HARRY STYLES

MLA/ APA/ AMASTYLES

Components of Formatting:

• Title Page • Body of Paper• Parenthetical or In text Citations• Bibliography/Work Cited/

References Page and CITATIONS.

TITLE PAGE OR NOT A TITLE PAGE?

BODY OF YOUR PAPER

• 1 inch margins• Times New Roman• Size 12 font• Double spaced• Indented paragraphs• Running header and page numbered

IN TEXT CITATIONS

• referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what is known as parenthetical/in text citation.

• Each style places the citation in the same place- at the end of the sentence which contains the reference, right in front of the period.

Applies to paraphrasingAnd summaries too.

IN TEXT CITATIONS

Examples (MLA) Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

ORWordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

IN TEXT CITATIONS

Examples (APA)According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).

ORAPA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

IN TEXT CITATIONS

Examples (AMA) Type 1 Diabetes is a known risk for cardiovascular disease.1

OR

Several longitudinal studies have evaluated the effects of Type 1 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease.2,3

Bibliography/ Work Cited/ References

Page and CITATIONS

Page formatting for Bibliography, Work Cited, or Reference Page:

• 1 inch margins• Times New Roman • 12 font size• Double spaced• Last page in paper, and stands alone. • MLA & APA citations in alphabetical order.• AMA citations in numerical order as cited in paper.

MLA

APA

AMA

MLA:

Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. New York: Penguin Group,

2006. Print.

APA:

Pollan, M. (2006). The omnivore’s dilemma. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

AMA:

Pollan, M. The omnivore’s dilemma. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.

Book Citation Examples

MLA:

Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's

Bashai Tudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50. Print.

APA:

Bagchi, A. (1996). Conflicting nationalisms: The voice of the subaltern in Mahasweta Devi’s Bashai Tudu.

Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, 15(1), 41–50.

AMA:

Bagchi, A. Conflicting nationalisms: The voice of the Subalten in Mahasweta Devil’s Bashai Tudu. Tulsa Studies in

Women’s Literature. 1996;15(1):41-50.

Scholarly Journal Citation Examples