In High School, you may have become familiar with the MLA format for citing your sources. Most college professors will favor the APA or Chicago Citation style. It may seem intimidating to learn a new format, but it is fairly easy to make the switch
The Papers follow the same format:
APA Also has a format for in-text citations. Make sure you are favoring paraphrasing over direct quotes and have a citation to back up all of the claims you make and the information you give. As a rule, if it is not something that is commonly understood, it will require a citation
In-text citation format will be different:
For the purposes of this example assume we are citing Joseph Jones from page 131 of a 2016 article.
*This is a general rule, double-check the APA writing guide for specific instances.
The formatting for block quotations is different. A block quotation is a long direct quote from the text that must be indented 2 tabs over (MLA) or 5 Spaces over (APA).
*These should be used sparingly-paraphrasing is MUCH more effective