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Citation Styles

Most people know style guides as rules for citation formatting. Common and popular style guides include Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA).

Style guides, however, are not just for citation. They include a wide range of rules and guidelines for works in their respective fields, from grammar and language use to the font and size of headings in a work. Generally style manuals include everything a writer needs to know in order to make their work look and read just like every other work written in that style — the look of the page, the way other authors are referenced in the body of the work, and even the tone of the writing.