This is a self contained MLA, APA formatting powerpoint presentation.

1. Breaking Down MLA and APA
A look into using the APA and MLA work citing formats

2. What are APA and MLA?

3. APA
• APA- Stands for: American Psychological Association.
• Who they are: Based in Washington, DC, the American
Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional
organization that represents psychology in the United States. With
150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists
worldwide. (“American Psychological Association,” n.d.)

4. The Reason We Use APA
(“American Psychological Association,” n.d.)

5. APA Standards for Essays
• Typed essay
• Double-spaced
• Standard sized paper (8.5 x 11in)
• 1inch margins on all sides
• Times New Roman font or similar
• 12 pt font
• Page header in upper right of every page (this includes the title
of the paper and the page number)

6. APA Formatting Example

7. MLA
• MLA-Stands for: Modern Language Association.
• Who they are: Founded in 1883, the Modern Language
Association of America provides opportunities for its members
to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with
colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy. MLA
members host annual conventions and other meetings, work
with related organizations, and sustain one of the finest
publishing programs in humanities. (“Modern Language
Association” 3/15/09)

8. The Reason We Use MLA
• All fields of research agree on the need to document scholarly borrowings,
but documentation conventions vary because of the different needs of
scholarly disciplines. MLA style for documentation is widely used in the
humanities, especially in writing on language and literature. Generally
simpler and more concise than other styles, MLA style features brief
parenthetical citations in the text keyed to an alphabetical list of works
cited that appears at the end of the work. (“Modern Language Association”
3/15/09)
• The MLA standard would more regularly be used in language and literature
fields of study.

9. MLA Standards for Essays
• Typed essay
• Double-spaced
• Standard sized paper (8.5 x 11in)
• 1inch margins on all sides
• Times New Roman font or similar
• 12 pt font
• Header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper
right-hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with
the right margin.

10. MLA Formatting Example

11. APA References
• American Psychological Association. (2009).
Accessed: March 9th, 2009 http://apa.org
• The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2005. The
Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue
University. 09 March 2009
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.

12. MLA References
• Modern Language Association. March 12th, 2009.
March 9th, 2009. [http://www.mla.org/homepage].
• The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. 26 Aug. 2008. The
Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue
University. March 9th, 2009.
<http://owl.english.purdue.edu>.