APA Overview Powerpoint

1. The APAWay
Dee McGuire
August 3, 2009
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2.  Citing your sources gives credit to the work of
others that you have used by direct quote or
paraphrasing.
 Citing provides evidence to support your
thesis.
 Citing also allows readers to find and read
your sources.
 Citing is a gateway for more in depth
coverage.
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3. APA STYLE
 American Psychological
Association
 Bibliography or Reference
typed at the top of the
citation page
 Order: Author(s), Date,Title
of Book,Title of Article,Title
of Periodical,Volume, Pages,
Place of Publication,
Publisher, Other Information
 http://library.osu.edu/sites/gu
ides/apagd.php
MLA STYLE
 Modern Language
Association
 Works Cited orWorks typed
at the top of the citation page
 Order: Author,Title of Book,
Title of Article,Title of
Periodical,Volume, Place of
Publication, Publisher, Date,
Other Information, Pages
 http://library.osu.edu/sites/gu
ides/mlagd.php
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4.  Check with your instructor to see which style
is required and use that style throughout the
paper or on your citation page(s)
 Both styles accommodate citing a : book,
chapter(s) in a book, government document,
print magazine/journal/newspaper/electronic
article, website, etc.
 Every formal research paper requires
scholarly documentation.
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5.  Holman, C. H. & Harmon, W. (1992). A handbook to literature.
NewYork: Macmillan. (Citing a Book)
 Jeffries, S. (2000).The librarian as networker: Setting the standard
for higher education. In D. Raspa & D.Ward, (eds.), The
collaborative imperative: Librarians and faculty working
together in the information universe (pp. 114-129).Chicago:
American Library Association. (Citing an Article or Chapter in a Book)
 Hate crimes prevention act of 1998: Hearing before the Committee on the
Judiciary, United States Senate, 105th cong., 2nd Sess., 1998, 1.
(Citing a Government Document)
 Trustcott, L. More than just a car. (2000). Fortune, 18 September, pp. 183-192
(Citing an Article from a Print Magazine)
 Fernandez, K. & Rosen, D. (2000).The effectiveness of information and color in yellow
pages
advertising. The Journal of Advertising, 29 (2), 61-73
(Citing an Article from a Print Journal)
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6.  Block, A. (2000, january 14). If Davis fails, Bush
may be white knight. The Los Angeles
Times, p. M1.
(Citing a Print or Microfilm Newspaper Article)
 Bildt, C. (2001). A second chance in the
Balkans. Foreign Affairs, 80 (1), 148+.
Retrieved January 16, 2001, from EBSCO
database (Academic Search Elite) on theWorld WideWeb:
http://ehostvgw9.epnet.com
(Citing a Journal or Newspaper Article from a Database)
 Lupack,A. (2001, january 15). Robin Hood films. The Robin Hood
Project. Rochester, NY:The University of Rochester. Retrieved
January 17, 2001) from theWorldWideWeb:
http: www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/rh/rhhome.stm
(Citing aWeb Site)
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7.  APA/MLA automatically formatted as
bibliography inWord Document at the
following address: http://www.bibme.org
 You can manually do your citations inWord
2007 from the home tab by selecting APA
style under Reference.
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