Tips on Writing EMBEDDED CITATIONS,(and a Reference page)

for APA Style Research Papers

Plagiarism defined:

To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own; to use (a created production) without crediting the source ("Plagiarism“, 1997, p. 781).

Why we do this:

Good Advice: Whenever you are doing research, always cite your sources.

In plain language,

you need to give the source information (author,

title, publisher, page info) for anything* you have taken from somewhere

other than your own brain.

*(words, charts, artwork, lyrics, ideas, etc.)

For this example, we are using APA (American Psychological Association) 7th Edition

for Documenting Sources.Note: There are other ways of citing sources. Your teacher, college or university professor and/or librarian will have information about what style to use. For example, the most used style at Erindale is the MLA Style

(Modern Language Association).

Owl Purdue website is an excellent source to assist with any questions about this process: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

APA Style says…

• The first time

in your paragraph – • called a Parenthetical Citation (means "in parenthesis").

• AKA Embedded Citation

• AKA In-Text Citation

ALWAYS CITE every source TWICE.

• The second time

in your References –• The last page(s) of your paper

Embedded Citation EXAMPLECiting a “direct quote”

The author sets the tone in the very beginning: “A big tearing laceration ran from his shoulder down his torso. At the edge of the wound, the flesh was shredded” (Crichton, 1993, p. 3). The doctor in this novel has a feeling this is not an ordinary construction accident, and what reader isn’t thinking that maybe a ferocious animal is involved? Great foreshadowing!

Pretend this is one paragraph in your paper…

Embedded Citation EXAMPLECiting an idea or paraphrase

In one novel, the author gives the reader a hint about what may come by writing a beginning scene where an injured young man is brought by helicopter to a doctor who suspects his injuries are not caused by a construction accident, but look more like he had been mauled by a wild animal (Crichton, 1993, p. 3).

Again, pretend this is one paragraph in your paper:

OR

Embedded Citation EXAMPLECiting an idea or paraphrase

In one novel, the author Crichton gives the reader a hint about what may come by writing a beginning scene where an injured young man is brought by helicopter to a doctor who suspects his injuries are not caused by a construction accident, but look more like he had been mauled by a wild animal (1993, p. 3).

Again, pretend this is one paragraph in your paper:

References Page EXAMPLE

References

Crichton, Michael. (1993). Jurassic Park. New York: Ballantine Books.

eHow. (February 24, 2009). How to Write an APA Style Paper. eHow. Retrieved February

24, 2009, from http://www.ehow.com/how_2002020_APA_style_paper.html

Felluga, Dino. (November 28, 2003). Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Retrieved May

10, 2006, from http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/

Harris, Muriel. (2000). Talk to Me: Engaging Reluctant Writers. A Tutor's Guide: Helping

Writers One to One. Ed. Ben Rafoth. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 24-34.

Plagiarism. The Oxford Dictionary. (1997). Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.

Alpha order

Double spaced throughout

Reverse indent

When in doubt, ask!

Do not plagiarize!