Style | APA | Harvard | MLA | Chicago | |
Authority | American Psychology Association | No single authority to define Harvard style | Modern Language Association | The University of Chicago Press | |
In-text citation format | author-date | author-date | author-page | superscript number (footnote / endnote) | author-date |
Footnote | Used to provide additional content or to acknowledge copyright permission status. (see manual page 37) | Used to provide bibliographic notes or explanatory/content notes (Purdue Online Writing Lab) | Used to provide full bibliographic details
| Used to provide additional content (see manual page 800) | |
Subject | Psychology, Science | widely used in UK | Liberal arts, Humanities | History, Economics Social Studies | |
Title of the bibliography page | Reference List | Reference List | Works Cited | Bibliography | Reference List |
Bibliography format | Hanging indention | ||||