Citation workshop explains the two major types of Citation: MLA and APA accompanied with Technology.

1. Citation Workshop
APA & MLA
Presented By: Delzar Zubair

2. What are Ciatations?
• Citations help you avoid plagiarism.
• plagiarism is the using of others’ ideas without giving
credit.
• Plagiarism = Stealing
• Plagiarism will result in severe consequences
according to the Caldwell College Academic Integrity
Policy.
• Citations help your reader find the sources you
referenced in your paper.

3. Types of Citation Formats
APA
MLA

4. • MLA stands for Modern Language Association.
• Who uses MLA style?
• The humanities use MLA style including:
Art, literature, music, philosophy, and others.
• APA stands for American Psychological
Association.
• Who uses APA style?
• The social sciences use APA style including:
business, communication, education, psychology,
and others.

5. 2 Part Process
• Part 1- In-text Citations
• Direct quotations or paraphrase of other
people’s words in your paper from the sources
you read.
• Part 2- Works Cited page/ References Page.
• List of all the sources you cited by in-text
citations in your paper.
• After your paper is finished, your in-text citations
should match up to your Works Cited Page/
Reference Page.

6. In-text Citations – Direct
Quotation
• Taking someone’s words exactly. When you copy
someone’s words exactly you must put “quotes” around
the words to show you did not write them.
• MLA: Mustafa opens his novel by describing his
great happiness, “I’ve had so many great fits of
laughter with my friends that sometimes my
jaws hurt the next day” (1).
• APA: According to Howard (2017), “… children
who regularly drink soda have an increased
likelihood of overweight and obesity” (p. 74).

7. In-text Citations - Paraphrase
• Taking someone else’s words and putting them
in your own words (indirect quotation).
• MLA-The author have had many times of
happiness in his lifetime (Mustafa 1).
• APA- Obesity in Children is linked to soda
consumption (Howard, 2017, p. 74)

8. In-Text Citations
• MLA form- author’s last name and page number.
• (Mustafa 1)
• According to Mustafa, …(1).
• APA form- author’s last name, year, and page number.
• (Howard, 2017, p. 74)
• In research conducted by Howard (2017)…(p. 74).

9. Two ways to cite
• There are two ways to accomplish citation:
• Signal phrase and parentheses
• Parentheses only
• It’s a good idea to alternate these ways
throughout your paper.

10. Works Cited/ References Page
• A list of all the sources you cited
• Works Cited (MLA)
• References (APA)
• Whoever reads your paper can match the
in-text citations to the corresponding
reference in your Work Cited/ References
Page.

11. Work Cited/ References Page
• MLA:
Author’s last name, author’s first name. “The Title of the Book”.
Edition. City of publishing: publisher, year.
APA:
Author’s last name, The first letter of author’s first name. (year).
Title (number of edition ed.). City of publishing: publisher.

12. Examples Work Cited/
References Page
• MLA:
• Mustafa, Gharbi. When Mountains Weep.
2nd.Duhok: Jiziri library, 2013
• APA: Mustafa, G. (2013). When Mountains Weep
(2nd ed.). Duhok: Jiziri library.

13. Thank You!