CITATIONS STYLES

CITATIONS STYLES

1. APA

   • Four basic parts of a citation:
     • Author/Creator
     • Date of publication
     • Title
     • Source of information
   • In-Text Citations
     • One Author
       • (Martin, 2020)
     • Two Authors
       • (Martin & Riley, 2020)
     • 3+ Authors
       • (Martin et al., 2020)
   • Citing Books
     • Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
   • Citing articles
     • McCauley, S. M., & Christiansen, M. H. (2019). Language learning as language use: A cross-linguistic model of child language development. Psychological Review, 126(1), 1-51.
   • Citing Web Content
     • World Health Organization. (2018, March). Questions and answers on immunization and vaccine safety. https://www.who.int/features/qa/84/en/

2. MLA

   • Books
     • One author
       • Alvarez-Borland, Isabel. Cuban American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona. UP of Virginia, 1998.
     • Two authors
       • Boswell, Thomas D., and James R. Curtis. The Cuban American Experience: Culture, Images, and Perspectives. Rowman and Allanheld, 1984.
     • 3+ Authors
       • Fuller, Mark A, et al. Information Systems Project Management: A Process and Team Approach. Prentice Hall, 2010.
     • By an organisation
       • Alabama Humanities Foundation. Encyclopedia of Alabama. Auburn U, 2005.
     • With no author
       • Encyclopedia of Alabama. Somerset, 1998.
   • Articles
     • Newspaper
       • Leech, Marie and Eric Velasco. “Judge Says Who Will Run Schools.” The Birmingham News, 19 July 2012, pp. A1+.
     • Magazine Article
       • Weekly
         • Walsh, Bryan. “Pedal Push.” Time, 16 July 2012, pp. 52-54.
       • Monthly
         • Adler, Jerry and Andrew Lawler. “How the Chicken Conquered the World.” Smithsonian, June 2012, pp. 40-47.
     • Scholarly Article
       • Moiles, Sean. “Search for Utopia, Desire for the Sublime: Cristina García’s Monkey Hunting.” MELUS, vol. 34, no. 4, 2009, pp. 167-86.
     • Book Review
       • Bergholtz, Benjamin. "'Certainty in Its Purest Form': Globalization, Fundamentalism, and Narrative in Zadie Smith's White Teeth." Review of White Teeth, by Zadie Smith. Contemporary Literature, vol. 57, no. 4, 2016, pp. 541-68.
   • Poetry
     • Book-lenght poems
       • Kinnell, Galway. The Book of Nightmares. Mariner, 1973.
     • Poem Translation
       • Ciardi, translator. The Divine Comedy. Dante Aligheri, New American, 2003.
     • Poem in an Anthology
       • Atwood, Margaret. “Update on Werewolves.” The Best American Poetry 2019, edited by Major Jackson, Scribner, 2019, pp. 5-6.

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