WorksheetsAPA 7th Edition
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
When citing one or two authors in-text, never use et al.; instead, always provide the author(s)' names.
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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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The year of publication should be included in parentheses when an author is named in the text and a full citation is required. For example: "Lastname (year) argued that...".
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When mentioning a source with at least three authors in a sentence in either a parenthetical citation or in the sentence text, only the first author's name and et al. should be provided: "Lastname et al. (year) argued that...".
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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
When citing a direct quotation from an ebook that doesn't have page numbers, which of the following is the correct approach to indicating the location of the information within the ebook?
A paragraph number
A heading plus a paragraph number within the section
An abbreviated heading in quotation marks if the original heading is long
Any of these options, depending on how the information is presented within the book.
If the only way to cite a source is through a secondary source citation, which of the following citations is the correct formatting? In the examples below, Lastname1 refers to the author of the text you read, whereas Lastname2 refers to the secondary author quoted by Lastname1.
(Lastname1, year, p. X)
(Lastname2, year, p. X)
(Lastname2, as cited in Lastname1, year, p. X)
(Lastname2, year, as cited in Lastname1, year, p. X)
What's wrong with this journal article reference?
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
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 this journal article reference?
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
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
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)
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.
Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(4), 544–547. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
Aside from the missing hanging indent, this reference is now correctly formatted to the APA Style (7th ed.) rules.
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False
Hunter, J. (2020, January 16). Supreme Court dismisses B.C. bid to limit heavy oil shipments across the province. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-supreme-court-dismisses-bc-bid-to-limit-heavy-oil-shipments-across/
This resource is a(n):
Blog post
webpage
online newspaper article
research report
Royal Roads University. (n.d.). Create a preliminary document plan. https://libguides.royalroads.ca/ugrad_essay/createfinal
This resource is a:
wiki post
blog post
technical or research report
webpage
Field, A. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS (3rd ed.). Sage Publications.
This resource is a:
Encyclopedia entry
Journal article without a DOI
Chapter in a print book
Print book
