Practice for APA

In text – paraphrasing and quoting

In Text

• Quote (name, date p.).

• ( Smith, 2009 p. 2)

• Paraphrase (name, date).

• (Smith, 2009)

• The concept is the same for all quotes and paraphrases, but sometimes the information you have isn’t all there.

Brown, J.B. (January, 2008). School lunches are failing students. Time, 124 (2), p. 8. Retrieved on June 12, 2010

from Academic Premier

• Quote from above:

• “Lunches are filled with fat producing carbohydrates.”

• You show me the cite you would use at the end of the sentence. Don’t write the sentence, just the citation.

Done

• “Lunches are primarily fat producing carbohydrates” (Brown, 2008 p.8).

• Note the period at the end of the cite and the quotation marks around the quote.

Brown, J.B. (January, 2008). School lunches are failing students. Time, 124 (2), p. 8. Retrieved on June 12, 2010

from Academic Premier

• “Lunches are filled with fat producing carbohydrates.”

• PARAPHRASE from above quote:

• Carbohydrate stuffed lunches are fattening.

• Show me your citation

Paraphrase cite

• (Brown, 2008).

• Name- date – period after the ).

Jonathon goes to school (2005, August). The New Republic 24(4), 26-30. Retrieved on May 15, 2009 from www. MagsforFree.org

• Quote:

• “Ninety – three percent of students fear Kindergarten.”

• No author- check in text for correct cite.

Jonathon goes to school (2005, August). The New Republic 24(4), 26-30. Retrieved on May 15, 2009 from www. MagsforFree.org

• (“Jonathon goes,” 2005. p 26 )

Jonathon goes to school (2005, August). The New Republic 24(4), 26-30. Retrieved on May 15, 2009 from www. MagsforFree.org

• Paraphrase:

• Many children find the thought of entering school very scary.

Paraphrase

• Many children find the thought of entering school very scary ( “Jonathon Goes,” 2005).

• Note where the period goes and that only a couple of words of the title are used. Note the “ “ around the title. That way the reader knows it was an article or chapter, not a book.

Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby. (2000). Safe at Home: A

Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• Quote:

• “ Parents should never leave children alone on the internet as predators abound.”

• Check text p. 211

Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A

Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• “…“(Quinn & Jones, 2000).

• Note: There is not page number so you leave it out.

• Both names, with the ampersand joining them, are included.

Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• Paraphrase:

• Children should not be trusted on the internet.

Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• Children should not be trusted on the internet (Quinn & Jones, 2000).

• Same cite.

Ralph, Ted., Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• “Children can foolishly endanger themselves.”

Ralph, Ted., Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf.

• “Children can foolishly endanger themselves” ( Ralph, Quinn & Jones, 2000).

• Subsequent cite in same paragraph (Ralph et al. )

• All subsequent citations are:• (Ralph et al., 2000).• Page 212 text

More than 5 authors? What would you do?

• Check p. 212

Ralph, Ted., Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf

• Paraphrase:

• Children can be dumb about safety.

Ralph, Ted., Quinn, Maggie., Jones, Alby (2000). Safe at Home: A Parent’s Guide to the Internet. New York: Knopf

• Since there are no page numbers, the cite is the same as a quote.( Ralph, Quinn & Jones, 2000).

• Subsequent cite in same paragraph (Ralph et al. )

• All subsequent citations are:• (Ralph et al., 2000).• Page 212 text

URL

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  

• Retrieved July 5, 2009, http://www.epa.go/epahome/scitech.htm.

• Quote: “Making a clean climate cleaner by doing nothing is our aim.”

• Page 213

URL’s belong on Reference page only

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Retrieved July 5, 2009, http://www.epa.go/epahome/scitech.htm.

Quote: “Making a clean climate cleaner by doing nothing is our aim” (U.S. Environmental, para. 3).

• If your document has page numbers you would put that in in place of para. (U.S. Environmental,p.1).

• NOTE!!! No URL in text. URL’s are only put in electronic texts. Yours isn’t.

• Para: If you don’t have a paragraph symbol ( I don’t) write out para. If paragraphs aren’t numbered, count down.

Zack, J. “Killer Bees: Fact or Fiction?” Entomology Review,

8(4) p.6. Retrieved on July 1, 2009 from Academic Premier

• Quote:

• “Bees buzz up a panic.”

• Whoops, there is no date of publication in the citation.

• What do you think you should do?

• (Zack, nd. Pg 6)

Arrangement

• The important thing is to get the information into the paper. The order is up to you.

• According to Zack, “Killer bees buzz up a storm” (nd.).

• Zack, in his famous article. said, “Killer bees buzz up a storm” (nd.).

• Zack, in his undated article. said, “Killer bees buzz up a storm.”

Zack, J. “Killer Bees: Fact or Fiction?” Entomology Review,

8(4). Retrieved on July 1, 2009 from Academic Premier

• “Bees buzz up panic” (Zack, nd.).

Paraphrase this quote in your own arrangement and then cite it (of course)

• “Killer bees buzz up a storm.”

• Zack, J. ( 2009) “Killer Bees: Fact or Fiction?” Entomology Review, 8(4) p.

6. Retrieved on July 1, 2009 from Academic Premier

• I changed the citation, so be careful.