Type: Date:

Authors Name:

Differences between APA and MLA MLA The date follows the publisher in the citation and is not in parentheses. The authors full name (first and last) is spelled out. All major words in the title are capitalized and the title is underlined.

APA The date follows the author and is in parentheses. The authors last name is spelled out and the first name is reduced to initials. Only the first word of the title, the first word of a subtitle, and any proper nouns (like names) are capitalized. Everything else is lowercase. Also, the title is written in italics. The source page is called a References APA does use commas and, if a page is mentioned, uses p. and pp.

Capitalizations:

Source Page:

The source page is called a Works Cited. In Text Citations MLA uses the last name of the author and the page number.APA uses the last name of the author and the date.MLA does not uses commas to separate the material, or p. pp. before the page numbers. *Information on table gathered from: http://academictips.org*

Similarities between MLA and APA Both require that you provide the source information within parenthesis if it is not already provided within your text. both require some kind of guideline back to your works cited page even if you already quote the author in your text Both include works cited pages Both are indented one inch away from the margin and have the citation at the end of the quote. The heading is centered and each citation is in alphabetical order with all lines after the first line of each entry indented. *Information on table gathered from: http://willowwordsbybenedict.blogspot.com and http://english102pashiawickliffe.blogspot.com*