ENGL 205: Business Communication in Its Rhetorical Contexts

Basic MLA formatting guidelines 

• A Works Cited list should be organized alphabetically by author’s last name.
• Works Cited list should be double spaced with a hanging indent.
• In-Text citations should be placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author’s Last Name page number)
  • Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong 25).
  • Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, only provide the page #. Example: Furlong found that “direct quote” (25)
• Publication date should be formatted day month year with the month abbreviated. It could also be: month year or season year. Examples:
  • 26 July 2016
  • Dec. 2015
  • spring 2016
• Abbreviations: If the month is more than 4 letters, abbreviate as follows: Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.

MLA Style Center provide citation guideline for common titles of online works.

View the APA Style website for additional style and grammar guidelines.

Basic APA Formatting Guidelines 

• Reference list entries are alphabetized by author’s last name or equivalent.
• Reference lists are doubled spaced with a hanging indent after the first line of each entry
• References (in bold) should appear at the top center of the page.
• When referring to books, chapters, articles, or webpage titles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns
• Cite up to the first 20 authors. Separate the authors name with a comma, and place the & symbol prior to the last name. 
  • Example: Last, F. M., Last, F. M., & Last, F. M.
• In-text citations are placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author's Last Name, Year, page number). 
  • Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong, 2015, p.25).
  • Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, place the year after the last name and the page number after the quote. Example: Furlong (2015) found that “direct quote” (p. 25)
• More guidelines can be found in the PDF Style Guide, citing in APA 7th edition.