Name:- Asiya Fakirmohamad Bagwan

Class:- M. Com-ll [B.A. Specialized]

Semester:- lll Rollno:- 28
Subject:- Research Methodology
Topic:- Assignment No:-3 Bibilography
Drafting in APA 7 Style
Professor In Charge:- Dr. Sadia Merchant
 ASSIGNMENT NO:- 3

Q1) What do you mean by Bibilography in Research?

Ans:- Bibliography comes from the Greek word biblio, or "book," and graphos,
which is "something written or drawn." So, a bibliography is made when someone
writes a list of books or other written works. You may have included a
bibliography with a research paper you have written, to give credit to your sources.
However, due to the popularity of using internet sources instead of books these
days, some writers prefer "Works Cited" over "Bibliography."
A bibliography is a list of books and other source material that you have
used in preparing a research paper. Sometimes these lists will include works that
you consulted but did not cite specifically in your assignment. Consult the style
guide required for your assignment to determine the specific title of your
bibliography page as well as how to cite each source type. Bibliographies are
usually placed at the end of your research paper.
Example of Bibilography:--
Q2) Explain in detail the MLA and APA7 style of citations used in research?

Ans:-

MLA citations style

MLA stands for "Modern Language Association," which provides a style handbook that
serves as an important guide for writing and formatting papers. This guide is most often used
within arts and humanities disciplines by authors engaging in textual analysis and literary
criticism. MLA citation makes up an important part of the MLA style guide, and is the focus of
this page. Many university writing teachers use MLA citation as the default citation style for
their students, no matter what the subject of the student's paper is.
How does MLA citation work?
Like most citation styles, MLA works by coordinating an in-text citation--which appears
by each paraphrase, summary, or quotation throughout the paper--with a source list at the end of
paper, which, in MLA is called the "Works Cited." Here is a sample Works Cited page, provided
by the Purdue OWL. Note the "hanging indent" which makes it easy for your reader to scan your
source list to find the information referenced in the in-text citation. The formatting and
placement of the in-text citations and source list citations can depend on the type of source,
whether or not there is an author, how many authors, whether there are page numbers, where you
found the source, and a variety of other factors.
An example of an in-text citation for a journal article, as paired with the full citation
in the Works Cited, is shown below:

MLA Containers
MLA "containers" are designed to be flexible ways of thinking about how to label
different elements of your citation. The "core elements" are the author and title, each of which
are followed by a period, and the "container elements" are any number of elements such as title
of container, version, number, publisher, date, and/or location, all of which are separated by a
comma with a period after the final element. Not all elements in the container may be relevant to
your source. Keep in mind that sometimes there might be only one container, and sometimes
there may be more than one container. You can practice creating citations using containers on
the MLA Style website's Practice Template.

APA7 citations style

APA7 (American Psychological Association – 7th edition) is an 'author-date' citation
style. This means it uses in-text citations which include the author’s name and the resource’s
publication date, followed by a reference list containing fuller item details at the end of the
document. It is a very common, multidisciplinary referencing style.

This style allows readers to locate information sources via short in-text citations, with full
details in the reference list. Based on the 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association, this guide provides general instructions and examples for citing a
range of sources. Although originally drawn up for use in psychological journals, the APA style
is now widely used in the social sciences, in education, in business, and numerous other
disciplines.
The alphabetical Reference List at the end of the paper provides the necessary
information for readers to locate and retrieve any source cited in the body of the text. It lists
alphabetically in this order: the last name of the author followed by the initials and the year of
publication in brackets. In the case of a book with one author, the title of the book comes next, in
italics, with just the initial letter of the first words of the title and subtitle capitalised. This is
followed by the place of publication, and the name of the publisher. The information in the List
of References must be detailed enough to enable the reader to easily locate the edition or volume
or issue number, in the case of journals, or web page etc.
APA7 CITATIONS STYLE CONTAINERS
The title of the container is vital to the identification of the source. Place the title of the
container in italics, followed by a comma. The information that follows describes the cited work
within the container (e.g. other contributors, volume, number, pages, etc).Containers are used
when a source lies within another source. For example, a book could be cited as a whole and
stand alone without a container. But if you are only citing one chapter within a whole book, the
book becomes the "container" in which the chapter is found.
Examples of APA7 citations style
The basics of an in-text reference in APA:

 Include author or authors and year of publication.

 Use round brackets.
 Example: (Smith & Bruce, 2018)

A basic reference list entry for a journal article in APA must include:

A basic reference list entry for a book from a library database in APA must
include:
References:-
 References of Research Methodology Books:-
1. Mukherjee, S.P. (2019). A Guide to Research Methodology: An Overview of
Research Problems, Tasks and Methods (1st ed.). CRC Press.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429289095
2. Acharyya, R., & Bhattacharya, N. (Eds.). (2019). Research Methodology for
Social Sciences (1st ed.). Routledge India.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367810344
3. C. George Thomas,(2021). Research Methodology and Scientific Writing.
Springer Cham publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64865-7
4. Dubey, U.K.B., & Kothari, D.P. (2022). Research Methodology: Techniques
and Trends (1st ed.),Chapman and Hall/CRC.
https://doi.org/10.1201/978131516713
5. Bairagi, V., & Munot, M.V. (Eds.). (2019). Research Methodology: A
Practical and Scientific Approach (1st ed.). Chapman and Hall/CRC.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351013277
6. Acharyya, R., & Bhattacharya, N. (Eds.). (2019). Research Methodology for
Social Sciences (1st ed.). Routledge India.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367810344
7. Dul, J., & Hak, T. (2007). Case Study Methodology in Business Research
(1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080552194
8. Novikov, A.M., & Novikov, D.A. (2013). Research Methodology: From
Philosophy of Science to Research Design (1st ed.). CRC Press.
https://doi.org/10.1201/b14562
9. C.R. Kothari, (2004), Research Methodology, Second Edition New age
international publishers, ISBN (13):978-81-224-2488-1.
10.Pervez Ghauri &Kjell Gronhaug, (2005),Research Methods in Business
Studies, Third Edition,Pearson Education, ISBN – 0-273-68156-7.
11.Ranjit Kaur,( 2011),Research Methodology, Third Edition, sage
publication, , ISBN – 978-1-84920-301-2.
12.Dr. Prasant Sarangi,( 2010),Research Methodology, Taxmann Publication,
ISBN – 978-81-7194-737-9.