1. Competitive Effectiveness VSB 2020 Spring 2011 Linda Hauck, Business Librarian APA Citations for Business Research

2. Agenda Why, what, where & when Tools for APA Style Reference List Method to the madness Examples Your problems In Text Citations Graphs & Tables

3. APA for Business Why: Academic Integrity, Intellectual Property law, Your audience What: Books, Articles, published data, unpublished data or results, Reports, Web blogs, pages Where: Reference List, In-text, Tables & Graphs When: Included in report or presentation, fact, object, another’s idea, quote, don’t include background research not directly included in report

4. APA Resources American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association(6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.1 APA Style Online Tutorial APA Style Blog Research & Documentation Online Citing Business Sources Using APA 1. All citation and formatting rules found in this presentation are from this source. Check this area of each slide for a page reference.

5. Reference List: Formatting List references in alphabetical order. Order several works by same author by year of publication Order works by same author in same year by title Space evenly throughout. The first line of a citation should be flush left Indent all subsequent lines (5 spaces). References Berelson, B. (1966). Content analysis in communication research. In B.Berelson, and M. Janowitz (Eds.), Reader in Public Opinion and Communication (2nd ed.), pp.260-266. New York, NY: Free Press. Severin, W. J., and Tankard, J. W. (2001). Communication Theories: Origins, Methods, and Uses in the Mass Media. New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman. Shyles, L. (2002). Deciphering Cyberspace. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

7. RefWorks/Son of Citation Machine

8. By Hand

9. Resource Type

10. Article, report, web page, blog, data, video

12. Report with Corporate Author Online

13. Report with Named Author

14. Report Corporate Author Online

15. Web posting, press release

16. Web posting, blog

17. Online magazine article

18. Newspaper Article Online

19. Data set

20. Interview Survey If unpublished cite as personal communication in text only. If posted to class wiki or blog, cite in reference list. Team Reagle. (2011). [Student survey of attitudes toward American Eagle fashion at Villanova conducted January 10-14]. Unpublished raw data. Unpublished Sources

21. In-TextAuthor-Date The United States is becoming older and more diverse (Pew Social Trends Staff, 2008). According to Mintel (2010), social media is the best way to reach millennials.

22. Graphs & Tables Graphs & tables that you make. Headings, labels, number consecutively Graphs & tables found in other’s work. Block Quote rules, indented, page noted Number consecutively

23. Conclusion There are many more types of documents that you may need to cite in APA style. There are unusual situations you may encounter when preparing your reference list. When in doubt, check a trustworthy APA resource, or the publication manual itself. Reference librarians are available to help with APA citations. The Writing Center can help throughout the writing process, including APA formatting.