MLA reference page and APA error correction

a) MLA reference page (Works Cited)

Works Cited

Smith, Mary. The Art of Storytelling. Creative Press, 2021.

Format notes (MLA 9): the heading "Works Cited" is centred, the entry has a hanging indent, the book title is in italics, and the publisher's location (New York) is no longer included.

b) Errors in the APA-style entry

Given entry: Smith, J. (2020). "Exploring the Wonders of Nature": A Study on Wildlife Conservation. Nature Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 45-60. doi:10/5432/nrj.2020.15.4.

Errors:

1. The article title is placed in quotation marks; APA does not use quotation marks for the title of an article in the reference list.
2. The title is in title case; APA uses sentence case (capitalise only the first word, the first word after a colon, and proper nouns).
3. The journal name and volume number are not in italics.
4. "vol. 15, no. 4, pp." is MLA style; APA writes the volume, issue and pages as 15(4), 45–60, with an en dash in the page range.
5. The DOI is not in the current APA 7 form (it should be a URL, https://doi.org/...), and "10/5432" has a slash instead of a full stop after 10.

Corrected entry (APA 7):

Smith, J. (2020). Exploring the wonders of nature: A study on wildlife conservation. Nature Research Journal, 15(4), 45–60. https://doi.org/10.5432/nrj.2020.15.4

(The volume number 15 is italicised along with the journal title; the issue number is not.)