
APA style refers to the rules created by the American Psychological Association for formatting papers, as well as for how to do in-text citations and end-of-paper citations (called "References"). Their style guide is used primarily by authors in the social and health sciences.
MLA Style
The Modern Language Association (MLA) has created rules for formatting papers, in-text citations and end-of-paper citations (call "Works Cited"). This style is used by authors who publish in English and the humanities
The information you collect is essentially the same for all of the styles (author, title, title of journal, date, etc.), but the citations in text and the works cited list are a little different in each style.
See the boxes on this page for details about both styles.
Purdue OWL guides for MLA style (please do NOT copy this box, just map to it)
Purdue OWL Guides: MLA 9th Ed.
- The Purdue OWL: MLA Style Citation GuideThis resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
Video: MLA style citations (please do NOT copy this box, just map to it)
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