APA and MLA Documentation

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TOPICS

APA

- Social Sciences

- NaturalSciences

- Physical

Sciences

- Other topics

MLA

- Language

- Literature


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For books (MLA):Mumford, Lewis. The Highway and the City.

New York: Harcourt Brace and World,1963.

Frank, Francine, and Frank Anshen.Language and the Sexes. Albany, NewYork: State U of New York P, 1983.

Jones, V.S., T.C. Anderson, and W.D. Snively.

A Writers Handbook. Cambridge,England: Cambridge UP, 1987.

Leroy, James, et. al. The Truth About Literary

Writers. Hartford: MerganserPress, 1997.


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For general references (MLA)

Ballert, Albert George. Saint

Lawrence River.Encyclopedia Britannica.1963 ed.

Mummy. ComptonsEncyclopedia. 1997 ed.


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For general references (APA)

Shorter Oxford English dictionary(5th ed.).(2002). New York:

Oxford University Press.

Comptons Encyclopedia. (57th

ed.) (1997).Boston: HoughtonCompany.


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For edited works (MLA):

Craig, Hardin, and DavidBevington, eds. TheComplete Works ofShakespeare. Rev. ed.Glenview: Scott, 1973.


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For edited works (APA):

Stanton, D. C., & Farbman, E.(Eds.). (2003). The femaleautograph: Theory andpractice of autobiography.

Middletown, CT: IbisBookstore Press.


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For articles (MLA)

Prin, Dinah. Marriage in the 90s.

New York Times. (02 June

1990):40-45.

Mangrum, Claude T. TowardMore Effective Justice.

Crime Prevention Review. 5

(Fall 1977): 18-19.


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For articles (APA):

Poirot, C. (2004, March 17). HIV

prevention pill goes beyond 'morning

after'. The Hartford Courant, pp. F1,F6.

Wheatcroft, G. (2004, June). The tragedyof Tony Blair. The Atlantic, 293 pp.56

72.


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For CD-ROM (MLA):

Encyclopedia Judaica CD-ROM edition.

Version 1.0. CD-ROM. Jerusalem:

Judaica Multimedia, 1997. Distributor:Shaker Heights.

The Electronic Whole Earth Catalog. CD-ROM. San Rafael, CA: Broderbund,

1989.


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For websites (MLA):Watson, Thomas A. Approaches to Literature.

Literature in Style. Literature and Poets BelongAssociation. Updated Aug. 1997. Retrieved 05

Dec. 1998..

Sydney and Vaughn in The Counteragent The

Safe House. Vartanho. Updated 2002.Retrieved 08 Sept. 2003..


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APA

(For websites)Author(s), I. (date or "n.d." if not date is

posted). Title of work. (Online), date

retrieved. Name of Database or Internetaddress of the specific document.

Specify URLexactly. [Do not end your

entry with a period when ending with an

URL.]


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For websites (APA):

Watson, T. (Aug. 1997). Approaches to literature.

Literature in Style. [On-line]. Retrieved Dec. 5,

1998, from

http://www.lit.edu/home/lpb/approaches.htm

New child vaccine gets funding boost. (2001).

[On-line]. Retrieved March 21, 2001 from

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/health/story_13178

.asp


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For interviews / lectures

(MLA):Isidro, Noel. The Middle Ages. Lecture. St.Scholasticas College, Manila. 28 Sept.

2003.

Roo, Allan Roi. Communications Theory.

Lecture. Troika Hall, SSC. 22 Sept. 2004.

Vartan, Michael. Telephone interview. 04

March 2002.Witt, Dr. Charles. Personal interview. 10 Jan.

1996.


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FOR INTERVIEWS (APA):

Because this material is not

recoverable (i.e., it is not possible for

someone else to see or hear it), it should

not be listed in the list of References. Itcan, however, be cited parenthetically

within the text. It is extremely important

that what is cited in this way be legitimate

and have scholarly integrity.


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For interviews (APA):

Wilbur finds himself sometimes surprised by the

claims of religiosity made by contemporaries.

(personal letter, March 28, 1977)

According to Connie May Fowler, the sources

for her novel Sugar Cane were largely

autobiographical (personal phone

conversation, July 22, 2003).


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For lectures (APA):

Darling, C.W. (2004, April). Images at

Work in the Poetry of William Carlos

Williams. Outline presented in a

classroom lecture at Capital Community

College, Hartford, CT.


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TAKING NOTESTAKING NOTES

1. Summarize the informationin yourown words =PARAPHRASING

2. Copy the quotation


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Studies disclose that there is nospecific cause of homosexual behavior.

Many factors are involved, and their

relative importance varies greatly.

(Coville 131)


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Coville indicates that we should notpoint on one particular cause of

homosexual behavior for the reasons

are varied in many ways. (131)

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Charlotte and Emily Bronte were polar

opposites, not only in theirpersonalities but intheir sources of inspiration for writing (Taylor,

1990).

According to Irene Taylor (1990), the

personalities of Charlotte and Emily are


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Emily Bronte "expressed increasinghostility for the world of human

relationships, whether sexual or social"

(Taylor, 1988, p. 11).

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Banks,Arthur C., Jr. A Guide for Writing Research Papers

Based on MLA. Prepared Instructional Material.1998.

Capital Community College. A Guide for Writing Research

Papers Based on Styles Recommended by the American

PsychologicalAssociation. Updated June 2004. Retrieved30 Sept. 2004.

Kushner, Malcolm. Successful Presentations for

Dummies. Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc.,

1997.

Winkler,Anthony C. and Jo Ray McCuen. Writing the

Research Paper: A Handbook. Fort Worth: Harcourt

Brace College Publishers, 1999.

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