Let's look at some examples. Examples of Citations
MLA Citation of a book in a list of references:
Kardiner, Abram and Lionel Ovesey. The Mark of Oppression; A Psychosocial Study of the American Negro. New York, NY:
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1951.APA Citation of a book in a list of references:
Kardiner, A. and L. Ovesey (1951) The mark of oppression; A psychosocial study of the American negro. New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.What are the differences?
MLA Citation of a periodical in a list of references:
Kardiner, Abram. "The Social Distress Syndrome of Our Time." Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis v 6.1 (1978): 89-101.APA Citation of a periodical in a list of references:
Kardiner, A. (1978). The Social Distress Syndrome of Our Time. Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 6(1), 98-101.
Style guides on the Web:
Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web from the Modern Language Association (MLA). Check your library for a copy of the most recent edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing.
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association from the APA. Look in your library for the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
