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Research Paper Citation Styles

Posted on December 13th, 2007

When you want to write a good research paper you should firstly think over the research paper citation style you can use. Very often your tutor can give you the task to use this or that research paper citation style. And it turns to be difficult to write a project if you are not aware of the peculiarities of the research paper citation styles.
 
For the student the most frequent research paper citation styles are:

  • APA research paper citation style;
  • MLA research paper citation style;
  • Chicago research paper citation style.

APA (American Psychological Association)
 
The APA research paper citation is mostly used when conducting a research on:

  • Psychology;
  • Education;
  • Economics;
  • Law;
  • Linguistics.

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Term Paper Style

Posted on November 13th, 2007

Term paper styles may differ. As there are a lot of various styles of a term paper, it is sometimes not very easy to choose the right one.
 
The style of term paper usually depends on the subject. For example, if you are to write term paper on Biology, you will use particular style of term paper writing. And if you are writing a term paper on Math, you will choose an absolutely different term paper style.
 
We will list you the requirements of the most widely used term paper styles.
 
APA term paper style.
 
APA, or American Psychological Association, writing style is normally used for the term papers on Psychology or related fields of study. This style of a term paper encourages you to use in-text citations, which allows you to insert additional information from related sources. Also APA term paper style requires writing term paper’s title on the upper right corner of each page, before the page number.
 
MLA term paper style.
 
MLA, or Modern English Association, writing term paper style, is the second of the most used styles for term paper writing. This style of term paper writing is usually used for Social and Humanity term papers. The only difference of APA term paper style is that you should put your last name after the number of each page. (more…)

Research Paper Citations

Posted on November 12th, 2007

Citation is very important for research paper writers. Research paper citations let you prove or disprove your theory. So that it is very important to use citations while writing your research paper.
 
There exist several research paper citation styles. The most popular of them are:

  • APA citation style;
  • MLA citation style;
  • AMA citation style;
  • Turabian citation style.

It is very important to choose the right citation style for your research paper.
 
All the research paper citations styles have a lot of common features. They are:

  • Student has to double space all the lines of his/her research paper, no matter what research paper citation style he/she uses.
  • Despite of citation style, it is necessary to arrange the research paper’s list of sources alphabetically.
  • You should use italic font, or at least underline all the citations, independently of the research paper citation style you use.
  • If the source has no author, you should begin your reference with the title.

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Citing a Research Paper

Posted on November 9th, 2007

As you must have heard, there exist several types of citation. But students often face such a question as “What citation style should I use while citing the research paper?”
 
We will try to answer this question. To do this, we will name the most usable citation styles and tell you which of them you should use for citing research paper on your particular topic. Besides, we will tell you the general rules of citing the research paper.
 
Citation styles and their use
 
There are a lot if citation styles, but not every one of them suits your research work. They are:

  • APA. Is usually used for citing research papers on social sciences.
  • MLA. This citation style is considered for such subjects as literature, humanities and arts.
  • AMA. Is mainly used for citing research papers on medicine, biology and such kind of sciences.
  • Turabian. Citation style, which can be used by college students for citing research paper on any subject.
  • Chicago. This citation style is also used within all subjects by non-academic writers.

All of these citation styles have their own characteristics. There is not a very big difference between them, but it exists. When you choose a citation style for citing research paper, you should consult your research paper advisor. (more…)