Can you recognize plagiarism?
MLA and APA are discipline specific formatting and citation style guides used to document the sources you paraphrase, quote, and use in your research paper or project. The style determines the exact format of your citations by specifying the publication information that must be included and the order of this information as well as capitalization and punctuation. The style also determines the paper format or set up.
What is MLA?
Learn more at Modern Language Association
What is APA?
Learn more at American Psychological Association's APA Style.
Why do I have to cite?
Learn more about plagiarism and avoiding plagiarism at the CSU Writing Center website.
Where can I get help?
Need help with your citations? Just can't seem to get started on that paper?
Did you know there are many different citation styles?
Different academic disciplines have different expectations for how works are cited. Journals may even have their own style for citing works.
Here are a few examples.