If you ever need to write essays, term papers or professional research papers, chances are you will be required to use one of two main format and style conventions; APA or MLA.
These are the two most used paper formatting standards used in the English language. Based on the clickthrough bevavior of the more than 250,000 individual visitors who came to my Writing Help Central website last month, of those looking for format/style info, 53% were looking for APA help and 47% for MLA help; giving APA the slight edge. To learn more about these two standards, keep on reading…
Most academic and professional research papers are required to use some sort of standardized guidelines governing the style, format, and referencing of sources. The two major standards that have evolved over the years as the leading guidelines are those of the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
So, if you are required to write any type of academic or professional papers, it is likely that you will be required to adhere to either APA or MLA standards.
Both APA and MLA organizations publish manuals that detail the specific conventions to use when writing papers using their respective formats. Due to the evolving nature of these guidelines, both organizations periodically issue updated versions of their standards manuals every few years. These are lengthy and somewhat technical manuals that exceed 400 pages in length and can be difficult to wade through.
Consequently, when I set up Writing Help Central a few years ago I decided to spend the time and effort needed to study these two standards so that I could simplify them as much as possible and produce some pages that summarize the key guidelines of each one You can check out those summary pages at the following links:
APA Format or APA Style
http://www.writinghelp-central.com/apa.html
MLA Format or MLA Style
http://www.writinghelp-central.com/mla.html
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