APA

APA Style

(American Psychological Association)

Why is this needed?

What if there is no author or date?

The citation gives the reader knowledge of where to go in the reference section to look up original source of information

No author? use name of publishing body or webpage

No date? put "n.d." for "no date"

What's a citation?

Examples

Basics

When and why do I cite sources?

1" margins

Citations

Reference section in ABC order

Anytime you take information from someone else, not common knowledge

Good for letting audience know you've done your homework and can back up your evidence

Also good for you should you need to revisit

that source for clarification/details

Comes after a sentence or direct quote that was taken from one of your sources and contains author's last name and date of publication

Ex.) Johnny Depp was born in Owensboro, KY (Reilly, 2016)

"These bees are crazy" (Elliott, 2003, p 43)

Online newspaper article:

Last name of author, First initial. (year of issue,

month and day). Title of article. Publishing

Body. page numbers.

Retrieved from: insert link

Interview:

Last name, First initial. (personal

communication, month/day/year of

interview)

Where do I find these formulas?

References

APAstyle.org (http://www.apastyle.org/)

PurdueOWL (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/)

Twitter: @APA_Style

APA manual (available on Kindle)

Come at the very end

List sources alphabetically off author's last names

Each type of source has its own formula