basics of apa style

Basics ofAPA Style Kathy Shields, Reference Librarian

What we’ll cover:• What is APA?• Reference list• In-text citations• Formatting

APA

style

The rules

Guides

What we’ll cover:• What is APA?• Reference list• In-text citations• Formatting

APA

basics

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examples

books

single author

Author, A. (year). Title of book. Place of publication:

Publisher.

multiple authors

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher.

scholarly articles

single author

Author, A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal,

volume(issue), pp. doi:xx.xxxx

multiple authors

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal,

volume(issue), pp. doi:xx.xxxx

no doi (option 1)

Author, A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal,

volume(issue), pp. Retrieved from database.

no doi (option 2)

Author, A. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal,

volume(issue), pp. Retrieved from journal homepage.

web sources

document

Author, A. (year). Title of document [Format description]. Retrieved from http://URL

online newspaper article

Author, A. (year). Title of document. Name of Newspaper. Retrieved from http://URL

online magazinearticle (no author)

Title of document. (year). Name of magazine. Retrieved from http://URL

odd stuff

ERIC document

Author, A. (year). Title of document. Retrieved from ERIC database. (EDXXXX)

conference presentation

Author, A. (year, month). Title of paper or poster. Paper or

poster session presented at the meeting of Organization

Name, Location.

case study

Author, A. (year). Title of document. [Case study]. Place of

publication: Publisher.

What we’ll cover:• What is APA?• Reference list• In-text citations• Formatting

APA

basics

Word-for-word

Paraphrase

Not common knowledge

Word-for-word

Paraphrase

Not common knowledge

Word-for-word

Paraphrase

Not common knowledge

When in doubt…

cite!

examples

single author

Within text: English (2008)

Parenthetical: (English, 2008)

two to five authors

Within text: Wright, Sparks, and O’Hair (2008) [first usage]Wright et al. (2008)

Parenthetical: (Wright, Sparks & O’Hair, 2008) [first usage] (Wright et al., 2008)

six or more authors

Within text: Shavelson et al. (2008)

Parenthetical: (Shavelson et al., 2008)

no author

Parenthetical: (“The 2011 oil shock,” 2011)

no date

Within text: Jones (n.d.)

Parenthetical: (Jones, n.d.)

secondary source

Within text: Allport (as cited in Nicholson, 2003)

Parenthetical: (Allport, as cited in Nicholson, 2003)

Nicholson is included in list of references, NOT Allport

personal communications

Within text: Bill Gates (personal communication, April 2, 2011)

Parenthetical: (B. Gates, personal communication, April 2, 2011)

Cite in text ONLY

direct quotes

When talking with students about research, we shouldn’t place emphasis on what a source is “but on what they as writers might do with them” (Bizup, 2008, p. 75).

block quotes

Oakleaf (2011) asserts: While librarian are experts in information retrieval, new

technology, and electronic information resources, faculty

can provide a disciplinary context for the information literacy instruction. (p. 832)

paraphrase

Sipher (2005) concludes his essay by insisting that, because schools try to fill multiple social functions, they have failed to fulfill their primary duty of educating their students.

What we’ll cover:• What is APA?• Reference list• In-text citations• Formatting

APA

basics

Times New Roman

12-point font

1-inch margins

Double-spaced

Times New Roman

12-point font

1-inch margins

Double-spaced

Times New Roman

12-point font

1-inch margins

Double-spaced

Times New Roman

12-point font

1-inch margins

Double-spaced

example

running head (title page)

running head (subsequent pages)

references page

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