U.S. History: MLA Style -Advanced

 All fields of research agree on the need to document scholarly borrowings, but documentation conventions vary because of the different needs of scholarly disciplines.MLA style for documentation is widely used in the humanities, especially in writing on language and literature. Generally simpler and more concise than other styles,  MLA style features brief parenthetical citations in the text keyed to an alphabetical list of works cited that appears at the end of the work.  (Modern Language Association 2015)

Remember:

• Use the Quick cite feature for database articles
• EBSCO citations can be found on the right hand side under Tools - Cite
• Differentiate reference sources from books
• Articles in reference books often have the author's name at the end of the article

This media file contains a PDF with a side-by-side comparison of APA, MLA, and CMS styles. To find a specific example of a citation, use the search function (Command + F for Mac, Control + F for PC) and type in the type of example you need, e.g., "Book," "Three or More Authors," "Journal Article," etc. Chart created by Justin King Rademaekers.

Purdue Owl APA Formatiing and Style Guide

This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.