APA Citation

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APA Citation
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Two Parts to Citations

• In text
• References (on their own page but given a page
  number along with your report)

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Sample
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In Text
There are three basic ways to cite a source in
text.
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One
I can use the authors last name and date of
publication in parenthesis within my text.
A recent survey of freshman students found that
most students would prefer to start school later
in the day (Reickard, 2005).
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Two
Or I can use the name directly and put the date
in parenthesis.
Reickard (2005) states that most freshmen would
prefer to start school later in the day.
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Three
Or I can write about the study in my paragraph.
In 2005, Reickard conducted a study proving that
freshman students would prefer to start school
later in the day.
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• If you only use part of a source include the page
  numbers in the in text documentation. Example
  (Reickard, 2005, p. 5) or (Reickard, 2005, pp.
  5-23) or (Reickard, 2005, chap. 5)
• If there is no author you would use the first few
  main words of the title or the name of the
  company or corporation that authored the work.

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References

• Every source that you refer to in your paper
  needs to be listed
• The reference page is started on a new page. The
  title of the page is References. The title
  References, is entered with a capital R at the
  beginning but the rest of the letters are lower
  case. References is centered at the top of the
  page.

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Format Your Reference Page
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Basic Info Needed

• Author(s) (Date). Title of book. Title of
  Article. Title of Periodical. Volume. Pages.
  Place of Publication Publisher. Other
  information such as web address.

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BOOKS
Author, A. A., Author, B. B. (date). Title of
book (p./pp. nn-nn). Location Publisher.
Rengel, M. (2003). John Cabot the ongoing
search for a westward passage to Asia (pp.
13-32). New York Rosen.

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CHAPTER OF A BOOK

• Author, A. A. (date). Title of chapter. In A.
  Editor, B. Editor, C. Editor (Eds.), Title of
  book (p./pp. nnn- nnn). Location Publisher.

Allen, J.A. (Ed.). (1999). Almagro, Diego de.
In Explorers Vol.1 (pp. 49-52). New York
Simon Shuster Macmillan.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA

• Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. In Title
  of encyclopedia (Vol. n., pp. nn-nn). Location
  Publisher.

Henry the Navigator. (2001). In Comptons
encyclopedia (Vol. 10, p. 134). Elmhurst,
Illinois Success Publishing.
Skelton, R.A. (2000). Cabot, John. In
Encyclopedia Ameriacana (Vol. 5, p. 122).
Danbury, Connecticut Grolier.
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GENERAL WEB PAGES

• Author, A. A. (date). Title of document.
  Retrieved month day, year, from
  http//complete_address.

Sheppard, D.E. (n.d.) Cabeza de Vacas story.
Retrieved November 18, 2005, from
http//www.floridahistory.com/cabt ral.html .
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WEB PAGES BY UNIVERSITIES/COMPANIES

• Author, A. A. (date). Title of document.
  Retrieved month day, year, from
  university/company/organization Web site
  http//complete_address.

European voyages of exploration Prince Henry
the Navigator. (1997). Retrieved November 18,
2005, from University of Calgary Web site
http//www.ucalgary.ca/applied_his tory/tutor/eur
voya/henry1.html.
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DATABASES

• Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. Title of
  magazine, volume, p.n.. Retrieved month day,
  year, from name of database.

Varnum, R. (04-01-1998). Navigating uncharted
waters. Calliope, Vol. 8, pp. 34-37. Retrieved
November 18, 2005 from Elibrary Elementary.
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APA

• American Psychological Association. (2001).
  Publication manual of the American Psychological
  Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC Author.