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CITE IT RIGHT

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Based on the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual (2020) on citing articles from a newspaper or magazine, what element in the Reference entry comes immediately after the author of the article?

a)

Title of Article

b)

Publication Date

c)

Issue Number

d)

Edition

2.

Based on the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual (2020), if a journal article is provided with both the DOI and the database URL, which shall form part of the reference entry. What does DOI mean?.

(a)  

3.

Based on the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual (2020), what elements in the reference entry are written in “italics” for journal articles being cited? Indicate the two elements.

(a)  

4.

The book uses success stories from the authors’ own lived experiences to make the case for a creative revolution in the business world (Stewart & Simmons, 2015, p. 25). This is an example of?

a)

Citation

b)

Reference

5.

Oyelekan and Iyortsuun (2011) conducted a study on evaluative study of reader services in University of Agriculture library, Makurdi. The study revealed that users were satisfied with lending services, reserve materials services and bindery services. The study also showed that inter library loan, current awareness, library orientation and photocopying services were not suitable to them.

What type of in-text citation is shown above?

a)

Parenthetical citation

b)

Narrative citation

6.

Orr, R. H. (1973). Measuring the goodness of library services: a general framework for considering quantitative measures. Journal of documentation.

What type of citation format is shown above?

a)

MLA

b)

Chicago

c)

Harvard

d)

APA

7.

What type of citation format is this?

Stansfield, Sally K., et al. "Information to improve decision making for health." (2011).

a)

MLA

b)

APA

c)

Chicago

d)

Harvard

8.

Multiple-author entries in which all authors appear in the same order should be arranged alphabetically.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

What is the correct structure of citing websites in APA?

a)

Author Last Name, First initial. (Year, Month Date Published). Title of web page. Name of Website. URL

b)

First Name Initial, Last Name. (Publication Year). Title of web page. URL

c)

Author Last Name, First initial. (Year, Month Date Published). Name of Website. Title of web page. URL

10.

To cite a YouTube video in APA Style, you include the person or organization that uploaded it, their channel name (if different from their real name), the upload date, the video title (italicized), “Video” in parenthesis, the name of the site, and a link to the video.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The “author” of a YouTube video is not necessarily the person or group who created the video. Instead, APA requires you to list the (a)   of the video in the author position.

12.

This is the reference entry: Stevens, M. [Vsauce]. (2017, August 14). The napkin ring problem [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51ncHP_BrY

Create the in-text citation (parenthetical) using the provided reference entry.

(a)  

13.

What acronym will you use if the year of publication is not available?

a)

n.d.

b)

n.p.

c)

n.y.

d)

n.a.

14.

In formatting the reference page, which of the following statement is FALSE?

A. Begin the reference list on a new page after the text.

B. Place the section label "References" italic at the top of the page, centered.

C. Order the reference list entries chronologically.

D. Double-space the entire reference list (both within and between entries).

a)

A&B

b)

B&C

c)

C&D

d)

A&D

15.

Citing sources from social media: When adding the text of a post, keep the original capitalization, spelling, hashtags, emojis (if possible), and links within the text.

a)

True

b)

False