This presentation covers the basics of APA, including the references list, in-text citation, and formatting.

1. Basics of
APA Style
Kathy Shields, Reference Librarian

2. What we’ll cover:
• What is APA?
• Reference list
• In-text citations
• Formatting
APA

3. style

4. The rules

5. Guides

6. What we’ll cover:
• What is APA?
• Reference list
• In-text citations
• Formatting
APA

7. basics

8. Required
1/1
Alphabetical

9. Required
1/1
Alphabetical

10. Required
1/1
Alphabetical

11. examples

12. books

13. single author
Author, A. (year). Title of book.
Place of publication: Publisher.

14. multiple authors
Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title
of book. Place of publication:
Publisher.

15. scholarly
articles

16. single author
Author, A. (year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, volume(issue),
pp. doi:xx.xxxx

17. multiple authors
Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title
of article. Title of Journal,
volume(issue), pp. doi:xx.xxxx

18. no doi (option 1)
Author, A. (year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, volume(issue),
pp. Retrieved from database.

19. no doi (option 2)
Author, A. (year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, volume(issue),
pp. Retrieved from journal
homepage.

20. web
sources

21. document
Author, A. (year). Title of document
[Format description]. Retrieved
from http://URL

22. online newspaper
article
Author, A. (year). Title of document.
Name of Newspaper. Retrieved
from http://URL

23. online magazine
article (no author)
Title of document. (year). Name of
magazine. Retrieved from
http://URL

24. odd stuff

25. ERIC document
Author, A. (year). Title of document.
Retrieved from ERIC database.
(EDXXXX)

26. conference
presentation
Author, A. (year, month). Title of
paper or poster. Paper or
poster session presented at the
meeting of Organization Name,
Location.

27. case study
Author, A. (year). Title of document.
[Case study]. Place of
publication: Publisher.

28. What we’ll cover:
• What is APA?
• Reference list
• In-text citations
• Formatting
APA

29. basics

30. Word-for-word
Paraphrase
Not common
knowledge

31. Word-for-word
Paraphrase
Not common
knowledge

32. Word-for-word
Paraphrase
Not common
knowledge

33. When in doubt…
cite!

34. examples

35. single author
Within text: English (2008)
Parenthetical: (English, 2008)

36. two to five authors
Within text:
Wright, Sparks, and O’Hair (2008) [first usage]
Wright et al. (2008)
Parenthetical:
(Wright, Sparks & O’Hair, 2008) [first usage]
(Wright et al., 2008)

37. six or more authors
Within text: Shavelson et al. (2008)
Parenthetical: (Shavelson et al.,
2008)

38. no author
Parenthetical:
(“The 2011 oil shock,” 2011)

39. no date
Within text: Jones (n.d.)
Parenthetical: (Jones, n.d.)

40. secondary source
Within text: Allport (as cited in
Nicholson, 2003)
Parenthetical: (Allport, as cited in
Nicholson, 2003)
Nicholson is included in list of references,
NOT Allport

41. personal
communications
Within text: Bill Gates (personal
communication, April 2, 2011)
Parenthetical: (B. Gates, personal
communication, April 2, 2011)
Cite in text ONLY

42. direct quotes
When talking with students
about research, we shouldn’t
place emphasis on what a
source is “but on what they as
writers might do with them”
(Bizup, 2008, p. 75).

43. block quotes
Oakleaf (2011) asserts:
While librarian are experts in
information retrieval, new
technology, and electronic
information resources, faculty
can provide a disciplinary
context for the information
literacy instruction. (p. 832)

44. paraphrase
Sipher (2005) concludes his
essay by insisting that, because
schools try to fill multiple social
functions, they have failed to
fulfill their primary duty of
educating their students.

45. What we’ll cover:
• What is APA?
• Reference list
• In-text citations
• Formatting
APA

46. basics

47. Times New Roman
12-point font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced

48. Times New Roman
12-point font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced

49. Times New Roman
12-point font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced

50. Times New Roman
12-point font
1-inch margins
Double-spaced

51. example

52. running head
(title page)

53. running head
(subsequent pages)

54. references page

55. questions?
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highpoint.edu/library
ask me!
kshields@highpoint.edu