Citing

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

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• false

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).

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• false

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)

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

• (Anonymous, year, p. X)

• No citation is necessary

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

If the author's last name and the year of publication are provided in the signal phrase before a quotation, what information is required in the parenthetical citation? For example: "Lastname (year) noted that, "quotation text" [what should be here?]".

• No citation is necessary

• The URL where the resource was retrieved

• (p. X)

• (page X) or (paragraph X)

What's wrong with the name in this journal article reference?

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

• 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

What's wrong with the date in this journal article reference?

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

• 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

What's wrong with the article title in this citation?

Lane, J. A. (2018). I Hate It When Students Steal My Doughnuts. Journal of theft and thieving, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.

• 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

What's wrong with the journal title in this reference?

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

• 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)

What's wrong with the volume number in this reference?

Lane, J. A. (2015). Cancelling class: Classic or trash?. Perspectives on Cancelling Class, 49(4), pp. 544-547. DOI: 10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.

• 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