There are three main citation styles used at Warner Pacific College: MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian. The different styles are used in different settings (for example, a history course or a political science course). Whichever style you choose to use, use this style consistently throughout your research paper.
MLA and APA are considered in-text citation styles. The styles require that you leave a brief citation after the quote or paraphrase, but leave the rest of the citation for the Works Cited (MLA) or References (APA) page at the end of the essay.
The third commonly form of citation is Chicago Style (also known as Turabian Style). It is a footnote style of citation, which provides the source information at the bottom of the page. This style is used commonly in historical research. It allows the scholar to focus upon the information being presented and not to be distracted with the citation information.
Examples:
Licona's scholarship subverts the notion that zines are produced by mostly white, heterosexual, cis-gendered, middle-class individuals by centering queer creators of color that write and produce zines with the purpose of "advocat[ing] for change based on identified affinities and intersections of oppression, injustice, and inequity" (Licona, 2).
Licona, A. Zines in Third Space: Radical Cooperation and Borderlands Rhetoric. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012.
Licona's scholarship subverts the notion that zines are produced by mostly white, heterosexual, cis-gendered, middle-class individuals by centering queer creators of color that write and produce zines with the purpose of "advocat[ing] for change based on identified affinities and intersections of oppression, injustice, and inequity" (Licona, 2012).
Licona, A. (2012). Zines in Third Space: Radical Cooperation and Borderlands Rhetoric. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Licona's scholarship subverts the notion that zines are produced by mostly white, heterosexual, cis-gendered, middle-class individuals by centering queer creators of color that write and produce zines with the purpose of "advocat[ing] for change based on identified affinities and intersections of oppression, injustice, and inequity."¹
¹ Licona, A, Zines in Third Space: Radical Cooperation and Borderlands Rhetoric. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2012), 2.
Citation Chart with examples from MLA, APA, and Chicago (Developed by Purdue Online Writing Lab)
How to Write a Standard Essay (Developed by WPC's Academic Success Center)
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