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Writing Handbook
Documentation Styles: How Do I Cite This?
MLA Style
• Books:
Last name of author, First name and First and Last name of second
author.
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
• Journal Articles:
Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume
Number (Year): Page
Range.
• Websites:
Author(s) if applicable. Name of Page or description (e.g. Home
Page.).
Name of Institution/Organization Affiliated With the Site if applicable.
Date You Accessed Site (in the form 2 Mar. 2005)<Web Address>.
• In-text citations:
(Author Page)
• Footnotes:
MLA only allows explanatory and bibliographic notes for information
on a
source, using a superscript number in the text and at the bottom
of a page
or at the end of the paper if they are endnotes.
APA Style
• Books:
Author. (Year). Title of Book. Location: Publisher.
• Journal Articles:
Author. (Year). Title of Article. Title of Journal, Volume Number,
Pages.
• Websites:
Author. (Year). Title of Article. Accessed Month Date, Year, from
Organization Affiliated With the Site: Web Address.
• In-text citations:
(Author, Year, p. Number)
Chicago Style
• Books:
Last name, First name of author and First and Last name of second
author.
Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year.
• Journal Articles:
Author. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal Volume Number
(Issue): Pages.
• Websites:
Author. “Title of article if applicable.” Name of Page,
Date of Post/Update or
n.d. (no date). <Web Address> (Date You Accessed Site).
• Footnotes:
Chicago uses footnotes instead of in-text citations. The number
in the text is
superscript, the number at the bottom of the page is not. The first
note for
each source contains all the information for that source:
- Books:
1. First then Last name of author, Title (Place of Publication:
Publisher, Year), page number.
- Journal articles:
1. Author, “Title of Article,” Title of Journal Volume
number (Year):
page number.
Remember that an in-text citation for all styles appears after
the information
you are quoting or paraphrasing in a sentence, but before that sentence’s
end
punctuation, for example:
“This is useful information” (Smith 93).
Further assistance
If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, or if
you just want to look at
additional resources, most writing handbooks have detailed information,
or you can try these websites:
• http://www.macalester.edu/library/research/general/citing.html
• <http://www.mla.org>
• <http://www.apastyle.org>
• <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html>
• <http://www.lib.memphis.edu/istru/style/htm>
Most professors value consistency and complete information more
than a strict
adherence to a certain format. When in doubt, ask! The MAX Center
also has
resources on citation and tutors willing to help you figure it all
out.
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