APA Referencing Spring 2023 SWU (Long)

Why reference?

• to provide details of work for follow-up

• to acknowledge work that is not your own

• to protect copyright of the work

• all answers are correct

Use of someone’s work without proper citations. 

• Cheating

• Citing

• Plagiarizing

• Referencing

What do you need to reference?

• When I quote another person word by word

• When paraphrasing

• When using tables and figures

• All answers are correct

When do you reference?

• After every paragraph

• You reference each sentence on your assignment

• Everytime that you use an idea in your work that is not purely your own

• At the end of your assignment

Which referencing style do we use?

• Harvard

• APA

• Chinese National Standard

• MLA

What does APA stands for?

• American Plagiarism Association

• American Psychological Association

• American Plagiarism Association

• Australian Psychological Association

An in-text citation is a reference to give credit for paraphrased or quoted material.

• True

• false

Do I need to reference a quotation if I put it in my own words?

• No, this is a paraphrase and it doesn't need a citation.

• Yes, but you should only include an in-text citation. Paraphrases do not need to be referenced fully, so there is no need to include the source in the reference list.

• Yes. If you put a quotation in your own words you must acknowledge the original source. As a paraphrase, you must insert an in-text citation and include the full reference in your reference list to avoid accusations of plagiarism.

The year of publication should be included in parentheses () immediately after an author's name whenever the author is named in the text.

• True

• False

There are three or more authors of an article. What is the rule for including three or more authors authors?

• lead author's name, comma, n.d.

• lead author's name, comma, et al.

• lead author's name, comma, etc.

• lead author's name, comma, ed.