Transcript APA Citations

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
•Double space the entire sheet
•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 J. Smith,
Encyclopedia Brittanica (673-677). New
York: Oxford University Press.
 (2002). Psychology. In M. Wilson 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 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?