sheets for citation styles. Use the citation style recommended by your professor. Consistency is key, so don't mix styles in a bibliography. For information on "why to cite" and "why a specific style", see Why Cite. Modern Language Association (MLA) style The following sources provide assistance and examples OLLU Writing Center . Guidance in interpreting or completing assignments; Instruction in writing clearly and correctly, including pointers on spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and style; Assistance with citation (MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, etc.) Make An Appointment Online . 210-431-4199 writing@ollusa.edu @MFD_Writing A literature review may constitute an essential chapter of a thesis or dissertation, or may be a self-contained review of writings on a subject. In either case, its purpose is to: Place each work in the context of its contribution to the understanding of the subject under review. Describe the relationship of each work to the others under MLA (English and other humanities) MLA Style (8th Edition): Samples of basic citation formats; Michael Schwartz Library. MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL): Detailed reference which "offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page." Example of Scientific Style for a book with one author: John D. Doe. Causes of the Civil War. Columbus (OH): Smith Press: 1999. Resources: ACS: American Chemical Society; ACS Style Guidelines: Available online from UW-Madison Libraries, providing examples for citing references in the text and the bibliography of a research paper. 22.6Using Other Formats Although APA, MLA, and Chicago are the most widely used documentation styles, many other styles are used in specific situations. Some of these other styles are listed in Table 22.10 "Other Documentation Formats". You can find more about them by searching online. Table 22.10Other Documentation Formats Previous Section The University of Michigan Library's mission is to support, enhance, and collaborate in the instructional, research, and service activities of the faculty, students, and staff, and contribute to the common good by collecting, organizing, preserving, communicating, sharing, and creating the record of human knowledge. Although APA, MLA, and Chicago are the most widely used documentation styles, many other styles are used in specific situations. Some of these other styles are listed in Table 22.10 "Other Documentation Formats". You can find more about them by searching online. Table 22.10Other Documentation Formats Licenses and Attributions canPsy chol ogi cal Associ APA)st sourceslisted below provide assistance APAstyle. addition,see Some Examples below referencingmaterial obtained aggregateddatabase Infotrac,Proquest, OCLC Firstsearch) seeexamples from Winthrop University citingERIC documents.] Dr. Koster's List of Scientific and Technical Writing Links. This page lists links to a number of on-line resources for technical and scientific writing. Source lists should always be in alphabetical order by the first word of each reference, and you should use hanging indentation (with the first line of each reference flush with the margin and subsequent lines indented one-half inch). Using Other Formats 22.6 Using Other Format