Students come across many referencing styles during their academic career. A few among those are MLA referencing, APA referencing, Harvard referencing, and many more. But most of the students do not know the major differences between these referencing styles. In this blog, we have highlighted the major differences between the two referencing styles — MLA and APA.

1. Page title –

While citing your paper in MLA style, you need to include the Title on the first page. Separate the title and the content of your paper with a double space. Put the header on the left side of the first page including the author’s name, instructor’s name, course, and date. The rest of the pages will have the header at the right side including the last name of the author and page number. Reference the article title in quotation marks.

While citing your paper in the APA style, put the page header at the top of every page. Put the page number in the right while the title of the page at the left. The title page must include the title, author’s name, and institutional affiliation.

 2. In-text citation –

There is a major difference in their in-text citation part. MLA referencing style follows the Author-Page format while the APA referencing style follows the Author-Date format. While citing your sources in MLA format include the last name of the author. Add the page number in the parenthesis after the text. The format is (Name of the author Space Page Number) as in (Robin 25).

But while citing your paper in APA format include the author’s last name and the year of publication in parentheses. The format is (Name Comma Year Comma p. #) as in (Robin, 1995, p. 25). The main difference between these two referencing styles is APA referencing style use commas whereas MLA referencing style does not.

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