Examples for References(APA) or Works Cited (MLA)

NOTE: Engrade formatting does not allow for hanging indents, which you must use for both styles. MLA Style 1. Print sources: A. Book Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research. 2nd ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003. Print. B. Scholarly journal Williams, Linda. "Of Kisses and Ellipses: The Long Adolescence of American Movies." Critical Inquiry 32.2 (2006): 288-340. Print. Kaminer, Wendy. "The Last Taboo." New Republic 14 Oct. 1996: 24+. Print. [If an article is not printed on consecutive pages, write only the first page number and a plus sign.] C. An anonymous article "The Decade of the Spy." Newsweek. 7 Mar. 1994: 26-27. Print. 2. Online Sources: NOTE: "Electronic texts can be updated easily and at irregular intervals. Any version of a Web source is potentially different from any past or future version and must be considered unique. Scholars therefore need to record the date of access as well as the publication data when citing sources on the Web" (MLA 212). Also, MLA, 7th ed., does not require the Universal Resource Locator (URL) for Web documents. However, some instructors, including me, require that you do Include the URL; enclose the full address in angle brackets followed by a period). For example, <http://www.lcc.hawaii.edu/lib/>. A. Web page Author. "Title." Web Site. Publisher of site, date of publication. Web. Date of Access. <Complete URL>

B. Periodical in an online database: Model: Author. "Title of Article." Title of Journal vol.issue (year): inclusive page numbers. Title of Database. Web. Date of Access. Botting, Jack H., and Adrian R. Morrison. "Animal Research Is Vital to Medicine." Scientific American. Feb. 1997: 83-85. Google Scholar. Academic Search Complete. Web. 3 Nov. 2008. C. A video from the web: "Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us." By Michael Wesch. YouTube. YouTube, 31 Jan. 2007. Web. 9 Oct. 2009. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE>. D. An Interview: Pei, I. M. Personal interview. 22 July 1993. __________________________________________________________________ ___________ APA Style 1. Chapter or part of a larger collection in print: Berndt, T. J. (1996). Exploring the effects of friendship quality on social development. In W. M. Bukowski, A. F. Newcomb, & W. W. Hartup, (Eds.), The company they keep: Friendship in childhood and adolescence. (pp. 346-365). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2. Periodical in print: Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10. 3. Nonperiodical Internet Document (e.g., a Web page or report): Model: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Retrieved month date, year, from http://Web address. Model: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title

of book or larger document (chapter or section number). Retrieved from http://Web address.

Comparing In-text Citations: MLA and APA

Student paragraph What is important is that the public or customers have the right to know about the product theyre about to buy. They have the right to expect that the information that accompanies the product is honest and clear. Also, pg. 24 mentions that an organization is acting ethically if its products or services are safe and effective. They must not injure or harm consumers, and they must fulfill their promised functions. The public has the right to be sure that they wont be harmed by the product.

MLA Style
In-text citation: What is important is that the public or customers have the right to know about the product theyre about to buy. Ethicist Manuel Velasquez argues that consumers have the right to expect that the information that accompanies the product is honest and clear (qtd. in Markel 24). According to Mike Markel, author of Technical Communication, an organization is acting ethically if its products or services are safe and effective. They must not injure or harm consumers, and they must fulfill their promised functions (24). The public has the right to be sure that they wont be harmed by the product. Works Cited entry: Markel, Mike. Technical Communication. 9th ed. Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martins, 2010. Print.

APA Style

In-text citation: What is important is that the public or customers have the right to know about the product theyre about to buy. Ethicist Manuel Velasquez (2006) argues that consumers have the right to expect that the information that accompanies the product is honest and clear (as cited in Markel, 2010, p. 24). According to Mike Markel, author of Technical Communication, an organization is acting ethically if its products or services are safe and effective. They must not injure or harm consumers, and they must fulfill their promised functions (24). The public has the right to be sure that they wont be harmed by the product. References entry: Markel, M. (2010). Technical communication (9th ed). Boston, MA: Bedford/St.Martins.

APA Guidelines
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