MLA Citation : Understanding the Difference between Citation and Bibliography and Tools Help you to Cite Sources

1. Batch 2021 - 2023
Research Methodology
MLA Citation: Understanding the Difference between Citation
and Bibliography and Tools to Help You Cite Sources"
Vachchhalata Joshi
vachchhalatajoshi.14@gmail.com
Roll no.19
Department of English, MKBU

2. What is Citation ? Why Needed?
Citation is how you tell your readers that information in your writing came
from other sources—and how they can find it.
(1) Give credit
(2) Add strength and authority to your work
(3) Place your work in a specific context
(4) Leave a trail for other scholars

3. MLA (Modern Language Association)
MLA is a citation style from the Modern Language Association and is commonly used in
the humanities.
In-text citations - MLA requires citing with the author’s last name.
Works cited page Write "Works Cited" at the top of the page and center it, with no bold
or italics.
Formatting - Quotations that extend more than 4 lines should be formatted as block
quotations
Types of sources - MLA citation covers a wide range of sources, including books, articles,
websites, and other types of media.

4. Types of Citation
● American Psychological Association (APA)
● Chicago
● CSE (Council of Science Editor)
● AMA (American Medical Association)
● TURABIAN
● HARVARD

5. What is Bibliography?
● Bibliography entry is to give credit to authors whose work you've consulted in your
research.
● Bibliography is a list of books, scholarly articles, speeches, private records, diaries,
interviews, laws, letters, websites, and other sources you use when researching a topic
and writing a paper.
● The bibliography appears at the end.

6. Difference Between Citation and Bibliography?
Citation
Citation is an essential list of the writers’
works in their content.
The citation listing is in alphabetical order,
where the author’s last name comes before
the first name.
Bibliography
Bibliography is far different from the
citation and reference.
writer needs to mention the sources they
have read.
list includes the name of all the works the
writer has gone through for writing the
paper.

7. Difference Between Citation and Bibliography (Chat
Gpt)
Citations are references to specific sources
of information used in a written work, such
as a book, article, or website. Citations are
included in the text itself, usually in
parentheses, and provide brief information
about the source, such as the author's name,
publication date, and page number. The
purpose of citations is to give credit to the
original source of information and to allow
readers to locate and verify the information
being used in the text.
On the other hand, a bibliography is a list of
all the sources consulted in preparing a written
work, whether or not they were cited in the
text. A bibliography typically appears at the
end of a paper or book and includes more
detailed information about each source than a
citation, such as the author's full name, the
title of the source, the publication information,
and any other relevant information, such as an
ISBN number or URL. The purpose of a
bibliography is to provide a comprehensive
list of all the sources used in a work, so that
interested readers can find and consult those
sources for further information.

8. What is Citation?(with the help of ChatGpt)
A citation is a reference to a source of information, such as a book, article, or website,
used to support a statement or idea in a written work. Citations typically include
information such as the author(s), title, publication date, and publisher of the source being
cited, and are used to give credit to the original source of the information, as well as to
provide evidence for the claims being made in the text.
Citations can be formatted in different styles, such as APA (American Psychological
Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), or Chicago, depending on the
academic field or publishing venue. It is important to properly cite sources in order to
avoid plagiarism, and to allow readers to locate and verify the information being used in
the text.

9. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness cite this book in MLA
Style(ChatGpt)
Sure, here's an example of an MLA citation for the book "The Ministry of Utmost
Happiness" by Arundhati Roy:
Roy, Arundhati. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
In this citation, the author's name is listed as Last Name, First Name, the title of the book
is italicized, and the publisher and publication year are included. Additionally, the citation
ends with a period.

11. Work Cited
Chukwuemeka, Samuel. “Types Of Citation Styles and Examples.” Bscholarly, 14 May 2022,
https://bscholarly.com/types-of-citation-styles-and-examples/. Accessed 9 March 2023.
Fleming, Grace. “What Is a Bibliography?” ThoughtCo, 24 June 2018, https://www.thoughtco.com/what-
is-a-bibliography-1856905. Accessed 9 March 2023.
“Library Guides: Citing Sources: What are citations and why should I use them?” Library Guides, 29
September 2022, https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/citations/citationwhat. Accessed 9 March 2023.
Mathewson, Adrienne. “MLA Magazine Citation Format With Examples.” Bibliography.com, 5 December
2019, https://www.bibliography.com/mla/mla-magazine-article-citation-examples/. Accessed 9 March
2023.
“MLA Style (7th Edition) Handout | Howe Center for Writing Excellence.” Miami University,
https://www.miamioh.edu/hcwe/handouts/mla-style-7th/index.html. Accessed 9 March 2023.

12. Work Cited
“Research Oct 4, 2022 13 Best Bibliography Maker Tools: Online & Plug-In Citation Generators.”
Research.com, 4 October 2022, https://research.com/research/best-bibliography-maker-tools. Accessed
9 March 2023.
“Research Guides: Citation Style Guide: What is citation?” Research Guides,
https://libguides.lehman.edu/citation. Accessed 9 March 2023.
“What Is Citation?” Plagiarism.org, 18 May 2017, https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-
citation. Accessed 9 March 2023.
“Works Cited: What Is MLA Format?” Thesaurus.com, 2 June 2019,
https://www.thesaurus.com/e/writing/mla-style/. Accessed 9 March 2023.

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