Position Paper Essay

Citation Styles are Different

Whenever you are using someone else’s ideas, constructions, methods, or “exact” words, you must give them appropriate credit

to avoid plagiarism. This is called a citation, and there are different styles of citation, depending on the field or discipline of

study. The method of use of the resource (summary, paraphrase, quote) does not change in quality or presentation, but the

citation style does. See the chart below for qualities of basic citations that differ according to style based upon discipline/field.

Note that the formatting of the full references may not be accurate because of space.

Citation Style Source Type In-Text Citation Full Reference Title/Entry

MLA Modern Language Association

Book with One Author

(Smith 105).

Works Cited

Smith, Joseph W. The Great Book of

Citations. New York, NY: Professional

Publishers, Inc., 2014. Print.

APA American Psychological

Association

Book with Two Researchers

(Smith & Moore, 2014).

References* Smith, J. W., & Moore, A. J. (2014). The

Great Book of Citations. New York, NY:

Professional , Inc.

Turabian Student Version of CMS

Chicago Manual Style

Book with One Author

(Moore 2014, 63).

Bibliography*

Moore, Alena J. The Great Book of

Citations. 2nd ed. Vol. 4. New York, NY:

Professional Publishers, Inc., 2014.

For more information and guidance on citing sources and appropriate use of citation styles, please utilize the following:

http://www.apus.edu/academic-community/library/index; https://owl.english.purdue.edu/; http://www.citationmachine.net/

*When you must list every item you read for a project, it is entitled “Bibliography”; it is entitled “References” when you only list the items

referenced within the work.