CITATIONGuide

By Tanja Galetti

January 2013

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CITE YOUR SOURCES?

Citing your sources is important to give credit to someone else’s efforts.

There are different ways to cite. At HKA we follow APA guidelines. (APA stands for American Psychological Association.)

Each source of information (e.g. books, encyclopedia articles, websites) has its own specific format.

Remember: You can always ask your teachers/librarians for help.

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Author’s last name, intial(s). (Publication year) Title of article. In Title of Encyclopedia. Place of publication: Publisher.

Wakeman, F. (2003). China. In The World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book.

Encyclopedia Articles (print edition)

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Where do you find the information needed in citing an encyclopedia article (print edition)?

-> Check the article and the encyclopedia’s title page!

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title of encyclopedia

title of article

publication year

at the back of the title page

author/contributor

place of publication & publisher

Encyclopedia Articles (online edition)

Author’s last name, intial(s). (Publication date). Title of article. In Title of encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://webaddress

Edmonds, R.L. & Smith, R.J. (n.d.) China. In World Book Student. Retrieved from http://worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar111400&st=china

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If there is no publication date given, add (n.d.)

Where do you find the information needed in citing

online encyclopedia articles?

-> Check at the end of the article!

Each World Book article comes with a citation in MLA format. You just need to change the information into APA.

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Books

Author’s last name, initial(s). (Publication year). Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher.

Dramer, K. (1999). People’s Republic of China. New York: Children’s Press.

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author’s name

title of book

place of publication

publisher

date of publication

back of title page

Where do you find the information needed in citing books?

-> Check the book’s title page!

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8If more than one place of publication is listed, use only the first in the list.

Websites

Author’s last name, intial(s). (Publication date). Post title. Title of site. Retrieved from http://webaddress

National Geographic Society. (n.d.). China: Country Facts, Information, Photos, Videos. National Geographic Kids. Retrieved from http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/china/

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Where do you find the information needed for citing a website?

-> Check the top and bottom of the page!

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post title

title of site

publisher

publication date or last update

web address

Interviews

Last name of person interviewed, intial(s). (Year, month day interviewed). Type of interview.

Goodall, J. (2013, January 21). Personal interview.

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ADDITIONAL TIPS FOR YOUR REFERENCE LIST

List all your sources in alphabetical order, no matter their format.

Make sure every line after the first line is hanging (hanging indentation).

If an author is not mentioned, start your citation with the title. If the publication date is not mentioned, add (n.d.). If you have more than one author, cite in the following manner:

Example: Miller, M. & Meyer, S. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word in a title and

subtitle. If you have several places of publication listed, only record the

first. Underline titles when writing by hand but use italics when

creating your bibliography on the computer.

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REFERENCES

The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University. (n.d.). APA formatting and style guide. OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

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