How to Word Citations

APA

• 1

  Type the author of the work's last name, a comma, her first initial and a period.

• 2

  Type the year the article was published in parentheses followed by a period.

• 3

  Type the title of the article (only capitalizing the first word), a period, the title of the publication (in italics) and a comma.

• 4

  Type the volume number (in italics), the issue number in parentheses, a comma, the page numbers of the article and a period.

• 5

  Entire APA citation should look like this: Smith, A. (2003). Flowers in bloom. Scientific Journal, 5(3), 10-20.

MLA

• 6

  Type the author of the work's last name, a comma, their first name and a period.

• 7

  Type the title of the article (capitalizing all important words) in quotation marks and a period.

• 8

  Type the title of the publication (in italics) and a period.

• 9

  Type the volume number, a period, the issue number, the year the article was published in parentheses and a semi-colon.

• 10

  Type the page numbers for the article, a period, "Print" and a period.

• 11

  Entire MLA citation should look like this: Smith, Amy. "Flowers in Bloom." Scientific Journal. 5.3 (2003): 10-20. Print.