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Referencing Research Sources: APA-Style

Referencing Research Sources: APA-Style. Purpose. Why is it necessary to cite the sources you use to support what you write in your papers? Gives weight to your argument If other people, with more experience, say the same thing as you, it strengthens your argument.

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Referencing Research Sources: APA-Style

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  1. Referencing Research Sources: APA-Style

  2. Purpose Why is it necessary to cite the sources you use to support what you write in your papers? • Gives weight to your argument • If other people, with more experience, say the same thing as you, it strengthens your argument. • Gives credit to those who put in the work • Some people spend most of their lives coming up with answers to difficult questions. Referencing them honors their hard work. • Allows people to validate your information • References allow people to check where you got your information, to make sure you aren’t making it up

  3. How to reference What questions are answered in an APA-style reference? • Who wrote the document? • When was it written? • What is its title? • Where was it published? • Who published it?

  4. Referencing print sources Suppose you use information about a book titled California: What It’s All About, by Gerald R. Smith and Thomas T. Ferguson that was published by Worth Publishers of St. Paul, Minnesota in 2001 General Format • Author, A.A. (Year of Publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher

  5. Referencing Print Sources Who wrote the document? • Smith, G.R., & Ferguson, T.T. When was it written? • Smith, G.R., & Ferguson, T.T. (2001). What is its title? • Smith, G.R., & Ferguson, T.T. (2001). California: What it’s all about.

  6. Referencing Print Material Where was it published? • Smith, G.R., & Ferguson, T.T. (2001). California: What it’s all about.St. Paul, MN: Who published it? • Smith, G.R., & Ferguson, T.T. (2001). California: What it’s all about. St. Paul, MN: Worth

  7. Referencing Print Sources • How many of you plan to get most of your information from books? • So, how do you reference online sources?

  8. Referencing Online Sources General Format • Author, A.A., & Author, B.B. (Year of Publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address • Don’t be lazy!!! • Include as much of the above information as possible • Hunt around the web page for the above information

  9. Referencing Online Sources

  10. Referencing Online Resources Davis, M. (1998). Stepping outside the box. Retrieved from http://www.monolake.org/ mlc/outsidebox

  11. Referencing Online Sources • There are ways to reference many other types of sources. • If you use a different source of information during your research, use online resources, such as Purdue OWL, to figure things out. • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ • Or ask me for help

  12. Quiz Time • We are going to see how much you learned by taking a quiz. • It’s open notes, so use the information you wrote down.

  13. APA Citations Short Quotations • Citation in-text with author, date, and page • She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

  14. APA Citations Short Quotations • According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199). • Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers?

  15. APA Citations Long Quotations • Quotations 40+ words are placed in their own freestanding block indented 0.5 inches • No quotes • Jones's (1998) study found the following:     Students often had difficulty using APA style,    especially when it was their first time citing sources. This difficulty could be attributed to the fact that many students failed to  purchase a style manual or to ask their teacher for help. (p. 199)

  16. APA Citations Paraphrasing • When paraphrasing you need only give the author and date. Though a page number is encouraged if possible • According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. • APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

  17. References • Paiz, J.M., & Angeli, E., (2012). Reference list: Electronic sources (web publications). Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue. edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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