Research Style and Usage APA/MLA

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SparkChartsTM—created by Harvard students for students everywhere—serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest.

This six-page chart covers:

When to use APA style vs. MLA style
General style points
APA style:
Formatting
Statistics, math, and measurements
Quotations
In-text citations
The References list
Figures and tables
Headings and series
MLA style:
Formatting
Tables and figures
Quotations
In-text citations
The Works Cited section

6 pages, Loose Leaf

First published March 18, 2004

About the author

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