Welcome to the Documentation Style Information Resource Center. Here you'll find information about various aspects of APA and MLA style. Please note that you should always check with your instructor about whether you should use APA, MLA, or some other kind of documentation style.
Featured handouts . . .
APA Quick Reference Guide: This handout is divided into two sections: (1) discusses APA documentation in text and (2) discusses APA documentation on the reference page. It also contains tips for writing an APA title page, the abstract, and the reference page. This handout is not intended to be a complete reference, but it does provide guidelines for the most common elements used by students writing research papers. (An Interactive Presentation with Audio is available!) Updated May 2009!
MLA Quick Reference Guide: This handout is divided into two sections: (1) discusses MLA documentation in text and (2) discusses MLA documentation on the reference page. This handout is not intended to be a complete reference, but it does provide guidelines for the most common elements used by students writing research papers. (An Interactive Presentation with Audio is available!) Revised June 2009!
Chicago Manual/Turabian ManualQuick Reference Guide (PDF 174KB): This handout provides an overview to Chicago documentation style as described in Kate Turabian’s, A Manual for the Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th ed., rev. ed. This guide is not intended to be a complete reference, but it does provide guidelines for the most common elements used by students writing research papers. New September 2009!
Also available . . .
Using Inclusive Language: This handout discusses inclusive language. Inclusive language does not misuse an individual's gender, race, age, etc.
Abstracts in APA Format: This handout discusses APA style abstracts, a requirement for APA style research papers. APA abstracts come after your title page, but before the first page of text.
Levels of Heading in APA Format: This handout provides an overview of levels of heading in APA format. It discusses and provides examples of how to format up to three levels of headings.
Using Ellipsis in APA Style (PDF 99 KB): This handout provides advice for handling omitted material in quotations using APA documentation style. New!
Using Ellipsis in MLA Style (PDF 109 KB): This handout provides advice for handling omitted material in quotations in MLA documentation style. New!
Using Content Notes in APA Papers (PDF 247KB): This handout defines content notes and explains when to use them and how to format them in APA documentation style. Revised June 2009!
Using Supplementary Notes in MLA Papers (PDF 359KB): This handout defines supplementary notes and explains when to use them and how to format them in MLA documentation style. Revised June 2009!
New Editions . . .
What's New in MLA? A comparison between the 6th and 7th editions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. (PDF 108 KB): This handout lists major changes in MLA documentation style from the sixth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers to the seventh edition of the style manual.
Changes in the 3rd Edition of the Pocket Guide to APA Style (PDF 123KB): This handout lists major changes in the Pocket Guide to APA Style from the second edition of the Pocket Guide to the third edition of the guide. Also describes situations in which the Pocket Guide does not adhere to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition.
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