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The document discusses the differences between MLA and APA citation styles. MLA style is used mainly for humanities subjects like English, literature, and other liberal arts. It provides guidelines for formatting papers and creating in-text citations and bibliographies. APA style is used primarily for scientific subjects like psychology and other social sciences. It also provides guidelines for formatting papers, in-text citations, and reference pages. The key differences between the two styles include how the author's name, publication date, capitalization, and source page are structured in citations and bibliographies. Examples of proper citations in both MLA and APA format are also provided.

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The document discusses the differences between MLA and APA citation styles. MLA style is used mainly for humanities subjects like English, literature, and other liberal arts. It provides guidelines for formatting papers and creating in-text citations and bibliographies. APA style is used primarily for scientific subjects like psychology and other social sciences. It also provides guidelines for formatting papers, in-text citations, and reference pages. The key differences between the two styles include how the author's name, publication date, capitalization, and source page are structured in citations and bibliographies. Examples of proper citations in both MLA and APA format are also provided.

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AROLLADO, Johnbell L.

STEM 1210

1. What is APA?

APA stands for American Psychological Association and it is a common formatting

style for essays and papers in the social sciences. APA style has unique formats for in-

text citations and reference pages. Its style and guidelines increase the ease of reading

comprehension for viewers as well as ensure consistent presentation of content and

written material.

Source:http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/apa-format/what-is-apa/

2. What is MLA?

MLA style is a system for documenting sources in scholarly writing. For over half a

century, it has been widely adopted for classroom instruction and used throughout the

world by scholars, journal publishers, and academic and commercial presses.

Works are now published in a dizzying range of formats. On the Web, modes of

publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified. MLA style was updated in

2016 to meet the challenges facing researchers today. It recommends one universal set

of guidelines that writers can apply to any type of source. Entries in the list of works

cited are composed of facts common to most works—the MLA core elements. Works

are cited in the text with brief parenthetical citations that direct readers to the entries in

the works-cited list.

Source: https://www.mla.org/MLA-Style

3. Differences between MLA and APA

Type MLA Format APA Format


Date: The date follows the publisher The date follows the author and

in the citation and is not in is in parentheses.

parentheses.
Author’s The author’s full name (first and The author’s last name is

Name: last) is spelled out. spelled out and the first name is

reduced to initials.
Capitalization All major words in the title are Only the first word of the title,

: capitalized and the title is the first word of a subtitle, and

underlined. any proper nouns (like names)

are capitalized. Everything else

is lowercase. Also, the title is

written in italics.
Source Page: The source page is called a The source page is called a

“Works Cited”. “References”.


In-Text MLA uses the last name of the APA uses the last name of the

Citations: author and the page number. author and the date.
MLA does not uses commas to APA does use commas and, if a

separate the material, or p. pp. page is mentioned, uses p. and

before the page numbers. pp.

Source: https://academictips.org/mla-format/general-differences-between-mla-and-apa/

4. 5 examples of MLA format

 James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Google books.

Web. 16 Mar. 2010. http://books.google.com

 Bodnar, Kipp, and Jeffrey L. Cohen. The B2B Social Media Book. Google

Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2012.

 Morem, Susan. 101 Tips for Graduates. New York: Ferguson, 2005. Infobase

Publishing eBooks. Web. 16 Mar. 2010. http://www.infobasepublishing.com


 Bloom, Harold, ed. Twentieth-Century British Poets. New York: Bloom's

Literary Criticism, 2011. Infobase Publishing eBooks. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.

 James, Henry. The Ambassadors. Rockville: Serenity, 2009. Print.

5. 5 examples of APA format

 Szalay, J. (2015). What are Flavonoids?. Retrieved from

https://www.livescience.com/52524-flavonoids.html [Accessed on 10 Feb.

2019].

 Tankeshwar, A. (2016). Nutrient Agar: Composition, Preparation and Uses.

Retrieved from https://microbeonline.com/nutrient-agar-composition- preparation-

uses/ [Accessed on 9 Feb. 2019]

 Teo S. P. & Banka, R. A. (2016). Plant Resources of South-East Asia. Retrieved

from https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Piper_betle_(PROSEA). [Accessed on 9

Feb. 2019]

 Tungmunnithum, A. (2018). Medicines. Retrieved from

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/medicines [Accessed on 9 Feb. 2019]

 Vaux, D. (2012). Replicates and repeats—what is the difference and is it

significant?. EMBO Rep. 13 (4): 291–296. [Accessed on 9 Feb. 2019]

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