GCPS1005 Library mini-lecture 4: Citing your sources
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GCPS1005 Library mini-lecture 4: Citing your sources
- 1. developmental material for speeches Prepared for GCPS 1005 CITING YOUR SOURCES
- 2. GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 2 Finding Definitions & Quotations Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) “Give credit where credit is due” - Proverb, late 18th century Proverbs. (2009). In E. Knowles (Ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (7th ed.). Retrieved from http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237173.001.0001/q- author-00001-00002767
- 3. GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Finding Definitions & Quotations Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) OVERVIEW in this section: Why cite sources? Introduction to APA style APA style examples Dealing with tricky sources
- 4. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations why cite sources? A matter of academic courtesy to acknowledge where your information has come from Ensures that you avoid committing plagiarism Shows that you have made the effort to find developmental material for your speech http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Citation_needed%22.jpg GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 4
- 5. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations can’t I just give the link? When citing sources, you must give full information about the source in a recognized citation style It is not okay to simply provide the URL (link) for online sources Providing a list of references in a proper citation style is basic academic writing skill – make sure you do it! GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 5
- 6. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations APA style The style manual of the APA (American Psychological Association) is popular in the social and behavioural sciences APA citation rules are relatively straightforward However, the rules must be followed precisely! http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1433805596.jpg GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 6
- 7. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations Basic citation elements Citations should contain the following basic elements: author, year of publication, title, and publishing data Here is what they look like in an APA citation for a book: Powers, J.H. (1993). Public speaking: The lively art. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers. Let’s look at some examples for source types that you will often use in your speeches… GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 7
- 8. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations How to cite a Web page in APA Style As with other citations, you need to make sure that you have all the basic elements in your Web page citation Here is an example: The World Bank Group. (2001). What is sustainable development? Retrieved from http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/sd.html Let’s quickly run through some more examples GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 8
- 9. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations More examples of APA style citations Electronic reference titles (common source for definitions, quotations, etc.) Proverbs. (2009). In E. Knowles (Ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (7th ed.). File found on a website (common source for statistics) Census and Statistics Department. (2007). Table 139: Population by ethnicity, 2001 and 2006. Retrieved from [URL] Retrieved from [URL] Image found online Adams, A. (1960). Moon and Half Dome [Photograph]. from [URL] Retrieved GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 9 You can find more examples on the Library’s citation Research Guide: http://hkbu.libguides.com/citation
- 10. Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations Dealing with tricky sources Many sources that are difficult to categorise. What to do? Consult the full Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – the Library has several copies Check the APA Style Blog where their experts answer frequently asked questions about citation Check the Library’s own Research Guide on citing sources Ask a librarian for help if you are not sure about how to cite a source GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 10
- 11. GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 11 Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations Links to everything mentioned in the last slide are available on the course guide, along with more resources to help you: http://hkbu.libguides.com/GCPS1005 Click on the “Citation” tab resources
- 12. GCPS 1005 PUBLIC SPEAKING 12 Finding Statistics Finding Images Citing Your Sources (APA style) Finding Definitions & Quotations image credits Slide 4: “Citation needed” by futureatlas.com, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Generic 2.0 license at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Citation_needed%22.jpg Slide 5: “Cover of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association”, used here under the fair dealing provision of the Hong Kong Copyright Ordinance, image from http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1433805596.jpg
Editor's Notes
- When speaking to the slide, point out all of the little intricacies, hanging indents, etc. According to APA Manual page 180, this is all of the information needed for unique identification and library search
- Note that we can’t be comprehensive in this presentation
- Note that we can’t be comprehensive in this presentation