Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Sources used to write a paper are acknowledged in two different places within the paper:
1. As in-text citations within the text of the paper
2. In the Works Cited page at the end of the paper.
At the end of each research paper, a section must be devoted to listing the information for each resource that you
used in the paper. This includes all resources that you quoted, paraphrased, or mentioned.
2. MLA (BIBLIOGRAPHY)
-Modern Language Association (MLA)
Is an American professional Organization for scholars of literature and language based in New York City.
MLA Style Manual and Guide To Scholarly Publishing- style book titled
1985- first edition printed
2008- 3rd edition
Began in 1883 at Purdue University
A. BOOKS
Examples
MLA: Johnson, Thomas. Studies in College. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2003. Print.
APA: Johnson, T. (2003). Studies in college. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill.
CMS: Johnson, Thomas. Studies in College: The Freshmen.
New York: McGraw Hill, 2003.
Template
MLA: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Work. City of Pub: Publisher, Year. Medium.
APA: Lastname, First Initial. (Year). Title of work. City of Pub, State: Publisher.
CMS: Last Name, First Name. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Date of Publication.
B .JOURNALS
Examples
MLA: Smith, Linda. “Students in Danger.” New England Journal of
Student Progress 7.2 (2007): 142-154. Print.
APA: Smith, L. (2007). Students in danger. New England Journal of
Student Progress, 7(2), 142-154.
CMS: Smith, Linda. “Students in Danger.” New England Journal of
Student Progress 7,2 (2007): 142-154.
Template
MLA: Lastname, Firstname. “Title of Work.” Journal Title Volume. Issue (Year): page numbers. Medium.
APA: Lastname, First Initial. (Year). Title of work. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), page numbers.
CMS: Last Name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Periodical volume, number (Date of Publication): page
numbers.
C. ON-LINE SOURCES
Template
MLA: Author. Title of Site. Sponsor, Date created (Day Month year) (use n.d. if not given). Medium. Date
accessed (day month year). <URL (optional)/>.
APA: Author. (Year, Month[use n.d. if not given]). Article or page sub-title. Major Publication Title, volume or
issue number (if available). Retrieved from http://url.
CMS: Author. “Title of Page.” Title of Website or Owner. Last modified Month day, year. URL.
Examples:
MLA: Department of Enrollment Management. Fall Term Comparison. University of Houston-Clear Lake, 24 Oct.
2013. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
APA: Department of Enrollment Management. (2013,October). Fall Term Comparison. Enrollment
Management 2013 Reports. Retrieved from http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/PRV/Enrollment-
Management/.
CMS: Department of Enrollment Management. “Fall Term Comparison.” University of Houston-Clear Lake.
October 24, 2013. http://prtl.uhcl.edu/portal/page/portal/PRV/Enrollment-Management/.
Seat Work:
A. BOOK
medium: book
Author: Bryant Acar
Title: Quantitative Research
Year of Pub: 2016
City of Pub: Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
Publisher: Mendel Group Publishing Hub
B. JOURNAL
C. ON-LINE-SOURCES
1. http://www.quantiresearch.qqq.
2. Centers for Research. - Author
3. Title: Action Research, sub title: Importance of AR
4. accessed: June 19, 2014.
5. Web, created: Oct. 27, 2013. 7. Vol 5
6. Sponsor: Research Web Group