Comparative Study Between Mla and Apa Style
Documentation: A Comparative study between MLA and APA style
Introduction:
Documentation is a very significantly important matter in any research paper. A good and proper documentation is mandatory for a good research. Documentation means confirmation of some fact or statement that is true through the use of documentary evidence. Actually proper documentation ensures proper documentary evidence. So it is crucially important that one should ensure a proper documentation so that the paper should not be rejected for plagiarism. It gives the readers access to the sources one cites. In Humanities and Social Science we have two different styles of documentation; MLA style and APA style. We use MLA style in Humanities School, whereas APA style in Social Science School.
Comparative Study:
MLA and APA are two different styles of writing offering two ways of documentation. But the main objective of the two styles is same as it is concerned with documentation, the format of research papers; in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes and the works cited page. In this paper we will present a comparative study between these two well accepted styles of documentation. In the comparative study we will see the background of the two styles; we will see the different aspects and components of the style as well.
Background of the styles:
MLA stands for “Modern Language Association” of America. MLA style is most commonly used to write papers and articles within the Liberal Arts and Humanities. The MLA was founded in 1883, as a discussion and advocacy group for the study of literature and modern languages (Wikipedia). According to its profile featured by the “American Council of Learned Societies” (ACLS),
The Modern Language Association is formed for educational, scientific, literary, and social objects and purposes, and more specifically for the promotion of the academic and scientific study of English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and other so-called modern languages and
Introduction:
Documentation is a very significantly important matter in any research paper. A good and proper documentation is mandatory for a good research. Documentation means confirmation of some fact or statement that is true through the use of documentary evidence. Actually proper documentation ensures proper documentary evidence. So it is crucially important that one should ensure a proper documentation so that the paper should not be rejected for plagiarism. It gives the readers access to the sources one cites. In Humanities and Social Science we have two different styles of documentation; MLA style and APA style. We use MLA style in Humanities School, whereas APA style in Social Science School.
Comparative Study:
MLA and APA are two different styles of writing offering two ways of documentation. But the main objective of the two styles is same as it is concerned with documentation, the format of research papers; in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes and the works cited page. In this paper we will present a comparative study between these two well accepted styles of documentation. In the comparative study we will see the background of the two styles; we will see the different aspects and components of the style as well.
Background of the styles:
MLA stands for “Modern Language Association” of America. MLA style is most commonly used to write papers and articles within the Liberal Arts and Humanities. The MLA was founded in 1883, as a discussion and advocacy group for the study of literature and modern languages (Wikipedia). According to its profile featured by the “American Council of Learned Societies” (ACLS),
The Modern Language Association is formed for educational, scientific, literary, and social objects and purposes, and more specifically for the promotion of the academic and scientific study of English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and other so-called modern languages and
Citations: * “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike” (Orwell, 1945) * Orwell (1945) has said “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike” * We see “Postcolonial criticism draws attention to issues of cultural differences” (Barry, 2002, p. 198) But one should place direct quotation longer than 40 words in a free-standing block of text and should omit the quotation marks * Marx and Engels (1859) described history as marked by the class struggles. or * History is marked by the class struggles (Marx & Engels, 1859). * Orwell, George. Animal Farm. London: Penguin Books, 1989. * Wysocki, Anne, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Application for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. * Gillespie, Paula and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. * Wysocki, Anne, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Application for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2004. * Orwell, George. Animal Farm. London: Penguin Books, 1989.