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What's the difference?
"Use APA format" or "Follow MLA guidelines."
What does that mean?
The Modern Language Association (MLA), American Psychological Association (APA), and The University of Chicago Press issue guides to help students and researchers organize their papers and give credit to their sources. MLA style is often used for English papers, APA style is used more often for social science papers, and Turabian(Chicago) is used mostly for history papers.
Always use the style your instructor asks for.
Always check your assignment guidelines/syllabus for style requirements for a course. Your instructor may prefer a different citation style from what is standard for the discipline, or they may have slightly different requirements for their papers. Ex.: They want you to use APA style but with Arial font.
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APA Style Home
The home of APA style. Check it out for a more in-depth look at APA. -
MLA Style
The MLA Style Center offers free writing resources for users of MLA style. It also has general information for anyone interested in editing, writing, & research. -
OWL Purdue
Contains guides for various citation style as well as advice for academic writing. -
Turabian and Chicago Style Website
The official website of the Chicago/Turabian style guide.
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APA: The Easy Way! (2nd Ed.)
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Call Number: Closed Ref. BF76.7 .H68 2009 -
Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles
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Call Number: Closed Ref. PN171 .F56L55 2011A guide to many citations styles, including APA and MLA. You can check out this book. -
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Eighth Edition
Call Number: LB2369 .T8 2013This book is located at the circulation desk and may be used in the EGSC Library. -
MLA Handbook
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Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021ISBN: 9781603293518Publication Date: 2021-04-06Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements--facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date--that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. -
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2010 -
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2019-10-01The newest official release of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. It is the official source for APA Style. -
Turabian: The Easy Way!
Call Number: LB2369 .H69 2009This book is located at the circulation desk and may be used in the EGSC Library.
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