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RESEARCH CITATION: MLA & APA FORMAT

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MLA (MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION) FORMAT:

 
 
 
 

APA (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) FORMAT:

 
 
 
 
The Above information is linked with permission from the Owl at Purdue.
CITATION GENERATORS

REVISION AID

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Revision Aid is like the cherry on top of your research paper cake! It can help polish your final draft by catching these common errors:

  • passive constructions

  • sentences that may be too long for easy reading

  • words that may be misused

  • phrases that may be covering up inadequate evidence, poor organization, or a forced transition​

PRO WRITING AID

 

ProWritingAid is another editing program. You will need to create an account, but it is free to do so. ProWritingAid can edit academic writing as well as creative writing in the following areas:

  • grammar

  • overused words

  • readability

  • cliches

  • sentence length

  • consistency

  • pacing

CITATIONS & PLAGIARISM: TERMS, TOOLS, AND VIDEOS

Citation: 

Bibliographic information for a source

 

Citation style: 

A set of instructions for formatting citations, bibliographies, and other elements of your paper; common examples include MLA and APA

 

Common knowledge: 

Widely accepted information that is available in many sources and does not require a citation

 

Paraphrasing: 

Rewriting a passage in your own words

 

Plagiarism: 

Passing off someone else's words or ideas as your own

 

Quoting:

Directly reproducing someone else's words and surrounding them with quotation marks

 

Summarizing: 

Condensing someone else's major points using your own words

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