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Doing It In Style…

Doing It In Style…. Document Your Sources Using the 6 th Edition APA Publication Manual. What is APA?. Publication formatting style for the American Psychological Association. APA is often used in the behavioral, social, and health sciences. Why do we format by style?.

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Doing It In Style…

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  1. Doing It In Style… Document Your Sources Using the 6th Edition APA Publication Manual College of DuPage Library 2009

  2. What is APA? • Publication formatting style for the American Psychological Association. • APA is often used in the behavioral, social, and health sciences. College of DuPage Library 2009

  3. Why do we format by style? • Provides a consistent format within a discipline. • Makes your paper easier to read and understand. • Protects you from plagiarism. College of DuPage Library 2009

  4. Where does APA formatting style come from? American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. College of DuPage Library 2009

  5. Formatting Your Paper… College of DuPage Library 2009

  6. The Overall Look: • Ask your instructor for requirements! • 12 pt. Times New Roman font preferred or a non-serif font, but ask your instructor. • Double-spaced. • 1 inch margins. • Pages are numbered. • Use an abbreviated title as header. College of DuPage Library 2009

  7. The Title Page: • Papers in APA style require a title page. • Include the paper’s title and your name, course, professor’s name, date. • Ask your instructor for title page requirements! College of DuPage Library 2009

  8. Citing Your Sources… College of DuPage Library 2009

  9. Why do we cite? • Help people find your sources • Show context of your research • Acknowledge the work of others • Show what information you have considered in your research College of DuPage Library 2009

  10. In Text Citations: • Sometimes called parenthetical citations. • Done within the text of your paper after you’ve quoted or paraphrased from a source. • Each source cited in the paper must appear on your “References” list and vice versa. College of DuPage Library 2009

  11. Quoting Directly: “One of the lucky things about sleepwalking in children is that it generally occurs during the first hour or two after a child has gone to sleep, which means that parents are usually still awake” (Schenck, 2007, p.103). OR Schenck (2007) remarks, “One of the lucky things about sleepwalking in children is that it generally occurs during the first hour or two after a child has gone to sleep, which means that parents are usually still awake” (p. 103). College of DuPage Library 2009

  12. Paraphrasing: Sleepwalking in children often happens early in their nightly sleep cycle (Schenck, 2007, p. 103). OR Schenck (2007) remarks that sleepwalking in children often happens early in their nightly sleep cycle (p.103). College of DuPage Library 2009

  13. The Reference List: • Called “References,” alphabetized by item (author or title). • A list of every source that you make reference to in your paper. • Provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your paper. • Each source cited in the paper must appear on the References list, and vice versa. College of DuPage Library 2009

  14. Elements of a Citation: Citations should contain the following information in this order: • Author’s Name • Date • Title of Item • Publication Information • Retrieval Information College of DuPage Library 2009

  15. Author’s Name • Citations start with Author information. • List authors according to the order they appear on the source • Provide only first initials for first and middle names. College of DuPage Library 2009

  16. Author’s Name- Examples Feldt, R. Or Hill, F. J., & Awde, N. College of DuPage Library 2009

  17. Date • List the year the item of published, posted, or produced in parentheses. • Provide the full date if the item provides no other means of determining the date or edition of the source (i.e. volume or issue number). • Use n.d. (no date) for undated items. College of DuPage Library 2009

  18. Date- Example Hill, F. J., & Awde, N. (2003). Or Romano, A. (2006, April 24). College of DuPage Library 2009

  19. Title of the Item • If an item is a single/stand alone item, then italicize the title, only capitalizing the proper nouns and the first word of the title. • If the item is part of a larger work, then state the title as mentioned above but without italics. College of DuPage Library 2009

  20. Title of Item- Examples Hill, F. J., & Awde, N. (2003). A history of the Islamic world. Or Feldt, R. (2008). Development of a brief measure of college stress: The college student stress scale. College of DuPage Library 2009

  21. Publication Info • For a single/standalone item, provide the any edition, version or volume information, the location, and the publisher or sponsor. • If the item is part of a larger work, identify that larger work with the above information and provide page or section numbers. College of DuPage Library 2009

  22. Publication Info- Examples Hill, F. J., & Awde, N. (2003). A history of the Islamic world. New York: Hippocrene Books. Or Feldt, R. (2008). Development of a brief measure of college stress: The college student stress scale. Psychological Reports, 102(3), 855-860. College of DuPage Library 2009

  23. Retrieval Info • For electronic items, include DOI (digital object identifier), or periodical home page, or database or website information of the place where the reader can find the item cited. College of DuPage Library 2009

  24. Retrieval Info- Examples Feldt, R. (2008). Development of a brief measure of college stress: The college student stress scale. Psychological Reports, 102(3), 855-860. doi:10.2466/PR0.102.3.855-860 Or Romano, A. (2006, April 24). Walking a new beat: Surfing MySpace.com helps cops crack the case. Newsweek, 147(17), 48. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/ College of DuPage Library 2009

  25. Need specific examples? College of DuPage Library 2009

  26. Examples: Book Schenck, C. H. (2007). Sleep: The mysteries, the problems, and the solutions. New York: Avery. Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  27. Example: Book Chapter Stern, K. (2000). Toni Morrison's beauty formula. In M. C. Connor (Ed.), The aesthetics of Toni Morrison: Speaking the unspeakable (pp. 77-91). Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  28. Example: Encyclopedia Article Wienclaw, R.A. (2008). Bullying. In L.J. Fundukian & J. Wilson, Gale encyclopedia of mental health (2nd Edition, Vol. 1, pp. 183-188). Detroit: Thompson Gale. Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  29. Example: Print Journal Article Fuller, H.A., & Damico, A.M. (2008). Keeping pace with teen media use: Implications and strategies for educators. Journal of Educational Research, 101(6), 323-330. Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  30. Example: Journal Article w/ DOI Feldt, R. (2008). Development of a brief measure of college stress: The college student stress scale. Psychological Reports, 102(3), 855-860. doi:10.2466/PR0.102.3.855-860 Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  31. Example: Journal Article w/o DOI Norvilitus, J. M., Szablicki, P. B., & Wilson, S. D. (2003). Factors influencing levels of credit-card debt in college students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33(5), 935-947. Retrieved from http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0021-9029 Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  32. Don’t know how to find a journal home page? • Google the title of the journal. • Is there a publisher’s page for the journal? • If there is no journal home page, simply refer to the database or website from which you retrieved it. College of DuPage Library 2009

  33. Example: Article on the Web Tama, M.C. (2009). Critical thinking: Promoting it in the classroom. Eric Digests. Retrieved August 30, 2009, from http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9211/critical.htm Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  34. Example: Untitled Image [Untitled image of a chest]. (n.d.). [X-ray photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.heartfailurematters.org/EN/UnderstandingHeartFailure/Pages/174.aspx Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  35. Example: Online Video Carnegie Mellon. (Producer). (2008, February 6). Randy Pausch lecture: Time management [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0 Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent. College of DuPage Library 2009

  36. Where to find help citing… • Citing Sources page on the COD Library’s website • COD Library’s Reference Desk— in person, email or IM • Your Instructors! College of DuPage Library 2009

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