This document discusses guidelines for citing sources and formatting references in APA and MLA styles. It covers the key elements of citations such as author, date, and title and how they should be formatted. It also discusses how to handle different author types such as group authors, works with no author, and citations within citations. The guidelines provide definitions and examples for proper in-text citations and reference list entries.
2. In text citation
A citation is a reference to the source of information used in your
research.
. An in-text citation is a brief notation within the text of your paper or
presentation which refers the reader to a fuller notation, or end-of-paper
citation, that provides all necessary details about that source of
information.
3. Types of test in citation
In MLA method
In APA style
4. What are in-text citations in MLA?
In MLA, in-text citations are inserted in the body of your research paper to
briefly document the source of your information.
1. Direct quotes
2. Paraphrasing
5. Paraphrasing
When you write information or ideas from a source in your own words, cite
the source by adding an in-text citation at the end of the paraphrased
portion.
Paraphrasing from One Page
Include a full in-text citation with the author name and page number (if there is
one). For example:
Mother-infant attachment became a leading topic of developmental research
following the publication of John Bowlby's studies (Hunt 65).
6. How do you cite a citation in APA?
APA in-text citation style uses the author's last name and the year of publication,
for example: (Field, 2005). For direct quotations, include the page number as well,
for example: (Field, 2005, p. 14).
Example paragraph with in-text citation
A few researchers in the linguistics field have developed training programs
designed to improve native speakers' ability to understand accented
speech (Derwing et al., 2002; Thomas, 2004).
References
Derwing, T. M., Rossiter, M. J., & Munro, M. J. (2002). Teaching native
speakers to listen to foreign-accented speech. Journal of Multilingual and
Multicultural Development, 23(4), 245-259.
7. Reference Elements
Author
Definition of author
Format of author
Spelling and Capitalization of Author Names
Identification of Specialized Roles People
No Author
Group Authors
9. Author
the identification of specialized author roles, such as editor or director
how to handIe group authors
and works without an author
10. Definition of author
In a reference, the author refers broadly to the person(s) or group
responsible for a work An author may be
• an individual,
• multiple people,
• a group (institution, goveniment agency, organization; see Section 9.11), or
• a combination of people and groups.
11. Format of the Author
providing the surname first,
Use a comma to separate an author's initials from additional author
names, even when there are only two authors;
use an ampersand (&) before the final author's name: Author, A. A., &
Author, B. B.
Do not use a comma to separate two group authors: American
Psychological Association & National Institutes of Health.
Use a serial comma before the ampersand (&) with three or more authors
12. Spelling and Capitalization of Author
Names
Write the author's surname exactly as it appears in the published work,
including hyphenated surnames (e.g., Santos-García) and two-part
surnames (e.g., Velasco Rodríguez;
Retain the author's preferred capitalization (e.g., hooks, b., for bell hooks)
in both the reference list and the in-text citation.
13. Identification of Specialized Roles
People
in roles other than author who contributed substantially to the creation of
a work are recognized for a variety of reference types.
In these references, the role is placed in parentheses after the inverted
surname and initials.
Use the abbreviation "(Ed.)" for one editor and the abbreviation "(Eds.)" for
multiple editors. In the case of multiple editors, include the role once.
Schulz, O. P. (Ed.). Wong, C. T., & Music, K. (Eds.).
14. No Author
A work is treated as having no author when its author is unknown or
cannot reasonably be determined. ln this case, move the title ofthe work
to the author position (followed by a period), before the date of
publication
15. Group Authors
Group authors may include government agencies, associations, nonprofit
organizations, businesses, hospitals, task forces, and study groups
Spell out the full name of a group author in the reference list entry
When numerous layers of government agencies are listed as the author of
a work, use the most specific agency as the author in the reference (e.g.,
use "National Institute of Nursing Research" rather than "U.S. Department?
16. Date
The following sections describe the definition and format of the date
element (Sections 9.13-9.14) and how to handle online works that are
updated or reviewe
17. Definition of Date
In a reference, the date refers to the date of publication. The date may
take one of the following forms:
year only;
year, month, and day (i.e., an exact date);
year and month;
year and season; or
range of dates (e.g., range ofyears, range of exact dates).
18. Format of the Date Element
Enclose the date of publication in parentheses, followed by a period:
(2020).
For unpublished, informally published, or in-progress works, provide the
year the work was produced (se e Section 10.8). Do not use "in progress"
or "submitted for publication" in the date element of a reference.
If a work has been accepted for publication but is not yet published, use
the term "in press" instead of ayear (see Chapter 10, Example 8). Do not
provide a date in the reference until the work has been published.
19. If a work is an advance online publication, use the year of the advance
online publication in the reference (see Chapter 10, Example 7).
If a work includes both an advance online publication date and a final
publication date, use the final publication date in the reference.
When the date of original publication is approximate, use the abbreviation
"ca." (which stands for "circa"; see Chapter 10, Example 36).