MLA & APA Research Guides
This guide is a connection to library resources and formatting materials for students staff and faculty at Barstow Community College. While MLA formatting is the standard for many English classes at Barstow Community College and many California Community Colleges, APA is the standard used for the Social sciences and business majors and future University undergraduates.
This Libguides Research section provides navigation to various standards for each formatting type.
If you have questions regarding academic research please email the library at library@barstow.edu.
If you have library questions regarding this guide or standards in APA or MLA formatting please email the guide creator at: jmacomber@barstow.edu
if you need tutoring with MLA or APA formatting you can email the Teaching and Learning Support Center at: TLSC@barstow.edu
Make sure you know which format your instructor is requiring.
Finding Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal Articles
VIDEO NOTE: While some of the direction of the video has changed since COVID. You can start the video beginning at 1:46 after using the Academic Search Database after inputting your Bnumber.
We recommend using Google Scholar to supplement your Barstow College library database searches, not replace them.
Read more here on Google Scholar use.
