Transcript APACitation.ppt

Citations
Why do we cite?
 To give credit for others’ ideas
 So that other people can find our sources
 So they can check the accuracy of facts
 So they can use our sources in their own research
Just because somebody put their research/writing on the internet
doesn’t mean that it’s right for you to copy it.
When do we cite?
 When using a direct quote
 When paraphrasing another author’s work
 When referencing someone else’s opinion
 When using a fact that is not common knowledge
The only time you should not be citing a source
is when discussing something that is common
knowledge or your own opinion.
In Text Citations
 The citation or the sentence should always include the author or title of
the source, the year of publication, and a page number
 At the end of a sentence where you’ve used a source, insert a citation
before the period
 According to the article, “a potential cause of depression in teens is academic
pressure to perform well in high school and to be admitted to college ”
(Bloom, 2001, 21).
 Author is the default, title should only be used if there is no author
 If the source has no year, use n.d. (Bloom, n.d.)
 If there are no page numbers, skip the page number completely (Bloom,
2001)
 The author or title should correspond to the entry in your Works Cited
page so readers can find it easily
Making a References Page
•Each entry is single spaced, but double space between entries
•Organize the entries alphabetically
•The word References should always appear, centered, at the top of the page
Citing Books
 Author, A. (Date of Publication). Title of book.
Place of Publication: Publisher.
 Salinger, J.D.. (1951). The Catcher in the rye.
New York: Little Brown and Company.
 Clark, J. (2006). Eyewitness history:The gilded age.
New York: Facts on File.
Citing an Article in a
Reference Book
 Author, A.(Year of publication). Title of article. In
A. Editor, Title of book (pages of chapter).
Location: Publisher.
 Williams, W. (2009). Psychology. In Smith, J,
Encyclopedia Brittanica (673-677). New
York: Oxford University Press.
 (2002). Psychology. In History of Modern Science
and Mathematics. New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons.
Citing Academic Journal Articles
 Author, A. (Date of publication). Title of article.
Title of Journal, volume number(issue number),
page range.
 Burgess, A. (1967). Politics in the novels of
Graham Greene. Literature and Society, 2(2),
93-99.
 Williams, T. (2011). Evolutionary psychology.
Scientific American, 34(5), 65-66.
Citing an Article from a Database
 Lucky for you, APA doesn’t have a special citation
for online sources from databases. Just cite them
as though they were in print!
Citing Websites
 Author, A. (Date of publication including day and month
if available). Title of document. Retrieved from
http://www.webaddress.com
 How to make vegetarian chili. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.ehow.com/recipes/vegetarianchili.ht
ml/
 Angeli, E., & Wagner, J. (2010, May 5). General format.
Retrieved from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560
/01/
Where to Go for Reminders
The OWL:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Cornell U. Library:
http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa
Noodle Tools Express Citation Generator
http://www.noodletools.com/
Or you can look in a book! We have plenty of APA handbooks just
waiting to be taken out!
Questions?