Citing Sources

• The world is round. Cite or not?

• NO!

• Diet gurus have recommended that we eat a high protein, low carbohydrate diet to live a long and happy life. Cite or not?

• YES! Diet gurus have recommended that we eat a high protein, low carbohydrate diet to live a long and happy life (Atkins, 1999).

The Citation in Reference List

BOOK:

• Atkins, R.C. (1999). Dr. Atkins’ new diet revolution. New York: MacMillan.

MAGAZINE:

• Atkins, R.C. (1999, August). Revolutionizing diabetes treatment. Let’s Live, 67, 80-81.

Online Sourceshttp://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

Online document:

Author, A. A. (2000). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from source.

Online Sourceshttp://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

Online document:

The Save the Robs Foundation (2004). Why we must save Rob. Retrieved December 16, 2004, from http://www.saverobnow.org/whysave.htm

Three Different Ways of Citing

• Atkins (1999) claims that meat is great.

• Some experts claim that meat is great (Atkins, 1999).

• Robert C. Atkins, in his 1999 bestseller Dr. Atkins’ New Diet Revolution, claims that meat is great.

Make Your Life Easier: Combine Citations

This is a paragraph with a bunch of citations in it. All of the authors of the sources back up the general point that I am making. Some experts say that meat is great, claiming that a high protein, low carbohydrate diet is the way to go. These researchers have performed limited clinical studies that appear to support their claims (Atkins, 1999; Booth, 1972; Zilch, 1953).