MLA vs APA.

[Shawn]

I always thought that MLA was the norm now and that APA was pretty much extinct. However my mom has gone back to college to get her master's degree and they want her to use APA format. My mom was asking me for help with formatting but I don't have the slightest idea what APA is like since even in high school we used MLA.

 

[Zugzwang152]

a lot of my classes just say to "use any widely accepted formatting". those that specify, have all specified MLA though.

 

[Shawn]

ttt

 

[Juno]

only psychology majors use APA rather than MLA.

 

[mugs]

I rarely wrote papers in college, so I have no idea.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Juno
only psychology majors use APA rather than MLA.

My mom is getting her degree in nursing administration and she has to use APA.

 

[CollectiveUnconscious]

Here is the standard use of the different formats. That's pretty much what professors at my university follow.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Generally we were told to use any common, consistent format.
Most often this ended up being MLA or Chicago. I can't remember writing anything in college using APA.

For what it's worth (not much probably), my degree is in Scientific & Technical Communication.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Wait a miniute and I'll load up an APA example paper to my webserver and post you a link to it.

Edit:

Here you go!
http://www.here4days.com/testfiles/APA.pdf

It's from University of Phoenix but it's a damn good APA cheat sheet. Pass this on to your mom, she'll thank you for it.

JR..

 

[2Xtreme21]

I have one class where the prof demands APA and another where the prof demands MLA. *shrugs* It's not like it's hard, to be honest.

(PolySci = APA, English = MLA)

 

[Baked]

It's up to the department. I major in Broadcasting and we use APA. Just tell your mom to buy the APA manual, it's not that expensive.