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APA Documentation

Rules and Examples

Rosie Dunlap B.A.,M.Ed.,ABD.

Mercy College

Health Care Administration


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What is APA Documentation St le?

More than 3000 styles of documenting.

APA (American Psychological Association).

APA Documentation, an author-date style,

sources and for writing papers for science

.APA also mandates ethical standards for

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General Ti : Usin Sources

se re erence gu es an manua s omake the process of doing APA in-textc a ons an e erences pages eas er.

Have an APA manual that shows you howto document sources near by as you doyour research and write your paper.

Use research selectively. Connect itdirectl to our thesis.


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Why Document Sources?To build your knowledge and resource list

of ke researchers in our field

To give authority to writing by showing thatyou have done your research

To give proper credit to the originator when

using their work or ideas to avoid

To verify and find the original source in

To avoid a failing grade or a lawsuit due tola iarism.


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What is Plagiarism? To plagiarize is to steal and pass off (the ideas or

wor s o ano er as one s own w ou cre ngthe source. (Websters New Collegiate Dictionary)

In n i n l l i ri m r wh n r ndeliberately copies, in whole or in part, the work of

another writer without providing documentationdoes not understand the rules for borrowingmaterial from other sources and therefore

Self-plagiarism occurs when you use a singleiece of our work for more than one writin

assignment


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Avoidin Pla iarismIn order to avoid plagiarizing, you must:

ocumen your source in the passage of your writing where you-

citation)

paper (full-text citation)

2 Refrain from self- la iarism. You canhowever, revisit research from yourearlier writing and expand on anotheraspect of it.


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relationship between you and your source.

but is provided to you by human beings. ou ave an e ca respons y o

identify the author (or corporate author) of

e researc an o eva ua e s worbefore presenting it to your audience.


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Name of Author(s) may be individual or

corpora e; e au or s your au or y

Date published

e o oo or e o ourna ar c e

Source information for article (publication name,, , ,

Publisher

URL with date retrieved (if relevant)

Database if relevant


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Rules for Documentin Sources

Provide the source whenever ou use

direct quotations (passages that you usein your essay exactly as they appear inyour source)

You must give proper credit to authors ifyou paraphrase their work. Paraphrasingis "a restatement of a text, passage, or

.Even when you summarize of key ideas or

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As a general rule, provide at least four to five

lines of your writing for every line of referencematerial that you cite.

Provide a lead where you note the authors

credentials and the context of the research.scuss your v ew on e s gn cance o e

research

yare composed completely of your own thoughts

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-Attribute your source in body of essay

y ea ng n o quo es an researcinformation with a context andcre en a s, w ere necessary:

According to Professor Atkinson (2001),a c psyc o og st w o researc es t eeffects of media violence on children,

desensitization to the pain and suffering . .


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to the full text citation in your Referenceslist.

Set up your References list in alphabetical

order, b the last name of our source.The heading, References, is centered at

the top of the page.

Provide References at end of essay


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Points to remember - APA: If the author or title of the source is

,not repeat the information in the

There are various ways to introduce a, , . .

Trimble (2000) describes various ways to. .

Note that date always follows the sources.


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using title case (all main words areca italized :Gates of Excellence: On Reading and Writing

In the References list italicize book titlesbut use sentence case (first words of titlesand subtitles and proper nouns are

capitalized):Gates of excellence: On reading and writing.


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Points to remember - Titles

Italicize the names of periodicals, which,

body of essay and in the References listusin title case:

Clinical Social Work Journal

in double quotation marks in the text of theessa : D sfunctional Families in America

Omit quotation marks and use sentencecase in References list:Dysfunctional families in America


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at the end of your paper.

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If entry is more than one line in length, useang ng n en orm or su sequen nes.

Separate each major element (author, title,

publication information) with a period.


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In-text Citation:

ant ng, , p. .

References EntryBanting, P. (1995). Body, Inc.: A theory of

. ,Press.


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In-text Citation, , . - .

References Entry

o a o, ., ar n , . s . .

Child development: Readings for

teachers. New York, NY: ThompsonSouthwestern.


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In-text Citation

ac er, , p. .

References EntryHacker, D. (2004). A Canadian writer's

, . Nelson.


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In-text Citation

ortenaar, , pp. - .

References EntryKortenaar, N. T. (1995). Midnight's

.Ariel, 26 (2), 41-62.


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In-text Citation, , . .

References Entry

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computing: power without the pounds.

PC Magazine, 12(8), 125-128, 152,160-161.


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An article in an online journal

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(Steele-Carlin, 2002, para. 4). ,

numbers are used instead. The symbol is also

acceptable.e erences n ry

Steele-Carlin, S. (2002). Take courses from the

,21 paras. Retrieved December 19, 2009,from .


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A Web Page

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(Noe, 2007, para. 4).

: aragrap num ers are use n p ace opage numbers.

Noe, B. (2007, Winter). Six criteria for

e ec ve wr ng. a es e c oo .org .paras. Retrieved December 19, 2008,

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. . .

Official APA site offering helpful tips for writers

Interactive APA Full Text Citation Builder:http://citationmachine.net/

Useful template for learning to cite sources,

though additional formatting is required


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