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ENGL 101: English Composition

MLA Citation Styles

The MLA style is used mainly in English and other humanities disciplines.

APA Citation Style

The APA style is used primarily in the social sciences and education fields. These sites also have sample research papers to demonstrate each style:

Getting Autogenerated Citations from EBSCO

Learn about a tool in the Library's EBSCO databases that will help you to cite your sources.

Citations FAQ

Have a question about how to cite something? Browse or search here for examples of citations in the major formats: APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian.

Note: This is not an automatic citation generator. 

Citation Resources

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