APA CITATION STYLE A Seminar on the Basics

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APA CITATION STYLEA Seminar on the Basics

• Presented by Dr. Bob Bagley

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Helpful Tools

• APA Template
• www.apastyle.info
• Bedford Bibliographer
• http//bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bbibliographer
• Citation Machine
• http//citationmachine.net

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Reference Sources

• APA Documentation Guide
• http//library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/subject/misc/
  apastyle.pdf
• APA Research Style Crib Sheet -
• http//www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm
• APA Formatting and Style Guide
• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
  /

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Parts of an APA-style Paper

• Title Page
• Abstract
• Text
• Reference List
• Appendices

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In-Text Citations The Basics

• Quotes
• Paraphrases
• Facts (not general knowledge)
• Ideas / concepts
• Allusions

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In-Text Citations The Basics

• No footnotes
• Author date system
• Parenthesis used, if information is not in the
  text
• e.g. A study (Bagley, 2008) said . . .
• In a study, Bagley (2008) said . . .
• In a 2008 study, Bagley said . . .
• Page numbers for quotes or references to specific
  material

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In-Text Citations Special Cases

• No author
• First few words of the title
• e.g. (Vennard Students, 2008) when citing
  Vennard Students Voice Their Opinions
• Multiple authors
• 2 (Mathias and Van Kuiken, 2007)
• 3-5 (Mathias, Penn, Van Kuiken, 2007)
• 2nd time (Mathias et al, 2007)
• 6 (Mathias et al, 2007)

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Short Quotations

• lt 40 words use . . .
• Cite, author, date, page
• e.g. He stated that Vennard students believe
  that heavy loads of homework help increase the
  value of a course (Bagley, 2008, p. 132).
• Final punctuation follows the parenthesis

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Long Quotations

• gt 40 words block indent ½ inch
• Parenthetical citation follows final punctuation.
• e.g. Vennard students believe that heavy loads
  of homework help increase the
• value of a course. For that reason we will
• be asking all professors to double present
• assignments in all courses that they teach.
• This will ensure that Vennard graduates
• will feel confident in the value of their
• educational experience. (Bagley, 2008, p.
• 132)

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Reference List The Basics

• Contains all/only works cited in the body of the
  paper
• Alphabetized by the authors last name
• Capitalize only the first word of titles, but all
  major words in journal titles
• Italicize titles of books and journals, but not
  of articles

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Reference List Basic Form

• Author(s) Date Title Publication Data
• Authors list surnames and initials
• Date set in parenthesis

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Reference List - Books

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Year). Title of work Subtitle.
  Location Publisher.
• e.g.
• Bagley, R. W. (2008) What college students really
  want Creating high quality courses. University
  Park, IA Vennard College.

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Reference List Books (2 authors)

• Basic form
• Author, I., Author2, I. (Year). Title of work
  Subtitle. Location Publisher.
• e.g.
• Bagley, R. W., Behrens, J. (2008) What college
  students really want Creating high quality
  courses. University Park, IA Vennard College.

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Reference List Books (no author)

• Basic form
• Title of work Subtitle. (Year). Location
  Publisher.
• e.g.
• What college students really want Creating high
  quality courses. (2008) University Park, IA
  Vennard College.

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Reference List Books (editor)

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Ed.). (Year). Title of work
  Subtitle. Location Publisher.
• e.g.
• Bagley, R. W. (Ed.). (2008) What college students
  really want Creating high quality courses.
  University Park, IA Vennard College.

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Reference List - Periodicals

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Year, Month Day). Title of article.
  Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number),
  pages.
• e.g.
• Bagley, R. W. (2008, January). College students
  are crazy. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 52(1),
  78-93.

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Reference List Newspaper Articles

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Year, Month Day). Title of article.
  Title of Periodical, pp.pages.
• e.g.
• Bagley, R. W. (2008, January 20). College
  students are crazy. Oskaloosa Herald, p.5.

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Reference List Electronic Sources

• Follow the rules for print as much as possible
• Add date retrieved and source
• Dont underline URL
• Omit final punctuation if reference ends with a
  URL
• Divide URLs before a . or after a /
• For exact reproductions of print sources include
  Electronic version after the title

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Reference List - Webpage

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Date). Title of webpage. Retrieved
  Month day, year from URL
• Grant, L. (2005). College students expected to
  load up on gadgets. Retrieved January 30, 2008
  from http//www.usatoday .com/tech/products/gear/2
  005-08-16-college-gadgets_x.htm

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Reference List Online Journal

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Date). Title of article. Title of
  Journal, volume(issue). Retrieved Month day, year
  from URL
• Chowdhury, M. (2006, Summer). Students
  personality traits and academic performance A
  five-factor model perspective. College Quarterly
  9(3). Retrieved January 30, 2008 from
  http//www.senecac .on.ca/quarterly/2006-vol09-num
  03-summer/chowdhury.html

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Reference List Online Database

• Basic form
• Author, I. (Date). Title of article. Title of
  Journal, volume(issue), pages. Retrieved Month
  day, year from Database.
• Wyatt, G., Saunders, D., Selmer D. (2005,
  December). Academic preparation, effort and
  success A comparison of student and faculty
  perceptions Electronic version. Educational
  Research Quarterly 29(2), 29-36. Retrieved
  January 30, 2008 from EBSCOhost Academic Search
  Premier database.