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APA Formatting Lesson

This document provides an overview of APA citation style. It explains why citations are important to avoid plagiarism and give proper credit to authors. The key aspects of APA style covered are in-text citations, which can be parenthetical or grammatical, and the reference list, which appears on a separate page at the end of the paper. Examples are provided for different citation types, and video and website resources are listed for additional guidance on APA format and style.

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APA Formatting Lesson

This document provides an overview of APA citation style. It explains why citations are important to avoid plagiarism and give proper credit to authors. The key aspects of APA style covered are in-text citations, which can be parenthetical or grammatical, and the reference list, which appears on a separate page at the end of the paper. Examples are provided for different citation types, and video and website resources are listed for additional guidance on APA format and style.

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APA

FORMATTIN
G:
CITING YOUR WORK IN ACADEMIC
ASSIGNEMTS

Created by Abby Popowich


Lesson Outline

WHY WE NEED WHAT IS APA HOW TO DO APA RESOURCE VIDEO AND


TO CITE OUR PAGE INFORMATION
WORK LINKS
It gives proper Citing your It allows those who
credit to the sources are
consistently reading your work
authors of the to locate
words or ideas and accurately
your source and
that you helps you avoid learn more
incorporate committing about the ideas that
into your plagiarism in your you include
papers writing. in your paper

WHY WE NEED TO CITE OUR WORK


What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is the act of presenting
the words, ideas, or images of
another as your own; it denies
authors or creators of content the
credit they are due. Whether
deliberate or unintentional,
plagiarism violates ethical standards
in scholarship (
see APA Ethics Code Standard 8.11,
Plagiarism
).
7 Examples of Plagiarism
Direct Plagiarism
Copying another person’s work with no attempt to acknowledge that the material was found in an external source

Direct “Patchwork” Plagiarism


Copying material from several people and rearranging with citation

Insufficient Citation of Quotes


Incorporating another person’s words or phrases within a larger paraphrase, without quotation marks or citation

Paraphrasing without Citing


Changing the words of an original source but uses the ideas without citing.

Insufficient Citation of a Paraphrase


Changing the words of an original source and using the author’s ideas with attempts to acknowledge the material’s
source but without citation

Plagiarism in Graphs
Using graphs, charts, figures, or images from a source without citing

Misrepresentation of Common Knowledge


Failing to cite, believing or assuming the info is “common knowledge” but it is not by most readers
https://www.niu.edu/academic-integrity/faculty/committing/examples/index.shtml
What is APA Formatting?
APA is referencing style that is used to give
credit to the authors who have written the
information you are using to support your
ideas.

It was published by the American


Psychological Association.

There are two components in the APA


referencing style:

- Acknowledgement in the text


- Reference list
Acknowledgement in the text
-thesource of your information is done in the work you are doing in your
assignment, essay, report, project or presentation.

EXAMPLE

Stein (2018) studied whether the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease affected
individuals younger than 30. His findings revealed that individuals as young as 20
were affected by the disease (p. 42). Another study found similar data, showing that
individuals as young as 18 displayed symptoms of the disease (Tang & Pierce, 2014, p.
231). Even though both studies involved individuals in different hemispheres, the
results were similar.
Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ
How to do APA
Parenthetical Citation

No quotation marks = plagiarism


Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ
ONE MORE TIME!!!

Therefore, if you didn’t think it or write it,


you need to cite it!!!
Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ
How to Cite a Parenthetical Citation

Start the
quote from
the source Type out the
by using information
opening Add the publication information
quotation -Author(s) last name
marks. -date of publication
End the quote with
-page number
closing quotation
This is enclosed in parentheses ( )
marks
followed by a period to end the sentence.
Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ
How to Cite a Grammatical Citation
Example:

This type of citation uses a signal phrase or a verb to introduce the


material. If you use this type of citation, you still need to include
the author’s name, date of publication and page number. However,
they are added differently than a parenthetical citation.

Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ


Grammatical Citation cont.
Signal phrase:

Signal Verb

Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ


Date of publication in parentheses ( )

Author(s) last name

Page number in parentheses ( ) with a period


Signal phrase after the parentheses

Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ


Reference Page
Your reference list should
Example:
appear at the end of your
paper on its own page. It
provides
the information necessary for
a reader to locate and retrieve
any source you cite in
assignment.

Each source you cite in the


paper must appear in your
reference list; likewise, each
entry in the
Reference list must be cited in
your text.
Scott, M.A, (2014) Building the APA Reference Page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3XTSKJeX0&t=195s
Referencing a Book

Purdue University. Purdue Online Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_


formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html
What’s included in the Reference List

The reference list needs to be in


alphabetical order based on author’s
last name.

Each type of source you use (book, journal, newspaper, website, etc is entered
in their own way on the reference list. Check before adding to your reference list.
Videos to watch
Video on how to Cite:
Video on Reference Page:
APA In-text Citations (6th
edition) Building The APA Reference Page

https://www.youtube.com/watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
?v=uVlsbN99LIQ =UZ3XTSKJeX0&t=195s

Citations in a PowerPoint Presentation


How to cite sources in PowerPoint: It’s important
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5V7I-IJQJU
Website for Help

Purdue University Online Writing Lab: OWL

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
References
Northern Illinois University. Academic integrity tutorials: Examples of Plagiarism. https://www.niu.edu/
academic-integrity/faculty/committing/examples/index.shtml

Purdue University. Purdue Online Writing Lab. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_


formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

Scott, M.A, (2014) Building the APA Reference Page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3XTSKJeX0&t=195s

Scot, M.A., ( 2016) APA In-text Citations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlsbN99LIQ


Thank you!

Questions?

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