Citing Formats

How should a Chicago style references page be organized?

Alphabetically by author last name

How do you organize an MLA works cited page?

Alphabetically by author last name. Entries should be written as last name, first name, middle name/inital if applicable

What format do you use in APA style in text citations?

Author date. Example: (Williams, 2022)

What items are necessary for an MLA in text citation?

Author last name and page number(s) in parentheses Note: If the author's last name is used in the sentence itself, only the page numbers go in parentheses.

How do you write out a book citation for Chicago style?

Author last name, first name. Italicized title of book. Place of publication: Publisher, Year of publication

True or False: You are going to kick this CLEP in the asphodel

Big heckin yes boiiiiiiii

APA: How do you organize multiple sources from the same author?

Chronologically from earliest to most recent

True or False: in Chicago style book citations, authors should be listed alphabetically every time.

False. Authors should be listed last name first in the order they appear on the book. Example: if Henry White and John Locke wrote a book, John Locke does not go before Henry White in the citation, even though his name appears first alphabetically

True or False: The in text citation goes at the end of the sentence in APA style no matter what.

False. If you don't use the author's last name in the direct quote, the citation goes directly after the end of the quote.

True or False: if you are not directly quoting a work from an author, you still need the page number in the in text citation.

False. Page numbers are only required when making direct quotes, not generalizations or paraphrases

How do you format long direct quotes of 40+ words in APA style?

If it is 40 words or longer, use a freestanding text block on its own line. Example: In his story, Jones said this: All of this here would be the direct quote but don't use quotation marks. Pretend this is 40 words long (put your citation here in the text block). Continue your essay here.

How do you cite an online source in a Chicago style reference page?

Last name, first name. "Title of web page." Name of website. Publishing organization, publication or revision date if applicable. Access date if no other date is available. URL.

What does the abbreviation pp mean?

Multiple pages

APA: If you are summarizing or paraphrasing an author's work, do you have to use page numbers in the in text citation?

No

APA: For journal citations, do you shorten the journal title?

No. It is cited exactly as it is written. Example: don't substitute & for "and", or if the title of the journal is PhiloSOPHIA, don't type it all in lowercase.

In APA style in text citations, do you capitalize every word in a source's title?

No. Only if the words in the title are four letters or longer.

How do you identify which section of a source you retrieved information from if there are no page numbers?

Paragraph number, section number, chapter, or other identifier

What are the two ways to use citations in Chicago style?

Parenthetical citations and footnotes

MLA: What do you use in place of the author's name in an in text citation if the author is unknown?

Shortened title of the work in quotation marks

What does the abbreviation p mean?

Single page

True or False: When referring to the titles of books, chapters, articles, reports, webpages, or other sources, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of the title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns.

True

True or False: in APA style, your list of sources at the end of your essay is called a Reference list

True.

True or False: you need to capitalize every word in an article's title except article words (an, a, the, etc.), prepositions, and conjunctions (and, of, both)

True. Examples include Gone with the Wind, There Is Nothing Left to Lose, and The Art of War

MLA: True or False: if there is more than one edition of a work referenced, you have to add the edition number to your in text citation

True. In the in text citation, you would add author's name, and edition number followed by a semicolon, and a further identifier of volume, chapter, part, book, section, or paragraph

How do you note an article that was originally published in print form but you found using an online database in an MLA works cited page?

Type the online database in italics

How many authors can you list in an APA References page?

Up to 20. Use an ampersand (&) before the last author's name.

How do you cite an online source in an MLA works cited page?

Use a DOI (digital object identifier) or a URL (delete the https:// from the URL)

MLA: How do you in text cite a work with two authors?

Use both last names

MLA: How do you in text cite multiple works by the same author?

Use shortened versions of the works' titles instead of the author's last name

MLA: How do you in text cite a work with three or more authors?

Use the author with the first last name alphabetically and use et al. to signify more authors

How do you distinguish between two authors with the same last name?

Use the first initial, eg R. Miller or A. Miller

APA: Does the References page need to be alphabetized by author's last name?

Yes

APA: Is this correct or not? Jane Marie Smith wrote My Fair Lady. The citation in the reference list is Smith, J. M.

Yes. In APA, you initialize the author's first name and middle name, if applicable.