1. Citation Formats Usually, a Professor requires citations on a paper to be in either the APA or MLA format. These formats are very different, and they are very exact: periods and commas are very important in each of these formats. If you are not certain of which format to use, check with your Professor. APA format MLA format

2. APA Format: 1 The rules for the APA format for each type of item being cited are different. In general, the format is: Author’s last name, Initial of author’s first name (if available) (date).Title of work (if this is a journal article, followed by the title of the entire work, italicized). For journals, this is followed by the volume number: issue number (date of publication) (If given): page(s); for books, this is followed by the Place of publication, Publisher. CONTINUE

3. APA Format: 2 If an item is not a standard item (such as a book or journal article), it will be necessary to consult a style guide, several of which are available on the world wide web. For example, it would be possible to consult a search tool such as google.com, place the subject of apa format and the type of item being cited or simply apa format and obtain many results. Instead, you could use a web site such as easybib.com. google.comeasybib.com CONTINUE

4. APA Format 2A Please note: formats for electronic items are different from hand-held items! CONTINUE

5. MLA Format: 1 The rules for the MLA format for each type of item being cited are different. In general, the format is: Author’s last name, Author’s first name (if available). Title of work (if this is a journal article, the title is in quotation marks, followed by the title of the entire work, underlined). For journals, this is followed by the volume number: issue number (date of publication) (If given): page(s); For books, this is followed by the Place of publication, Publisher: date. CONTINUE

6. MLA Format: 2 If an item is not a standard item (book or journal article), it will be necessary to consult a style guide, several of which are available on the world wide web. For example, it would be possible to consult a search tool such as google.com, place the subject of mla format and the type of item being cited or simply mla format and obtain many results. Instead, you could use a web site such as easybib.comgoogle.com easybib.com CONTINUE

7. MLA Format 2A Please note: formats for electronic items are different from hand-held items! CONTINUE

8. APA and MLA Format: 3 York College offers tools that may help with formatting citations in the APA and MLA formats: begin on the York College homepage (www.york.cuny.edu)(www.york.cuny.edu CONTINUE

9. APA and MLA Format: 4 After clicking on the Library link in the upper right hand corner of the homepage you will get to the Library homepage:Library homepage CONTNIUE

10. APA and MLA Format: 5 On the Library homepage, select Tools for Bibliography (in the second column)

11. APA and MLA Format: 6 On this page, choose either Noodlebib Express: APA citations OR Noodlebib Express: MLA Citations. Once this screen is revealed, simply follow the directions.