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MLA Handbook 9th Edition – Modern Language Association. 9th Ed. The Modern Language Association of America, 2021.
Quick citation and writing style guide for students, faculty, and staff to properly reference and format sourced materials to avoid plagiarism. MLA Style is often used in the humanities such as literature, languages, and art. The Modern Language Association established its style guide in 1951.
- MLA Style Guide 9th Edition
Quick citation and writing style guide for students, faculty, and staff to properly reference and format sourced materials to avoid plagiarism. MLA style is often used in the humanities such as literature, languages, and art. The Modern Language Association established its style guide in 1951.
APA Manual 7th Edition – American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
Quick citation and writing style guide for students, faculty, and staff to properly reference and format sourced materials to avoid plagiarism. APA Style is often used in behavioral sciences such as psychology, education, anthropology, social work, etc. The American Psychological Association and APA Style Guide was established in 1929.
- APA Style Guide 7th Ed - The Basics
The blog introduces the basics of APA 7th Edition supported by the American Library Association
MLA Citation example for a single author of a journal article.
MLA Citation example for two authors of a journal article.
MLA Citation example for more than three authors of a journal article.
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Introduction to the process of writing from Miacademy Channel. - What is Technical Writing?
27 min video from APU Staff Writing Coach sharing unique rules, styles and features of technical writing. Technical writing is also called business writing. This video may be helpful for students in technology, architecture, or engineering classes. - APA 7th Edition: Set up an APA Format Paper in 6 minutes by Scibber
6 min video describing the updates to the 7th edition for student papers. Video uses Google Docs as demonstration when formatting APA style paper including abstract, headers, title pages, page numbers, and more. Please pay close attention to spacing and order of content when applying APA Style Format. - Introduction to Citation Styles: MLA 9th Edition
4 min video detailing the importance of MLA 9th Ed. Citations in academic writing. Details include avoiding plagiarism, in-text citations for single and multiple authors, Works Cited page, and hanging indents.
- OWL Online Writing Lab This link opens in a new windowThe Online Writing Lab from Purdue university provides and complete and thorough guide for research, writing, and citations. MLA and APA style guides found here.
- MLA Handbook Plus 9th ed. This link opens in a new windowWhether you have questions about works-cited lists, in-text citations, footnotes, endnotes, or an annotated bibliography, the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook has all the answers about MLA format. You’ll also find the latest information on how to cite song lyrics, websites, e-books, databases, YouTube videos, and any other type of source requiring documentation.
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