APA Referencing Two types of citation 1 Internal

APA Referencing

Two types of citation 1. Internal (in the body of your text) 2. Reference list (at the end of your work)

Internal Citation General format This is the sentence with the fact (Author, year). Example Dimitri Mendeleev constructed the first periodic table (Babaev, 2009). http: //www. mendcomm. org/mendeleev. aspx

Reference List For a website Author, A. A. , & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http: //Web address Example Babaev, E. V. (2009). Dimitri Mendeleev: A short CV, and a story of life. Retrieved from http: //www. mendcomm. org/mendeleev. aspx

Sometimes the author is not a person, but an organization. a) Internal: Magnesium was discovered by Joseph Black in 1755 (Royal Society of Chemistry, n. d. ). b) Reference List: Royal Society of Chemistry. (n. d. ) Periodic table: History. Retrieved from http: //www. rsc. org/periodic-table/history

For a book: Author, A. A. , & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. For a book, all of this information is available at the front of the book, and on the spine of the book. Practice right now: Write an APA reference for your textbook.

Author, A. A. , & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Blake, L. , Mazza, M. , Mills, A. , Mustoe, F. , Ross, J. , & Stiff, T. (2009). ON science 9. Toronto: Mc. Graw-Hill Ryerson.

Variations What to do when some info is missing? • If there is no date provided, write (n. d. ) in the place of a date. Example: This is the sentence (Chui, n. d. ).

• If there is no author listed, move the title to the author position in the reference. Use the title in the internal citation. Reference list Mercury facts – interesting facts about the planet Mercury (n. d. ). Retrieved from http: //space-facts. com/mercury/ Internal One year on Mercury is 88 days long (“Mercury facts”, n. d. ).