APA6 Reference List

APA6 In-text Citation & Reference List

Exercise

In-text Citation

exercises

Multiple Choice

When citing one or two authors in-text, never use et al; instead, always provide the author(s)' names.

• True

• False

When to use et al?

Citing a work by three to five authors

After the first full citation to a work by three, four, or five authors, use "et al." in subsequent citations after the first listed author's last name:

First citation: (Harung, Lee, & Byng, 2010)

Subsequent citations: (Harung et al., 2010)

Citing a work by six or more authors

Insert et al. after the first listed author's last name in all citations to a work by six or more authors e.g., (Li et al., 2016)

Multiple Select

When providing two or more authors' names in a parenthetical citation, use "and" to join the names, not the ampersand symbol. For example, (Lastname, Lastname, and Lastname, year, p. X).

• True

• False

Ampersand Symbol &

Use the & symbol when you are writing your Reference List, NOT your in-text citation

Multiple Choice

If the cited resource doesn't provide a publication or copyright date. Which of the following options is correct?

• (Lastname, no date, p. X)

• No citation is necessary.

• (Lastname, n.d., p. X)

n.d.

use n.d. when no date can be identified

Multiple Choice

If the cited resource doesn't have an identified author, what information should be provided in the in-text citation?

• (Anonymous, year, p. X)

• (The first few words of the title of the resource, year, p. X)

• No citation is necessary

no author found

If the work does not name an author, you can instead use the first few words of the title (American Psychological Association, 2010, p. 176). 

Matching a reference to resource type

(APA Style 6th ed.)

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544-547. https://doi: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

This resource is a(n):

• Online journal article

• Online newspaper article

• Research report

• Chapter in edited ebook

Online journal article

The major clue in this reference is the journal title (Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media), and doi number is proving it is an online document

Multiple Choice

Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

This resource is a(n):

• Web page

• Research report

• Blog post

• Online newspaper article

Online newspaper article

There are two clues to this resource type:

1) The title of the newspaper (The New York Times);

2) the home page URL of the newspaper.

Multiple Choice

Senge, P. (2006). The fifth discipline: The art & practice of the learning organization. New York, NY: Doubleday.

This resource is a:

• Chapter in an ebook

• Ebook

• Chapter in a print book

• Print book

Print book

There are three clues to this resource type:

1) only one title is provided, which means the author is referencing an entire resource (e.g., book), rather than a section of a larger resource (e.g., chapter in a book);

2) the title is in sentence case (i.e., only the first word, the first word in a subtitle, and proper nouns are capitalized), which is the correct formatting for a book title;

3) the publisher and its location are provided, versus electronic retrieval details, which indicates a print resource

Multiple Choice

Hume-Pratch, J. (2014, July 25). How to use the new DOI format in APA Style [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2014/07/how-to-use-the-new-doi-format-in-apa-style.html

This resource is a:

• Blog post

• Online technical or research report

• Web page

Blog post

The clue to this reference is [Blog post].

Also, "blog" is part of the URL

What's wrong with this reference to a chapter in an edited book?

(APA Style 6th ed.)

Multiple Choice

Rogers K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_31

Regarding the author's name:

• It is correct

• The author's full first name should be provided

• There's a comma missing between the last name and first initial

There's a comma missing between the last name and first initial

Wrong: Rogers K. (2009). 

Correct: Rogers, K. (2009).

Multiple Choice

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_31

Regarding the date:

• It is correct

• Missing the month and day of publication

• There should be a comma, not a period, after the closing parenthesis

Multiple Choice

Rogers K. (2009). Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?. In L. Shavinina (Editor), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_31

Regarding the title of the chapter:

• It is correct

• It should be in sentence case (i.e., first word, first word of subtitle, and all proper nouns capitalized)

• It should be in sentence case and italicized

• It should be italicized

Sentence case

Wrong: Leadership Giftedness: Is It Innate or Can It Be Developed?.

Correct:  Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. (Using sentence case)

Multiple Choice

Rogers, K. (2009). Leadership giftedness: Is it innate or can it be developed?. In L. Shavinina (Ed.), International handbook on giftedness (633-645). Houten, NT: Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6162-2_31

Regarding the book title:

• It is correct

• It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

• It should be italicized

• It should be italicized and in title case

Book title

Wrong: International handbook on giftedness

Correct: International handbook on giftedness 

What's wrong with this journal article reference?

 (APA Style 6th ed.)

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, Donald. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the author's name:

• It is correct

• Only the initial should be provided for the first name: Godfrey, D.

• There should be a comma after the period, but everything else is correct

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005) Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the publication date:

• It is correct

• It is missing the month and day of publication

• It is missing a period after the closing parenthesis, but is otherwise correct

It is missing a period after the closing parenthesis, but is otherwise correct

Wrong: (2005)

Correct: (2005).

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the article title:

• It is correct

• It should be italicized

• It should be in sentence case (i.e., only the first word and proper nouns capitalized)

• It should be italicized and in sentence case

Sentence case

Small letters for all words except Proper Nouns. Do not need to do Title Case for article title (title case: capitalized first letter)

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the journal title:

• It is correct

• It should be italicized and in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

• It should be italicized

• It should be in title case (i.e., all major words capitalized)

Journal title

italized and use title case

Wrong: Journal of broadcasting & electronic media

Correct: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the volume number:

• It is correct

• It should not be italicized

• It should be provided in the same parentheses as the issue number

• There should be a period after the volume number

Multiple Choice

Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), pp. 544-547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15

Regarding the page numbers:

• They are correct

• Provide just the page range (e.g., 544-547); "pp." isn't required

• It is not necessary to note the page range in a reference to a journal article

• The page numbers should provide all pages cited from within the article (e.g., pp. 544, 555, & 547), not the range of pages where the article is located in the journal.

Page number

for journal: no pp. is required, just write the page range (for book, YES you need to write pp.)

Wrong for journal: pp. 544-547 (correct for book)

Correct for journal: 544-547 (wrong for book)