APA vs. MLA

MLA-

1. Includes a heading with the author's full name, teacher of class, course name, and date of paper on the upper left hand corner of the first page.
2. When quotations are more than 4 lines long, the author must indent them by five spaces.
3. When numbering the pages in the upper right hand corner, the author adds their last name before the number.
4. For direct in-text quotes, MLA uses the authors last name and the page number the information is founded on. Ex: “(Donaldson 210)”.
5. For indirect in-text quotes, MLA states the cited author's name followed by the information, and in parentheses the number the page the information was found on. Ex: “According to historian Zachary Karabell, they were ‘notable only for taking place, not for any specific message’ (244).”

APA-

1. On the center of the first page is the title of the paper, full name of the author, and the author’s school.
2. Separate page for the title and name of author.
3. On the upper left hand corner of each page is the title of the paper.
4. When quotations are more than 40 words long, the author must indent the lines by 5-7 spaces.
5. When numbering the pages in the upper right hand corner, they only write down the number of the page. 
6. Before the paper, the author adds an “Abstract”, which is a 120 words or less summary of the paper.
7. For direct in-text quotes, APA states the cited author’s last name followed by the year of the work and the page it was founded on. Ex: “(Sapolsky, 2001-2002, p.18)”

Both-

1. Both include the number of the page on the upper right hand corner on each separate page. 
2. Both have tiles on the top center on their papers (MLA on the first page, APA after the Abstract)
3. Both include a very own section dedicated to siting their sources at the very end of the paper. 
4. Both are double-spaces throughout the paper.
5. Both have one inch margins.