Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide 7/21/15‚ 11:51 AM General Writing • Research and Citation • Teaching and Tutoring • Subject-Specific Writing • Job Search Writing • ESL This page is brought to you by the OWL at Purdue (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/). When printing this page‚ you must include the entire legal notice at bottom. In-Text Citations: The Basics Summary: APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource
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Citing Sources Using APA Manual (6th ed.) APA Manual and Recent Updates Section 4 This section of the Library Handbook addresses how to cite recourses used in the body and the reference list of your document using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Common examples for parenthetical text citations‚ citing direct quotes‚ and reference citations in the reference list are provided‚ but for a more comprehensive list‚ see the APA manual (6th ed.). Plagiarism
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lecture in a bibliography using APA The formatting for an APA citation of a lecture is based upon the formatting used for an "unpublished contribution to a symposium"‚ with some slight modifications. The most basic entry for a lecture consists of the speaker name‚ date conducted‚ lecture title‚ event‚ sponsor‚ and city. Last Name‚ F. (Date Conducted). Lecture Title. Event. Lecture conducted from Sponsor‚ City. Pausch‚ R. (2007‚ September). Really achieving your childhood dreams. Journeys. Lecture conducted
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APA Citation Style CUL Pub. No. 8 APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in a research paper. APA style requires both in-text citations and a reference list. For every intext citation there should be a full citation in the reference list and vice versa. The examples of APA styles and formats listed on this page include many of the most common types of sources used in academic research. For additional
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ENGLISH 1st Term Reviewer I. APA Citation American Psychological Association (APA) Ctation * most commonly used format for manuscripts in the Social Sciences * regulates stylistics‚ in-text citations and references Books Surname‚ F. M. (Publishing Date). Title. Place of Publication: Publisher Section Surname‚ F.M. (Publishing Date). Section. In F‚ Surname‚ Title (pages). Place of Publication: Publisher CD-Rom Surname‚ F. M. (Year). Title [CD-ROM]. Retrieved from …. [date
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APA SOURCE CITATION APA Guidelines for Source Citation When do I need to cite a source? Direct quotations Paraphrased material from another source Information that is too specific to be common knowledge Research statistics‚ biographical information‚ etc. When is it ok not to provide a source? Information that is considered to be common knowledge The state of UT is in the Western part of the U.S. APA Basics: APA style dictates that: Authors are named last name followed by initials; Publication
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always be in alphabetical order. Doing so makes it easy for the reader to locate those citations you used in your paper. If you become technical (using technical material) you must be most careful about every portion of your reference. Excellent work means accomplishments‚ not accusations. Remember that careless paraphrasing means the possibility of being accused of plagiarism where if you have correct citations and the support of wonderful references‚ you will never be in that shadowy other world
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quietly and aloud; then have someone else read your paper. Revise where needed. Then edit for grammar‚ spelling and format. DO NOT rely on spell/grammar check! Remember to make sure the entire paper is: 1. in Times New Roman‚ 12 pt. font 2. double-spaced with 1” margins 3. contains no contractions (search for ‘t or ‘s and fix as needed) References Basic format is: LN‚ FN. (Year). Title. Publisher or online retrieval information. Second and subsequent lines get indented 5
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Running Head: APA FORMAT REQUIREMENTS 1/14/02 American Psychological Association (APA) Format Requirements for Research Papers in Psychology Courses* Leslie L. Downing State University of New York College at Oneonta Timothy M. Franz St. John Fisher College *Paper submitted in fulfillment of a requirement in Psychology‚ 335‚ Laboratory in Social Psychology. Abstract The style and format specified by the American Psychological Association (APA) for research
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APA Format Rules for Citation General rules for citation • When using APA format‚ follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author ’s last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text‚ E.g.‚ (Jones‚ 1998)‚ and a complete reference should appear in the reference list at the end of the paper. • Always capitalize proper nouns‚ including author names and initials: D. Jones. • If you refer to the title of a
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