Exam 21: Documentation of Report Sources

With MLA style, you should wait to compile the works cited list until the rest of your report is completed.

A content note

When preparing the list of references following the APA style

If you use unpublished materials, such as doctoral dissertations or public speeches, as resources, you do not need to cite them in your report.

The American Psychological Association style uses the author-date system.

In the list of works cited following MLA style

If you use MLA style, your in-text citations include the author's last name and a page reference.

The functions of footnotes and endnotes are identical; the only difference between the two is their placement.

The purpose of a superscript in text is to let the reader know

When citing journal articles using APA style

You should always use APA style for documentation in your reports, even if your employer or client normally uses a different form.

With APA style, you use

With Chicago humanities style, the bibliography

There is difference between endnotes and a bibliography.

Unlike source notes, content notes may supplement your main text with comments and/or cross-references.

In APA style, titles of articles are put in quotation marks and all important words are capitalized.

With MLA style, you use

With Chicago humanities style, you use

If a newspaper article doesn't have an author, your citation begins with the title of the newspaper.

Entries for the bibliography for a report following the Chicago style