Documenting Sources APA Format Using Documenting Sources Citation

Documenting Sources APA Format

Using & Documenting Sources • Citation: giving credit for an idea or fact in the text of your report • Documentation: giving the bibliographic information that readers would need to go back to your original sources

Citing Sources in Your Text • If the author’s name is in your text, put the date in parenthesis – As Wesson notes (1999), . . – According to Dole and Wilfred (1998), . . • If the author’s name is not used in the sentence, put the author’s name in the parenthesis with the date. – We know that. . . (Wesson, 1999). – Research (Dole and Wilfred, 1998) shows. .

Referring to Sources in Your Text • Page numbers are needed for quotations. – According to Dole & Wilfred, “Your writing speaks volumes about you” (1998, p. 50). • Page numbers are not needed for paraphrases. – Dole & Wilfred (1998) point out that your writing indicates much about your abilities.

Creating A Reference List • List everything you’ve cited in your text, but only what you have cited. • Arrange references alphabetically by the author’s last name. • If you have more than one source by the same author, arrange them chronologically.

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Author’s name Date Title of article Title of magazine or newspaper Page numbers

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article, continued Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. • Author’s Name • Last name first • Comma after last name • Initials, not first and middle names

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article, continued Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. • Date • Year • Comma after year • Month or season • Period after closing parenthesis

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article, continued Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. • Title of article • Use lower case • Capitalize only the first letter of the first word • Don’t use quotation marks • Use a period at the end of the title

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article, continued Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. • Title of magazine or newspaper • Italicize or underline the magazine title • Capitalize the first and all the major words • Comma before pages

Creating a Reference for a Magazine or Newspaper Article, continued Gerard, A. J. (2000, April). How photography will rescue e-commerce. PC Photo, 26 -8. • Page numbers • Give beginning and ending page numbers • End with period

Creating a Reference for a Book Mc. Crum, R. , Cran, W. , & Mac. Neil, R. (1992). The story of English. New York: Penguin. • Authors’ names • Copyright date in parenthesis, followed by period • Italicize or underline the title, followed by period • Give city of publication (include state if city is not well known), followed by a colon • Give publisher

Creating a Reference for a Web Site Library of California, U. S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. (Visited site September 22, 2000). Librarians Index to the Internet. http: //lii. org/ 1. Individual or organization responsible for site 2. Date site was last updated, date you visited site 3. Title of site 4. URL (Uniform Resource Locator/web address) May put in angle <> brackets 5. No period at end of URL