Apa Study Notes
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Citing a Discussion Posting and Course Study Notes in APA Style
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Citing a Discussion Posting in APA Style
If you want to cite a colleague’s Discussion posting, follow the guidelines in chapter 7 in the APA Manual. Note, however, that authors of formal writing published in scholarly journals would rarely cite a Discussion posting because of its questionable scholarly value.
So let’s say that you, student Zelda Gilroy, are participating in a Discussion topic called “Environmental Responsibility.” You read a comment by fellow student Chatsworth Osborne posted on June 29, 2006, and you want to cite it. In your posting you would write something like:
Osborne (2006, June 29) commented that people who drive gas-guzzlers are …show more content…
(2006, June 29). Environmental responsibility [Online forum content]. Retrieved from http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=2321812&Survey=1&47=2565415&ClientNodeID=404183&coursenav=0&bhcd2=1149711503
Citing Course Study Notes in APA Style
Suppose when you write your assigned paper you want to cite the study notes you’ve been reading in your eCollege classroom. The week’s notes are titled “Effects on Health of Exposure to Forest Fires.” Assuming you have a date of publication of the course in the eCollege classroom and you do not know the author’s name of the notes, you’ll abbreviate the study notes topic name and type, in uppercase, and in quotation marks:
As discussed in the PUBH 6890 course study notes (“Effects on Health,” 2005), forest fires have caused lasting damage to firefighters’ lungs.
In the Reference list, you’ll have the following (and note the capitalization change and no quotation marks):
Effects on health of exposure to forest fires. (2005). [Study notes]. Retrieved from http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/Courses/94936/CRS-0000-2329812/
Citing a Discussion Posting and Course Study Notes in APA Style
NOTE: The links in this document are not active.
Citing a Discussion Posting in APA Style
If you want to cite a colleague’s Discussion posting, follow the guidelines in chapter 7 in the APA Manual. Note, however, that authors of formal writing published in scholarly journals would rarely cite a Discussion posting because of its questionable scholarly value.
So let’s say that you, student Zelda Gilroy, are participating in a Discussion topic called “Environmental Responsibility.” You read a comment by fellow student Chatsworth Osborne posted on June 29, 2006, and you want to cite it. In your posting you would write something like:
Osborne (2006, June 29) commented that people who drive gas-guzzlers are …show more content…
(2006, June 29). Environmental responsibility [Online forum content]. Retrieved from http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=2321812&Survey=1&47=2565415&ClientNodeID=404183&coursenav=0&bhcd2=1149711503
Citing Course Study Notes in APA Style
Suppose when you write your assigned paper you want to cite the study notes you’ve been reading in your eCollege classroom. The week’s notes are titled “Effects on Health of Exposure to Forest Fires.” Assuming you have a date of publication of the course in the eCollege classroom and you do not know the author’s name of the notes, you’ll abbreviate the study notes topic name and type, in uppercase, and in quotation marks:
As discussed in the PUBH 6890 course study notes (“Effects on Health,” 2005), forest fires have caused lasting damage to firefighters’ lungs.
In the Reference list, you’ll have the following (and note the capitalization change and no quotation marks):
Effects on health of exposure to forest fires. (2005). [Study notes]. Retrieved from http://laureate.ecollege.com/ec/Courses/94936/CRS-0000-2329812/