Adapted from the original work "Why do we reference?" by UTS Library, at https://youtu.be/ADvsTi0B8HA available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 AU
The Modern Language Association (MLA) is another prominent documentation system.
MLA Style Center https://style.mla.org/
Purdue Online Writing Lab: MLA Format https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Microsoft Office Templates for MLA-Style Paper https://templates.office.com/en-us/MLA-style-paper-TM16392908
Printbook
Hacker, Diana, and Nancy I Sommers. A Pocket Style Manual. Eighth ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2018.
Call Number:
PE
1408
.H26
2018
A great deal of instructors and publications require writers to use the American Psychological Association Style. Here are some helpful sites for using APA style
Learning APA Style http://www.apastyle.org/learn/index.aspx
APA Style Quick Reference https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-guide.pdf
APA Cheat Sheet https://www.library.kent.edu/files/APACheatSheet.pdf
Microsoft Office APA-Style Templates https://templates.office.com/en-us/APA-styles-TM00002099
Certain standards for academic papers are made by different organizations. Your instructors will tell you which documentation and style format they want you to use. There are several different manuals outlining citation and reference standards, but the main ones used in academic settings are APA and MLA.
As a WVUTech student, you have free access to EndNote Basic http://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html, which allows you to create an account, save your articles, format in-paper citations, and generate a works cited page. Here's a screen-shot of the main page so you can see the options available yourself.
