APA Citations and Formatting

In APA style the list of references should be in order by:

• No particular order

• Alphabetical by first author’s family (last) name

• Alphabetical by title

• Chronological by date of publication

When should you use in-text citations within your paper?

• At the end of each page

• At the end of each paragraph

• Whenever information has come from another source

You are referencing a website, which part of the reference goes first?

• author/sponsor/organisation

• title of website

• website address

• year

You use a quotation from a book in your assignment.

How would you write the in-text citation?

• author, page number

• author, title

• author, year

• author, year, page number

Blass, E. M. (1997). Interactions between contact and chemosensory mechanisms in pain modulation in 10-day-old rats. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 147-154. doi:10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.147

What type of citation is this?

• Book chapter

• Book

• Journal

• Website

Austin, J. H. (1998). Zen and the brain: Toward an understanding of meditation and consciousness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

What type of citation is this?

• book chapter

• book

• journal

• website

Ickes, W. (Ed.). (1998). Empathic accuracy. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Which one is the publisher's name?

• Empathic accuracy

• Guilford Press

• New York, NY

• Ickles, W.

Select the reference example that has the correct format for APA style.

• Gu, Q., & Brooks, J. (2008). Beyond the Accusation of Plagiarism. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology, 36(3) 337-352.

• Gu, Qing, & Brooks, Jane (2008). Beyond the Accusation of Plagiarism. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology, 36(3) 337-352.

• Gu, Q., Brooks, J. (2008). Beyond the Accusation of Plagiarism. System: An International Journal of Educational Technology, 36(3) 337-352.

Select the reference example that has the correct format for APA style.

• Jackson, P. A. (2006). Plagiarism instruction online: Assessing undergraduate students' ability to avoid plagiarism. College & Research Libraries, 67(5), 418-428

• Jackson, Pamela. A. (2006). Plagiarism instruction online: Assessing undergraduate students' ability to avoid plagiarism. College & Research Libraries, 67(5), 418-428

• Jackson, P. A. (2006). Plagiarism instruction online: Assessing undergraduate students' ability to avoid plagiarism. College & Research Libraries, 67(5), 418-428

• Jackson, P., A. (2006). Plagiarism instruction online: Assessing undergraduate students' ability to avoid plagiarism. College & Research Libraries, 67(5), 418-428

If you were citing a website without a date, what would be the proper citation format?

• Kraizer, S. (2011). Safety on the Internet. Retrieved from http://safechild.org/categoryparents/safety-on-the-internet/

• Krazier, Stephanie. (2011). Safety on the Internet. Retrieved from http://safechild.org/categoryparents/safety-on-the-internet/

• Krazier, S. (n. d.). Safety on the Internet. Retrieved from http://safechild.org/categoryparents/safety-on-the-internet/