Different academic disciplines use different editorial styles for in-text citations and for the list of works cited. Three commonly used styles are MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style.
This section gives a brief overview of the three common styles and explains the differences based on the values and intellectual goals of scholars in different disciplines.
MLA and APA in-text citations
Chicago footnotes or endnotes
Style manuals for other disciplines