Today in class we talked about creating citations and creating a bibliogaphy. We went over how to set up a bibliography in the form of MLA as well as APA. We did a puzzle in class where we were to arrange certain phrases and words into MLA or APA form, and then record them. We then were to bring the sources that we used for our review assignment and to put them into a bibliography using Noodlebid, which we learned how to use in class as well. Noodlebid is an extention of Noodletools, and it is a perfect tool for creating a bibliography of a paper, essay, review etc. You simply choose what type of source you used, and enter the information into the boxes that appear. Then you click submit and Noodlebid creates the appropriate bibliography. You can also choose if you want to use MLA or APA format while creating you bibliography.
There are a few differences between MLA and APA, but two main ones are that APA itilicizes the title and doesn't capatilize the first letter of each word. MLA on the other hand, shows titles the way that it appears meaning that the appropriate letters are capatilized, and also the titles are underlined. A second difference is that APA format is more for logging purposes and records use, whereas MLA format is to help someone's audience be able to easily find the source that is included in the bibliography. APA format is for more official works, whereas MLA is used for more recreational purposes, such as general research papers and essays. MLA format may be the more popular and more used of the two formats, however both are very useful and helpful when creating a bibliography.
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You're right about the differences in layout and format for APA and MLA, but both formats - in fact, all formats - are designed to be and can be used in all situations.
Social sciences and sciences generally, but not always, prefer APA. Humanities generally prefers MLA or another style called Chicago or Turabian, which we didn't cover.
All of them can be used in all situations, however.
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