APA Citation
APA SOURCE CITATION
APA Guidelines for Source Citation
When do I need to cite a source?
Direct quotations
Paraphrased material from another source
Information that is too specific to be common knowledge
Research statistics, biographical information, etc.
When is it ok not to provide a source?
Information that is considered to be common knowledge
The state of UT is in the Western part of the U.S.
APA Basics:
APA style dictates that:
Authors are named last name followed by initials;
Publication year goes between parentheses, followed by period
The title of the article is in sentence-case, meaning only the first word and proper nouns in the title are capitalized
The periodical title is run in title case, and is followed by the volume number which, with the title, is also italicized
Journal Article Examples:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Basic Format for Books:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Shotton, M. A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. London, England: Taylor & Francis.
Chapter in Edited Book:
Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report
List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to fin the information; don’t be lazy)
If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn’t have the information you’re looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/ (look at home page)
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L.,
APA Guidelines for Source Citation
When do I need to cite a source?
Direct quotations
Paraphrased material from another source
Information that is too specific to be common knowledge
Research statistics, biographical information, etc.
When is it ok not to provide a source?
Information that is considered to be common knowledge
The state of UT is in the Western part of the U.S.
APA Basics:
APA style dictates that:
Authors are named last name followed by initials;
Publication year goes between parentheses, followed by period
The title of the article is in sentence-case, meaning only the first word and proper nouns in the title are capitalized
The periodical title is run in title case, and is followed by the volume number which, with the title, is also italicized
Journal Article Examples:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Basic Format for Books:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Shotton, M. A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. London, England: Taylor & Francis.
Chapter in Edited Book:
Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report
List as much of the following information as possible (you sometimes have to hunt around to fin the information; don’t be lazy)
If there is a page like http://www.somesite.com/somepage.htm, and somepage.htm doesn’t have the information you’re looking for, move up the URL to http://www.somesite.com/ (look at home page)
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L.,