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APA Referencing Guide

It's important to note right off the bat that the American Psychological Association prefersthe author-date format when it comes to writing out references.

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APA Referencing Guide

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  1. APAReferencingGuide It'simportanttonote rightoffthebatthattheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationprefers theauthor-dateformatwhenitcomestowritingoutreferences.Thesixtheditionofthe APAReferencingGuidestates thatthesourcemustbeacknowledgedinthetext.Direct quotesrequirealocationreference,includingpageorparagraphnumbers. In-TextReferences TheAPAReferencingGuidestatesthatwritersshouldusequotation markswhenwriting outdirectquotes.Pagenumbersmust alsobeincludedalongwithit.Forexample: Gulick (1914)states"the westernworldduringtheMiddle Ageshadmorefrequent recoursetoRomanversionsof thetaleofTroy,butwiththerevivalof learningHomer sprangalmostimmediatelyintohis rightfulposition..."(p.14). Indirectquotationsdonot requirequotationmarks,butstill mustbecitedcorrectly.While pagenumbersareoptionalhereaccordingtotheAPAReferencingGuide,it'susually useful toreadersifthey'reincluded.For example: Mostreadersinthe middleageswouldhavestudiedRomanaccountsof theTrojanstory (Gulick,1914, p. 14). Secondary SourceCitations Thingsgetalittlemorehairywhenwritersaretryingtocitematerialthatwasborrowed from anothersource. Authorsinbooksandothermaterialsobviouslyciteotherauthors. Material citedinonesourcecanbeinturncitedlater.Thereferenceismerelymore complex.For instance: Lockestatedthatheused"theplainhistoricalmethod"tostudyhumanintellect(ascited inPerry,1914,p.11). Works CitedPages Thisall mightsoundverystrangetothosewhoarepayingcloseattentiononlytothefact thatlastnamesareusedthroughoutthese references.The referencing material hasits ownsystemforensuringthatreadersarefamiliarwithall thecitedmaterial.References needtobeappliedonaworkscitedpagethatisindependentfromtherestofthepaper. Order professional APA editing at www.APAEditor.net!

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