APA format 30%

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APA format (30)

• http//www.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/citation/
  apa-examples.pdf
• Note the specific punctuation, indentation, and
  abbreviation. it is necessary to alphabetize a
  list of citations by author.
• Books
•   1. Book with 1 author
• Author's last name, First and Second Initial.
  (Year). Title italicized. Publication location
  Publishing
• company.
• Example
• Townsend, R. M. (1993). The medieval village
  economy. Princeton Princeton University
  Press.
• 
  by Rong 2005

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• 2. Book with 2 authors
• First Author's last name, First and Second
  Initial., Second Author's last name, First
  and Second Initial. (Year). Title italicized.
  Publication location Publishing company.
• Example
• Gonzalez, A., Norwine, J. (1998). The New
  Third World. Boulder, CO Westview Press.

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• 3. Book with 2 editors
• First Editor's last name, First and Second
  Initial., Second Editor's last name, First
  and Second Initial.(Eds.) (Year). Title
  italicized. Publication location Publishing
  company.
• Example
• Tannen, D., Alatis, J.E. (Eds.) (1986).
  Languages and linguistics The interdependence
  of theory,data, and application. Washington
  Georgetown University Press.

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• 4. Article or chapter in a book with an editor
• Author's (of article or chapter) last name, First
  and Second Initial. (Year). Title of article or
  chapter. In Editor's First and Second initial
  and last name (Ed.) Title of book italicized.
  (page numbers). Publication location
  Publishing company.
• Example
• Ong. W. J. (1982). Oral Remembering and
  Narrative Structures. In D. Tannen (Ed.),
  Analyzing Discourse Text and Talk. (pp. 12 -
  24). Washington DC. Georgetown University
  Press.

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Journal / Magazine

• 5. Article from journal with 1 author
• Author's last name, First and second Initial.
  (Year). Article title. Journal Title, volume
  number
• italicized (issue number), page numbers.
• Example
• Wann, D. L. (1998). A Preliminary Investigation
  Of The Relationship Between Alcohol Use And
  Sport Fandom. Social Behavior Personality An
  International Journal, 26(3), 287-291.

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• Online Journal
• 6. Online journal article from a database or
  index
• Author's last name, First and Second Initial.
  (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume
  number italicized (issue number), page numbers.
  Retrieved month day, year, from source.
• Example
• Tolson, N. (1998). Making books available The
  role of early libraries, librarians, and
  booksellers in
• the promotion of African American children's
  literature. African American Review. 32(5),
  9-16.
• Retrieved October 1, 2002 from Academic Search
  Premier.

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An article, or document from a website with an
author

• 7. Author's Last Name, First and Second Initial.
  (Year, Month and date if given). Title of
  article,document, or short work. In Title of the
  website (italicized). Retrieved month, day,
  year, from URL.
• Example
• Shiva, V. (2002, July 11). Bioethics A Third
  World issue. In NativeWeb. Retrieved September
  15, 2003, from http//www.nativeweb.org/pages/le
  gal/shiva.html.

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Common errors

• Casti, John L. 2004 Synthetic thought. Nature.
  Vol. 427 Issue 6976, p680,
• Casti, J. L. (2004). Synthetic thought. Nature,
  427, (6976), 680.
• - Dressler, Wolfgang. Feb 2004. Textpragmatic
  impairments of figure-grounddistinction in
  right-brain damaged stroke patients compared with
  aphasics andhealthy controls. "Journal of
  Pragmatics".  Vol. 36 Issue 2, p207, 29p

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• Dressler, W. (2004). Textpragmatic impairments
  of figure-ground distinction in right-brain
  damaged stroke patients compared with aphasics
  and healthy controls. Journal of Pragmatics,
  36,(2), 207-236.

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• Gale Group. (1993).  Computer Language.  Dr.
  Dobbs Journal of RedwoodCalifornia,  1(6),
   July, 1993, from Info Trac Database  (0749-2839)
• Gale, G. (1993).  Computer Language.  Dr. Dobbs
  Journal of Redwood California,  1,(6). Retrieved
  March 4, 2005 from Info Trac Database.