Different classes and disciplines have particular ways and methods of writing research papers. These various methods are called styles. It is very important to structure your paper in the appropriate style for your class. There are two main styles used at Maui Community College – MLA and APA.

MLA: Modern Language Association’s style often used for English and humanities papers.

The Works Cited list appears at the end of your paper and, as its title suggests, lists only the works you have cited or used to write your paper.

MLA Works Cited - print resources (Adobe PDF, 197K)
MLA Works Cited - electronic resources (Adobe PDF, 196K)

APA: American Psychological Society’s style often used for psychological and scientific reports.

The Reference List appears at the end of your paper and, as its title suggests, lists only the references you have cited or used to write your paper.

The Writing Center: University of Wisconsin – Madison
A great portal with links on the entire writing process including documenting sources.

Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
This site has over 200 handouts to help you improve your writing.

Duke University’s Guide to Citing Sources
A well laid out site that shows you how to create parenthetical references and a Works Cited page.

Diana Hacker Online
The companion site to her handbook.

Cohen, Justin. Yale Daily News Guide to Writing College Papers. New

York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.   [PE 1478 .C63 2000]

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for the Writer’s of Research Papers.

6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.

[REF LB 2369 .G53 2003]

Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford St.

Martin’s, 2003.   [REF PE 1408. H2778 2003]

Harvey, Michael. The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing. Indianapolis,

IN: Hackett, 2003.   [PE 1408 .H3927 2003]

Tackling Your First College Paper. New York: Natavi Guides, 2002.

[PE 1408 .T14 2002]