{"id":307197,"date":"2021-04-09T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.nl\/?p=307197"},"modified":"2022-06-27T13:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T11:10:33","slug":"citation-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/citing-sources\/citation-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Citation examples for common sources types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common <a href=index-1052.html>citation styles<\/a> are <a href=index-1778.html>APA<\/a> and <a href=index-1779.html>MLA<\/a>. 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