A Guide to MLA vs. APA Referencing Style in Academic Writing
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This document provides a guide to the differences between APA and MLA referencing styles. It outlines that APA style was established by the American Psychological Association to provide comprehensive text with proper headings and references. MLA style is more detailed and commonly used in the humanities and arts. The key differences are that APA uses an author's last name and year for in-text citations, while MLA uses the author's last name and page number. APA has a reference list while MLA has a works cited list, and they differ in formatting of references, in-text citations, and page layout. APA is generally used in social sciences while MLA is used in humanities fields.
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A Guide to MLA vs. APA Referencing Style in Academic Writing
- 1. A Guide to MLA vs. APA Referencing Style in Academic Writing
- 2. Table of Contents APA Style MLA Style In-text citations in APA and MLA APA reference list Vs. MLA Works Cited list MLA Vs. APA formatting APA Vs. MLA – Which to Use?
- 3. APA Style Established by American Psychology Association in 1929 The main idea behind its creation to provide the most comprehensive text with proper headlines and a list of references.
- 4. MLA Style More detailed Commonly used to cite sources within the fields of humanities and arts
- 5. In-text Citations in APA & MLA APA in-text citation: The author’s last name The year of publication. MLA in-text citation: The author’s last name A page number.
- 6. APA reference list Vs. MLA Works Cited list In APA the list of sources is called the reference list The order of references is alphabetical for authors In MLA it is called the works cited The order of work cited page is alphabetical for authors and for works
- 7. APA Vs. MLA formatting APA Double spacing & 1 inch margins 12 pt. Times New Roman font Running head Reference list In-text citations include author, year, & page (Anne, 2016, p.6) Reference list is in alphabetical order ! MLA Double spacing & 1 inch margins 12 pt. Times New Roman font Work cited page Direct In-text citations include name & page without a comma(Anne 6) Reference list is in alphabetical order Page number with writer’s name on the upper right corner
- 8. APA Vs. MLA – Which to Use? APA is used for social sciences MLA is used for humanities
- 9. Thank you!
Editor's Notes
- APA and MLA are two of the most commonly used citation styles. This video will provide you the differences between the two styles of referencing.
- It was established by American Psychology Association in 1929 to help authors in structuring their work and creating a unique style of references and citations. The main idea behind its creation was not to distract a reader but to provide the most comprehensive text with proper headlines and a list of references.
- MLA style was developed by the Modern Language Association for literary research and scientific work. MLA is more detailed when it comes to referencing. This style is commonly used to cite sources within the fields of humanities and arts.
- They both use parenthetical citations to cite sources in the text. However, they do have slight differences. An APA in-text citation includes the author’s last name and the year of publication. You also add a page number if you are paraphrasing a specific passageAn MLA in-text citation includes the author’s last name and a page number.
- Both styles require the author to provide full details of all cited sources on a separate page at the end of the document. In APA the list of sources is called the reference list. The order of references is alphabetical for authors. In MLA it is called the Works Cited. The order of references is alphabetical for authors and for works.
- Some of the differences between APA and MLA formatting include:
- It depends on the subject. APA is used for social sciences, including Psychology, Sociology, Nursing, Criminology, Social Work, Business, & Education, etc. MLA format is used for humanities, including History, Literature, Language, Philosophy, Arts, Religion, Law and Politics, etc.