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Differences between MLA and APA citations:
In MLA, author last names AND first names are introduced.
In APA, only last name of author, and initials of first and middle names are indicated, FOLLOWED ALWAYS BY THE YEAR OF
PUBLICATION IN PARENTHESES.
ex: Smith, A.J. (2002).
The date of publication is noted in parentheses whenever the author's name is indicated, both in a lead-in phrase and
in-text citation.
Ex1: As stated in Smith's (2002) study, results revealed
the following conclusions.
Ex2: The University of Illinois study revealed....
(Smith, 2002)
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Citations are arranged in alphabetical order, according to last name of contributor, like MLA.
Titles of sources:
A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MLA AND APA IS THE CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION OF TITLES OF SOURCES (ARTICLES). In APA,
the source title only capitalizes the first word of the title, and there is NO " " around the title.
EX: Smith, J.A. Research on the results of environmental
effects on wildlife in wetlands.
The container, including the name of a database, are italicized in BOTH MLA and APA.
Finally, in MLA, the date you accessed an online source is at the end of the citation.
EX: Accessed 2, March 2002. <https:owlpurdue/APA>
In APA, the date you accessed the source is stated at the end of the citation:
EX: Retrieved from https:owlpurdue/APA.
NOTE: In the text of your APA paper, the titles of sources/articles ARE capitalized following rules of standard English
grammar (all important words) AND are in quotation marks.
The titles of containers ARE italicized the same in both MLA and APA.
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