Cite it Right
This citation style is used mainly in Humanities and uses author-page in-text format.
What is MLA?
Style used in psychology and social sciences.
What is APA?
In MLA, an in-text citation typically includes this many elements.
What are two?
You’re citing a book. This element is italicized in APA and MLA.
What is the title of the book?
Fix this APA citation: “Smith J. (2020). The Big Book. New York: Random House.”
What is Smith, J. (2020). The big book. Random House.
In APA, this comes directly after the author’s name in the reference list.
What is the year of publication?
This style includes the publication date in parentheses after the author's name.
What is APA?
APA in-text citations use this to separate author and year.
What is a comma?
You’re citing a scholarly journal article. This part of the citation is in italics.
What is the journal title?
Spot the error in this MLA citation: “Brown, Sarah. ‘Digital Learning.’ Education Weekly, vol. 12, no. 3, 2019, pp. 45-50”
What is the missing period at the end?
This style uses footnotes or endnotes instead of in-text citations.
What is Chicago?
This style is typically used in History and some Humanities and includes footnotes.
What is Chicago?
You cite a source with 3 or more authors in APA. How do you format the in-text citation?
What is (First Author’s Last Name et al., Year)?
This type of source usually requires including a retrieval date in APA.
What is a webpage that changes frequently?
This element is missing from this APA citation: “Taylor, M. (2018). Teaching teens.”
What is the source (journal, publisher, or URL)?
True or False: In MLA, URLs are not required for web citations.
What is False?
In this style, the date goes at the very end of the citation in the works cited page.
What is MLA?
If there’s no page number available in MLA, use this instead.
What is a paragraph number or section heading?
You are citing a YouTube video. What name do you use as the author?
What is the name of the channel or uploader?
In Chicago notes style, this citation is missing something: “1. John Green, Looking for Alaska.”
What is the publication info (city, publisher, year)?
The full title of APA is this.
What is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association?
This lesser-known style is used in legal documents and is based on the Bluebook.
What is legal citation style or Bluebook style?
APA uses this Latin phrase in in-text citations for sources with no date.
What is n.d.?
You’re citing a chapter in an edited book. Name the three key pieces of info you must include.
What are the chapter author, book editor, and book title?
Fix this MLA citation: “Johnson, L. 2022. The Future of Reading. Penguin.”
What is Johnson, L. The Future of Reading. Penguin, 2022.