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IN-TEXT CITATIONS APA Style

IN-TEXT CITATIONS APA Style. Paraphrases & Direct Quotes. It identifies the source of information in the body of your writing. What is an in-text citation?. If you do not, it is plagiarism or stealing the words. There are 2 types of In-text citations. One is for paraphrases.

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IN-TEXT CITATIONS APA Style

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  1. IN-TEXT CITATIONS APA Style Paraphrases & Direct Quotes

  2. It identifies the source of information in the body of your writing. What is an in-text citation? If you do not, it is plagiarism or stealing the words.

  3. There are 2 types of In-text citations. One is for paraphrases. The other is for direct quotes.

  4. For paraphrasing remember : Same meaning but different words. For example, There are 2 and a quarter million people in Dubai. Change to: Dubai has a population of 2.25 million.

  5. You do not need “quotation marks” for paraphrases. But, you need to note the source of the information. Do it like this : (Author, year) Put it in the body of your writing, not at the bottom of a page.

  6. Open parenthesis mark Closed parenthesis mark (Author, year) Year source published Comma, space Author’s last name only Page numbers are not noted in APA for paraphrases.

  7. For example, here is a table that says 1½ million cats live in the UAE. What about just a number from a table, or graph?

  8. Did you count the 1 ½ million yourself ? No ! You read it. So, you must note the source of your information. Write it the same way but add the page number : (Smith, 2005, p. 4)

  9. The complete citation (full author name, year, title, city, publisher, & pages) must be in the Reference List at the end of your paper.

  10. What if the source is a website? Again, write the author’s last name and year. If there is no author, write the first 2-3 words of the title of the webpage in italics and the year.

  11. For example, Complete Citation for Reference List: Endangered Animals of the World. (2009). Retrieved December 2, 2009, from Animal World http://www.animalworld.org In-text Citation: (Endangered Animals, 2009).

  12. A DIRECT QUOTE is when you use the exact words from a book or other source. You must use “quotation marks” around these words and note the page number.

  13. Open parenthesis mark Closed parenthesis mark (Author, year, p. #) Author’s last name only. Comma. Space. Letter “p” lower case. Dot. Page number Year. Comma. Space.

  14. For quotes of more than 40 words, tab over and create a block. Words wordswordswordswordswords words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswordswordswordswords Words wordswords(Smith, 2004, p. 23). But, the author’s name, year, and page number must appear in parentheses. No quotation marks are needed around this block.

  15. What if you don’t need all the words and want to delete some words in a quotation? Use . . . (dot, dot, dot) in place of the words you deleted. This is called an ellipsis. “words . . . words”

  16. What if you need to add a word so it makes sense? Use square brackets to show that the word you added was not in the original. “She [Lady MacBeth] suffered from guilt.”

  17. I hope you understand how to write in-text citations. Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you have any questions.

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