Does Humanities Use MLA or APA?
MLA citation style is most frequently used in the humanities (literature, languages, art).
Is APA used in humanities?
APA Style (American Psychological Association) is commonly used in the Social Sciences. MLA Style (Modern Languages Association) is utilized in Fine Arts and Humanities. Chicago Manual of Style is used by select humanities and social science disciplines like Art History and History.
What citation style does Wikipedia use?
How to cite Wikipedia in MLA style
| Format | “Article Title.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, date of last modification, URL. |
|---|---|
| Works Cited | “Evolutionary History of Life.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Nov. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_history_of_life. |
| In-text citation | (“Evolutionary History”) |
What is a full citation?
A full citation fully identifies a reliable source and, where applicable, the place in that source (such as a page number) where the information in question can be found. For example: Rawls, John. This type of citation is usually given as a footnote, and is the most commonly used citation method in Wikipedia articles.
Is it acceptable to cite Wikipedia?
Citation is not needed for fact-checking general knowledge. In any case, you should not cite Wikipedia itself, but the source provided; you should certainly look up the source yourself before citing it. If there is no source cited, consider a different method of obtaining this information.
How do you list references in Wikipedia?
To be made up of:
- Title of article (in single quotation marks).
- Year that the site was published/last updated (in round brackets).
- Title of wiki site (in italics).
- Available at: URL.
- (Accessed: date).
What is a apa citation of an article?
A basic reference list entry for a journal article in APA must include:
- Author or authors.
- Year of publication of the article (in round brackets).
- Article title.
- Journal title (in italics).
- Volume of journal (in italics).
- Issue number of journal in round brackets (no italics).
- Page range of article.
- DOI or URL.