11 10 Frequently Used MLA and APA Source Citation
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| Source Type | MLA | APA |
| Basic Format |
Author Last name, First name. “Title of work.” Publication Title, volume, number, issue (if provided), date published (day month year), page Numbers. Database Name (if applicable, DOI or URL. Accessed date (day month year). |
Author’s Last name, First initial.Middle initial. (Year published). Title of work, Publication title. Volume(issue), page numbers. URL or DOI |
| Book Chapter |
Ross, Colin. “The Story of Grey Owl.” Fiction/Non-Fiction: A Reader a Rhetoric, 2nd ed., edited by Garry Engkent and Lucia Engkent, Thomson Nelson, 2006 pp. 327-333. |
Ross, C. (2006). The story of grey owl. In Garry Engkent & Lucia Engken (Eds.), Fiction/non-fiction: A reader and rhetoric (2nd ed., pp. 327-333). Thomas Nelson. |
| Newspaper Article accessed through a Database |
Aw, James. “Stopping the Soda Bulge: Why We Need to Consider Restricting Sugary Beverages.” National Post. 23 June 2012 https://nationalpost.com/health/stopping-the-soda-bulge-why-we-need-to-consider-restricting-sugary-beverages. Accessed 9 Apr.2020 |
Aw, J. (2012, June 12). Stopping the soda bulge: Why we need to consider restricting sugary beverages. National Post. https://nationalpost.com/health/stopping-the-soda-bulge-why-we-need-to-consider-restricting-sugary-beverages |
| Journal Article accessed through a database |
Lasky, Dorothea. “Rome.” The American Poetry Review, vol. 43, no. 5, 2014, pp. 5-7., JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24593719. Accessed 9Apr. 2020. |
Lasky, D. (2014). Rome. The American Poetry Review, 43(5). 5-7. www.jstor.org/stable/245937 |
| TedTalk |
Setrakian, Lara. “3 Ways to Fix a Broken News Industry.” TED. Jan, 2017. Accessed 8 Apr. 2020. |
Setrakian, L. (2017, January). Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry. [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/lara_setrakian_3_ways_to_fix_a_broken_news_industry#t-521404 |
| Class Lecture |
Paulson, Paul. “The Nature of Culture.” Department of Anthropology, 15 Jan. 2016, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio. |
Paulson, P. (2016, January 15). [Lecture notes on the nature of culture]. Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at San Antonio. |
| Dictionary Entry |
“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://ww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker. Accessed 9 Apr. 2020. |
Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Hacker. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved April 9, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker |
| Book with 3+ Authors |
MacIntosh, Angus, et al. A Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English. Aberdeen UP, 1987. 4 vols. |
MacIntosh, A., Samuels, M.L., & Benskin, M. (1987). A linguistic alas of late mediaeval English. Aberdeen UP |
| Magazine Article (accessed through a database) |
Smith, Sonia. “Asylum Politics.” Texas Monthly, 1 Aug. 2014, pp. 27-30, Academic Search Complete, http://web.b.ebscohost.com.liweb.lib.utsa,edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=b5eaeecb-30c5-4f14-bb64-e0cf27691882%40sessionmgr103. Accessed 13 Apr. 2020. |
Smith, S. (2014, August 1). Asylym politics. Texas Monthly, 8(14), 27-30. Htto://web.b.ebscohost.comlibweb.lib.utsa.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=6&sid=b5eaeecb-30c5-4f14-bb64-e0cf27691882%40sessionmgr103.
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| YouTube Video |
Kennedy, Dermot. “Rome.” Lyric video. 23 Mar. 2020. 23 Mar 2020. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-3SYni_5v0. Accessed 12 Apr. 2020. |
Kennedy, D. [Dermot Kennedy]. (2020, march 23). Rome. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-3SYni_5v0 |
| MLA | For additional examples of MLA citations, check The Writing Center Resources page: www.utsa.edu/twc/Resources.html. |
| APA | For additional examples of APA citations, check The Writing Center Resources page: www.utsa.edu/twc/Resources.html. |
