MLA

APA

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“Works Cited”

“References”

Authors

• Author’s first names are spelled out.

• Author’s first names are replaced by initials.

Multiple Entries for Single Author

• Arrange entries by title.

• Replace author’s name after first entry with 3 hyphens.

• Arrange entries by publication date, from oldest to most recent title.

• Repeat the author’s name each time.

Titles

• Titles of books, periodicals and websites are italicized.

• Titles of articles are enclosed in quotation marks.

• Capitalize each word of a title except for “a”, “an” or “the” if they appear in the middle of the title.

• Titles of books, periodicals and websites are italicized.

• Do not italicize web addresses (URLs).

• Replace “and” with “&” between names.

• Only capitalize the first word, proper nouns and the first word after a colon are capitalized for books, articles and websites.

• Capitalize periodical titles.

Dates

• Dates are placed at the end of an entry.

• There is no comma between the month and the day’s date.

• Abbreviate months except for May, June and July.

• Dates are placed in brackets immediately after the author’s name.

• There is a comma between month and the day’s date.

• Months are not abbreviated.

Format

• Identify the format (print, web, etc.) of each entry.

• Include URL (web addresses). Note that for MLA style the URL is not required, however at our school it is required.

• Do not identify the format (print, web, etc.).

• Include URL. There is no bracket around it.