Documentation Resources

Below are links to guidelines for the most commonly used documentation styles. These sites will help you:

• format research papers,
• format in-text citations (MLA and APA) and footnotes (Chicago),
• create a "List of References" (APA) or a "Works Cited" page (MLA),
• know what an abstract should contain (APA),
• number your pages with proper headers (APA),
• know if you should include a title page (APA yes, MLA no).

The Modern Language Association for the humanities (English, Catholic Studies, Art History)




The American Psychological Association used in the social sciences (e.g. psychology, sociology)




Used primarily in history

The Council of Biology Editors for the sciences