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American Literature 2: Early 19th Century - 21st Century: Documentation, citations, and so forth

The Importance of Referencing

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

MLA Style

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

 

APA Style

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

Publication Citation Methods

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.