This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.
What needs to go on your Reference List (aka "Works Cited") page, and what needs to just have an in-text citation?
How do you format margins, headers, and all sorts of other bits?
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Citations make more sense when you understand why we cite our sources in scholarly research and writing.
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ARTICLE EXAMPLES |
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GENERAL FORMAT |
Author A. A., Author B. B., & Author C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, VolumeNumber (IssueNumber), PageNumberSpan. doi: xx.xxxxxxx |
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GENERAL FORMAT |
Author A. A., Author B. B., & Author C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, VolumeNumber (IssueNumber), PageNumberSpan. URL/permalink |
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Article with DOI |
Morey, C. C., Cong, Y., Zheng, Y., Price, M., & Morey, R. D. (2015). The color-sharing bonus: Roles of perceptual organization and attentive processes in visual working memory. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3, 18–29. doi: 10.1037/arc0000014 |
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Article from Library Database (no DOI) |
Horne, J., Knox D., Zusman, J., and Zusman, M. E. (2007). Tattoos and piercings: Attitudes, behaviors, and interpretations of college students. College Student Journal, 41(4), 1011-1020. |
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Article in Public Domain or E-Journal |
Church, D. M., et al. (2009). Lineage-specific biology revealed by a finished genome assembly of the mouse. PloS Biology, 7(5), e1000112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000112 |
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Newspaper article |
Kristof, K. M. (2009). New student repayment plan is based on borrower’s income. Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-perfin5-2009jul05,0,4774835.column |
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GENERAL FORMAT |
Author A. A., Author B. B., & Author C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, VolumeNumber (IssueNumber), PageNumberSpan. |
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Journal article |
Wood, S. N., & Quackenbush, K. (2001). The sorcerer's stone: A touchstone for readers of all ages. English Journal, 90(3), 97-103. |
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Newspaper article |
Kristof, K. M. (2009, November 1). New student repayment plan is based on borrower’s income. Los Angeles Times 50(2), 3. |
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Magazine article |
Mnookin, S. (2006). The Da Vinci clone? Vanity Fair 3(1), 100-148. |
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Book review |
Olsen, M. (2017) Collecting the core. [Review of the book Historical and Critical Dictionary by P. Bayle]. Against the Grain, 29(3), 34. |
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Article with no author |
Education in America and Britain: Learning lessons from private schools. (2009). Economist, 11(4). 20. |