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OURCES Means telling your readers where the information came from Is a courtesy to the original authors Is a courtesy to your readers
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OURCES Is called plagiarism Is a form of dishonesty Can bring severe penalties
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ESEARCH Consult the handout or the APA manual to see what info you need Make copies of the article from the journal, magazine, newspaper, etc Write the necessary publication info and page number on the copies
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OURCE Always – when you quote directly When the information is not common knowledge Whenever you quote, paraphrase, or summarize an author’s information
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ATERIAL Author’s name Date Page number, not required, but recommended
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AME IN Citing sources is hard but essential work (Black, 2009, p. 45).
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UOTATIONS Short quotes – less than 40 words Long quotes – more than 40 words
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UOTES Put quote marks around quoted material Cite the source in parentheses Place the period after the closing parenthesis
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XAMPLE Professor May (2009) claims that “the exact vocabulary and syntax are paramount to understanding” (p. 34).
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UOTES Longer than 40 words In block form Indent 5 spaces for entire quote Do not use quotation marks Double space the block quote Cite the source after the end punctuation of the quote
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XAMPLE Professor May (2009) warns that The “placebo effect,” which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again, even when real drugs were administered. Earlier studies were clearly premature in attributing the results to a placebo effect. (p. 276)
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ITATIONS Personal Communications E-mail, interviews, telephone conversations Non-recoverable Biblical References Book, Chapter, Verse Version in the first citation
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UOTES Use the author’s last name Use the word “states” Or use one of the alternatives to “states” listed on page 2 of the pink handout
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AGE Center the word References at the top – no quotes, italics, or underline Arrange sources alphabetically beginning with author’s last name If author has more than one source, arrange entries by year, earliest first If no author given, begin entry with the title and alphabetize without counting a, an, or the Do not underline, italicize or use quote marks for titles used instead of an author name Do not justify the right margin
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING References Black, G. N. (2009).
Documenting sources the new way.
Chicago, IL: Educational Books.
Edwards, S .A. (2006, January 30). Why we need to cite sources [Editorial].
The Daily Record,
p. C2
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Hammond, T. C. (2009). Citing information properly.
College English, 76,
276-281. doi: 10.1275/0678 9743.76.2.276
Latamer, A. C. (2009, May 3).
Documentation made easy
. Retrieved from Online Learning Lab: http://www.oll.com
Smith, J. G. (2007, January 20). Citing sources is fun.
Homework Magazine, 10
(1), 15-18. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.
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ANGING Put cursor on the entry Click the small arrow to the right of Paragraph on the Home tab Under Indentation, click on box below Special Click on Hanging OK
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OUBLE Within the entry Between entries Do not put in extra spaces between
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING References Black, G. N. (2009).
Documenting sources the new way.
Chicago, IL: Educational Books.
Edwards, S. A. (2006, January 30). Why we need to cite sources [Editorial].
The Daily Record,
p. C2
.
Hammond, T. C. (2009). Citing information properly.
College English, 76,
276-281. doi: 10.1275/0678 9743.76.2.276
Latamer, A. C. (2009, May 3).
Documentation made easy
. Retrieved from Online Learning Lab: http://www.oll.com
Smith, J. G. (2007, January 20). Citing sources is fun.
Homework Magazine, 10
(1), 15-18. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.
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ORMS Book Magazine Journal Newspaper Website
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OOK Author’s name, last name first. Use initials for first and second name.
Date in parentheses followed by a period Title of book in italics followed by a period. Capitalize first word and all proper nouns.
Place of publication followed by a colon Publisher followed by a period
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OOK
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XAMPLE Black, G. N. (2009).
Documenting sources the new way.
Chicago, IL: Educational Books.
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AGAZINE Name of author, last name first, followed by a period Year and day of publication in parentheses, followed by a period Title of article, followed by a period Title of magazine in italics, followed by a comma Number of volume in italics, followed by a comma Pages of the article, followed by a period
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AGAZINE
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XAMPLE Smith, J. G. (2007, January 20). Citing sources is fun.
Homework Magazine, 10
(1), 15-18.
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OURNAL Author’s last name(s), initials Year in parentheses period Title of article – capitalize first word and all proper nouns, period Title of Journal in italics – capitalize all important words, comma Volume number in italics Comma and then page numbers followed by period
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OURNAL
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XAMPLE
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Hammond, T. C. (2009). Citing information properly.
College English, 76,
276-281. doi: 10.1275/0678 9743.76.2.276
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RTICLE Author’s last name, initials Open parenthesis year first comma full month and day close parenthesis period Article title, capitalize first word and proper nouns period Title of Newspaper in italics cap all important words comma p. or pp. page numbers period
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XAMPLE Edwards, S. A. (2006, January 30). Why we need to cite sources [Editorial].
The Daily Record,
p. C2
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EBSITE Last name of author comma initials Parenthesis Year of publication comma month day, if available Parenthesis period Title of webpage italicized, capitalize first word and proper nouns period Retrieved from Sponsoring institution colon URL of institution
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EBSITE
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XAMPLE Latamer, A. C. (2009, May 3).
Documentation made easy
. Retrieved from Online Learning Lab: http://www.oll.com
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SSUES Title page Running head Position of page numbers Sources from databases SEE …….
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APA handout – the pink one Publication Manual of the APA, 6 th ed.
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