Which of the following are recognized referencing styles? A. MLA style B.…

Concept

A referencing style is a documented system for citing sources and formatting bibliographic information consistently.

A named style qualifies when it provides an established set of citation and reference-list rules; a general typographic convention is not, by itself, a referencing style.

Application

• MLA provides a documented citation and works-cited system used especially in the humanities.

• Chicago provides established notes-bibliography and author-date citation systems.

• APA provides an author-date citation and reference-list system widely used in the social sciences.

• Roman style is not the name of a standard citation-and-reference system; Roman numerals are a formatting convention that may appear within documents.

Contrast and cross-check

• The combination “A, B and C only” includes Roman style and omits APA style.

• The combination “B, C and D only” includes Roman style and omits MLA style.

• The combination “A and B only” includes Roman style and omits both Chicago and APA styles.

• The combination “A, C and D only” contains the three established referencing styles and excludes Roman style.

Therefore, the correct combination is A, C and D only.