APA Style: in-text citation and references. Week 2. Lesson 1

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Week 2.Lesson 1
APA Style: in-text citation
and references

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You have chosen several articles to support your arguments in the essay
What can you do to avoid plagiarizing those sources?
How can APA Style help?
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LESSON 2. OBJECTIVES
Meet the general APA Style
format requirements
Cite sources in APA Style
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Spacing?
Spacing: Double-spaced
Font?
Font: Times New Roman
Font size?
Font size: 12 points
Margins?
Margins: 1 inch/2.54 cm
APA
GENERAL
FORMAT
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Document sections?
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IN-TEXT CITATION: TENSE
Use the past tense or present perfect tense for signal phrases that occur in the literature review and procedure
descriptions
For example, Tastanbek (2019) found or Tastanbek (2019) has found...
Contexts other than traditionally-structured research writing may permit the simple present tense
For example, Tastanbek (2019) finds
Use a signal phrase in the correct tense to rewrite the following citation. Post your answer in the
chat.
"students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (Jones, 1998, p. 199).
Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).
Or
Jones (1998) has found "students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).
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IN-TEXT CITATION: INFORMATION VS AUTHOR
Author's name in parentheses:
One study found that the most important element in comprehending non-native speech is familiarity with the topic
(Gass & Varonis, 1984).
Author's name part of narrative:
Gass and Varonis (1984) found that the most important element in comprehending non-native speech is familiarity
with the topic.
Rewrite the next sentence with the author's name in parentheses. Post the answer in the chat.
Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for
teachers?
Sample answer:
One study found that "students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 1999); what implications does
this have for teachers?
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REFERENCE LIST: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
Denny, H., Nordlof, J., & Salem, L. (2018).Tell me exactly what it was that I was doing that was so bad: Understanding the needs and expectations of
working-class students in writing centers. Writing Center Journal, 37(1), 67–98. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26537363
Identify what is highlighted and underlined. Put the reference details in the correct order and post your answer in the chat.
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Pages
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Volume number
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Title of article
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Year
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Author(s)
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Article URL/DOI
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Title of Periodical
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Issue number
5, 4, 3, 7, 2, 8, 1, 6
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue
number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
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REFERENCE LIST: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number),
pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5–13.
Organize the following reference in the correct order and post your answer in the chat:
A) Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement
B) Baniya, S., & Weech, S.
C) Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research with service-learning.
D) 6(1), 11–16
E) https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979
F) (2019)
B, F, C, A, D, E.
Baniya, S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research
with service-learning. Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6(1), 11–
16. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979
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Barros et al., 2020
CREATE CITATIONS:
CITATION MACHINE
Go to https://www.citationmachine.net/apa/cite-a-journal
Search for the article using DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2020.1753196
Click "Cite", "Continue", "Complete citation", "Copy citation" and "Copy in-text
citation"
IMPORTANT: Make sure to check the citation has ALL the needed details as Citation
machine is ONLY a machine.
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THANK YOU!