APA Style—Quick Look

1. APA Style—Quick Look

2. In-text Citations • There are a few ways you may introduce quoted, paraphrased, or summarized material in your paper: • Generally, you will use the author’s name in the signal phrase to introduce cited material, and then place the date, in parentheses, immediately after the author’s name. The page number, preceded by p. appears in parentheses after the quotation, followed by a period. • Gitlin (2001) pointed out that “political critics are often blind to other substantial reasons why their causes are unpresuasive” (p. 141).

3. In-text citations • If you do not name the author in the signal phrase, place the author’s last name, the year, and the page number in the parentheses immediately after the quotation. • “Political critics are often blind to other substantial reasons why their causes are unpersuasive” (Gitlin, 2001, p. 141). • The same rules apply for a paraphrase or summary of material, but you do not need a page number. • Gitlin (2001) has argued that some politicians overestimate the role of the media.

4. In-text Citations • Two authors • Use both names in all citations. Use the word and in the text of your paper, but use the & sign in the parentheses. • Indirect source • Use the original source name in your text, but cite the secondary source in the parentheses. • According to Jason Lee, “Underage drinking creates various dangerous situations” (as cited in Smith, 2000, p. 24). (Only Smith will appear on your reference page)

5. In-text citations • Personal Communication (e-mail, interview, phone call, etc.) • Cite any personal communication as shown. • Margaret Brooks (personal communication, November 4, 2010) supported her claims about music therapy with new evidence. • No author • Use the title or its first few words in a signal phrase or in parentheses. A book title is italicized and an article title appears in quotation marks. • “Underage Students” (2000) points out that many college students are not accountable to parents for the first time in their lives.

6. Practice • For each of your sources, write a quote and a paraphrase with the correct in-text citation. For example, here is my source card. • Jones, Melanie • Stricter Enforcement of Societal Laws • New York • Random House • 2004

7. Fact Cards • Here are a few things from my fact cards for that source: • “For some reason, young people today seem to find it socially acceptable to break the law.” quote from page 74 • A recent survey of 500 students at various colleges across the country found a disturbing trend. At least 3 in 10 students said they know someone who has been the victim of a college campus crime. Paraphrased from page 80