"My professor said I should use APA. What does that mean?"

The first step is to citing is choosing a style manual. Did your professor tell you which style manual to use? Look at your assignment or syllabus. If not, be sure to ask what style they prefer. Some common style manuals are:

• Modern Language Association (MLA) is used in arts and humanities
• American Psychological Association (APA) is used in psychology and social sciences
• Chicago Style is used in social science, humanities, and sciences
• Council of Biology Editors (CBE) is used in the natural sciences

These guides (available at the Library) will help answer many formatting questions such as the margins, in-text citations, and your works cited page or bibliography. Let's learn exactly how to cite books, articles, web sites and more...