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How to reference with APA6 style

How to reference with APA6 style. Why reference?. Avoid accusations of plagiarism – reference all ideas you use Traceability - ensure someone else can find your sources Good referencing is a basic academic requisite Demonstrate that you have read widely. What is plagiarism exactly?.

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How to reference with APA6 style

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  1. How to reference with APA6 style

  2. Why reference? • Avoid accusations of plagiarism – reference all ideas you use • Traceability - ensure someone else can find your sources • Good referencing is a basic academic requisite • Demonstrate that you have read widely

  3. What is plagiarism exactly? “Plagiarism can be defined as using another person’s work or ideas without appropriate acknowledgement and submitting it for assessment, as though it was one’s own work, for instance through copying or paraphrasing”. (Swansea University’s Code of Practice for dealing with cases of unfair practice 2012/13)

  4. Examples of plagiarism • Use of quotations from the published or unpublished work of another person which have not been clearly identified as such by use of in-text citation and a reference • Summarising another person’s ideas judgements, figures, software or diagrams without a reference • Use of services (paid or unpaid) of ghost writing agencies • Use of unacknowledged material downloaded from the internet • Submission of another student’s work as your own.

  5. Beware! • Universities use special software to detect plagiarism • Penalties vary according to level of student and amount plagiarised. • Penalties range from reduction in marks or resubmission of an assignment to expulsion.

  6. APA 6th – what is it? • An example of an author-date (Havard) referencing style. • Used by many subject areas in SU : including School of Management • APA=American Psychological Association, 6th ed.

  7. Three steps to successful referencing • Keep track of the sources you’ve used (the appropriate details + page numbers). • Follow the APA guidelines on Blackboard and on the APA Style website. • Pay attention to detail (punctuation & formatting).

  8. What does APA referencing involve? • Citations in the body of your work (author and date) • Reference list at the end: alphabetical order by author

  9. The reference list A book reference (two authors) Malhotra, N. K. & Birks, D. F. (2007). Marketing research: An applied approach (3rd ed.). Harlow:FT Prentice Hall.

  10. The reference list A chapter in a book Jermier, J. M. & Forbes, L.C. (2003). Greening organizations: Critical issues. In M. Alvesson & H. Willmott (Eds.), Studying management critically (pp. 157-176). London: Sage

  11. The reference list An article in a journal: Palmer, A. & Koenig-Lewis, N. (2011). The effects of pre-enrolment emotions and peer group interaction on students’ satisfaction. Journal of Marketing Management, 27, 1208-1213.

  12. The reference list A document on the web: Bank of England. (2013). Inflation report, August 2013. Retrieved from http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/inflationreport/2013/ir13aug.pdf

  13. Datasets & Statistics 1 : a published dataset (e.g. a PDF) • Corporate author. (year). Title of dataset. Retrieved Month day, year, from name of database or supplier URL. • Office for National Statistics. (2011). UK trade, May 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011, from ONS • http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/uktrade/uk-trade/may-2011/uk-trade.pdf

  14. Datasets & Statistics 2: a company report on FAME Financial Analysis Made Easy. (2012). John Wiley & Sons Ltd : Company financial data. Retrieved from http://fame2.bvdep.com

  15. Mintel Oxygen report Price, A. (2013). Coffee – UK – August 2013. Retrieved from http://academic.mintel.com

  16. Mintel Global Markets Navigator data Mintel. (2012). Coffee in China. Retrieved November 13, 2013, from Mintel Global Markets Navigator http://gmn.mintel.com/navigate/

  17. In-text citations Basic rule is (Name, Year of publication) e.g. (Davies, 2013) But ask yourself: How many author names should be included in each citation?

  18. In-text citation – one author Basic rule: (Shakespeare, 1599) Variations: Shakespeare explored the life of Henry V (1599)..... In 1599 a play was performed (Shakespeare)....

  19. In-text citation – two authors Basic rule: (Lennon & McCartney, 1967) Variation: Lennon and McCartney (1967) wrote A Day in the Life...

  20. In-text citation (3-5 authors) In-text citation First mention (Parkin, Powell, & Matthews, 2012) Subsequent mentions (Parkin et al., 2012) Full reference Parkin, M., Powell, M., & Matthews, K. (2012). Economics, 8th.ed. Harlow: Addison Wesley.

  21. In-text citation (more than six authors) If there are six authors or more only the first author is cited followed by et al. Example: (Yamada et al., 2003) NOTE: et al is Latin for “and others”.

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