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Documenting Sources Using APA Style
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
How to Avoid Plagiarism
MLA Style Chicago Style
(author p#) footnotes1
APA Style
SPECIFIC FORMAT REQUIRED:title page info centered, header w/ page #, 1 inch margins, double space, Times New Roman
12 point font, tab indent paragraphs, center subheadings w/o underline,bold,italics
In-text Citation References page
parentheses in body of paper list of sources at end of paper
(author, year, p. #) (author, year) publication information
Quote Paraphrase Types of Sources
author’s exact words author’s ideas periodical restated in your words magazine
book newspaper webpageblock quote *more than 3 journal*40 words/3 lines consecutive words 1 author no page #s
counts as a quote 2 authors no author 3 or more authors no date
tag words: *hard copy author’s name used to *electronic copy introduce quote
1 Publication info listed at bottom of page for Chicago Style citation method
Documenting Sources Using APA Style
In-text citation Quote Paraphrase
give p. # of source do not give page number
book periodical book periodical NO p. #
book -- (author’s last name, year of publication, p. #) book -- (author’s last name, year of publication)
periodical – (last name of author of article, year of publication, p. #) periodical – (last name of author of article, year)
>> for two authors, use & sign, for three to six authors, use comma after each name and then & sign before last author’s name
webpage webpage
count paragraphs; give para. # of source no need to count paragraphs, do not give para. #
(author of article, copyright year or last update year, para. #) (author of article, copyright year or last update year)
>> If no webpage author shown, use abbreviated article title in quotation marks “ “ in place of author’s name
>> If no date shown, use n.d.
References page
*center word References, *header w/ page number, *double space, *left margin justified, *tab indent subsequent lines of each entry, *alphabetize by first letter of each entry, *author’s last name, first initial only, *list full title if no author, *do not number entries, *capitalize first letter of first word only for books and article titles, *capitalize first letter of each word for journals, *italicize book titles, *italicize periodical titles, *no quotation marks or italics for article titles, *put publication date after name of author(s) or title, *use n.d. in parentheses if no date *include words Retrieved from database name database on retrieval date for periodicals obtained from a database, *include complete URL for webpages, *include Retrieved on retrieval date for webpages, *use & sign with two or more authors, *do not use p. for page numbers, unless a newspaper, *for periodical, italicize volume number, do not use Vol.; use / sign, not Issue