Transcript APA Referencing

APA Referencing
APA referencing is a set of guidelines on how
to acknowledge sources of information, ideas,
and words.
Why reference?
• To show your tutor exactly which books you
have read
• To enable readers to investigate ideas they
find interesting
• To distinguish between your ideas and words,
and those that belong to other people
Plagiarism
• Using other people’s ideas and words without
clearly acknowledging the source of that
information
How to avoid plagiarism
• Read as many books/articles as you can
• Understand the material
• Put in your own words the main points or
ideas you have read – imagine you are
explaining it to a friend
• Reference the books/articles in your
assignment and in the reference list at the end
Reference List
• includes only the sources cited in the text.
• is arranged alphabetically by surname of the
first author
• When a source has no author, put the title in
author position. Put the source in the
reference list in alphabetical order using the
first significant word of the title
Book
• Author’s surname, Initial/s. (year). Title of
book (ed.). City, State/Country: Publisher.
• Rose, J. (2001). The mature student’s guide to
writing. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave.
• Creme, P., & Lea, M. R. (2003). Writing at
university: A guide for students (2nd ed.).
Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press.
Journal Article, hard copy
• Author’s surname, Initial/s. (year). Title of
article. Title of Journal, volume(issue),
pages.
• Fitzgerald, J., & Galyer, K. (2008). Collaborative
prescribing rights for psychologists: The
New Zealand perspective. New Zealand
Journal of Psychology, 37(3), 44-52.
Journal article, from database
• Chau, R. C. M., Yu, S. W. K., & Tran, C. T. L.
(2011, January). The diversity based
approach to culturally sensitive practices.
International Social Work, 54(1), 363-389.
Retrieved from ProQuest database.
Daily newspaper article, with
author
• Author’s surname, Initials. (year, month day).
Title of article. Title of Newspaper, page.
• Hanna, S. (2011, July 11). KiwiSaver good
value. Hawkes Bay Today, p. A13.
Daily newspaper article, no author
• Title of article. (year, month day). Title of
Newspaper, page.
• Oil protest sees flag raised on bridge. (2011,
July 19). The Dominion Post, p. A2.
Newspaper article retrieved from
the internet
• Author’s surname, Initial/s. (year, month day).
Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved
from web
• Rutherford, H., & Cowlishaw, S. (2011, July
19). High cost of living may cause strikes. The
Dominion Post. Retrieved from
http://www.stuff.co.nz
Internet source, with author
• Author’s surname, Initial/s. (year). Title of
article. Retrieved from website address.
• Warrington, M. (2011). The benefits of
exercise on learning. Retrieved from
http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Benefits-OfExercise-On-Learning&id=5629231
Internet source, no author, no date
• Title of article. (n.d.). Retrieved from Website
address
The health benefits of wine. (n.d.). Retrieved
from
http://www.beekmanwine.com/prevtopab.ht
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Magazine Article
• Author’s surname, Initial/s. (year, month day).
Title of article. Title of Magazine, volume,
pages.
• Clifton, J. (2011, April 23). Worth the weight.
Listener, 228, 16-21.
In-text referencing
• Document your study throughout the text by
putting the author’s surname (or brief title if
there is no author) and the year of the sources
you have used in your assignment. The reader
can then find the complete source in the
alphabetical reference list at the end of the
assignment.
In-text referencing
• Quoting - using an author’s exact words
“As you get more experienced you will
gradually build up confidence in your own
methods and approaches to writing” (Creme
& Lea, 2003, p. 8).
Creme and Lea (2003) suggest that “as you get
more experienced . . . and approaches to
writing” (p. 8).
• Citing - summarising in your own words the
ideas you have read
• Creme and Lea (2003) suggest that the more
students write, the more confident they will
become about writing.
• The more students write, the more confident
they will become about writing (Creme & Lea,
2003).
• When quoting or citing from a source with no
author, use the first few words of the
reference list entry (usually the title).
• “The group of eight raised a small Maori
sovereignty flag” (“Oil Protest”, 2011, p. A2).
Quoting from a website
• “Simple exercises like walking are not as
effective as more challenging ones” (“The
Benefits”, 2011, para. 4).