Research & Subject Guides: CEA 529: Music and the Brain: Citing your work

Works Cited

MLA Style Guide

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Main Library Stacks LB2369 .M6 2016

APA Style Manual

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Call Number: Main Library Reference - Reference Desk Collection - BF76.7 .P83 2010

ISBN: 9781433805592

Publication Date: 2010

Purdue University's OWL

The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University provides easy to read and understand guide for MLA Citation Style, 8th ed.

MLA Style for In-Text Citations

In order to correctly cite your resources you will need to have at least two citations for each resource.

Works Cited Page - Lists all the resources referenced in your paper and provides all information needed for a reader to find the resource (author, date published, article title, journal title, volume, page numbers, etc.)

In-text Citations - Information within the body of the text that indicates the source of the information. This is abbreviated citation information, usually author last name and page number, that the reader can use to find the resource on the Works Cited page. In-text citations are used not only when you are quoting an author but always when you are paraphrasing.

Information on how to format in-text citations in MLA style.

Examples of in-text citations from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).