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APA Citation

Created by: Dr. Shanika TaylorRevised by: Dr. Jasmine Ramirez

What must YOU know about

APA?

MDC’s Student Code of Conduct: Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following:

• cheating on an examination;

• receiving help from others in work to be submitted, if contrary to the stated rules of the course;

• plagiarizing; that is, the taking and claiming as one’s own ideas, writings, or work of another, without citing the sources;

• submitting work from another course unless permitted by the instructor;

• stealing examinations or course materials;

• falsifying records;

• assisting anyone to do any of the above.Source: Miami Dade College’s Student’s Rights and Responsibilities Handbook

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Use Current Works

Guidelines:

oJournal articles – 5 years or less

oBooks – 10 years or less

What is a citation?

o giving credit to others for their works (written, recorded, etc.) within the body of your work

Why is it important for ME to citeand include a list of referenced works?

o Give credit to the creators and/or originators of thoughts, ideas, information, and creative works(avoid plagiarism)

o Provide others a way to quickly locate works you’ve used

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When do I cite?

Direct quotes“How you convey a message is more important than the specific words you use. Your vocal tone carries 35 percent of the message; your body and face carry the other 55 percent” (Scarpaci, 2007, p. 115).

According to Scarpaci (2007), “How you convey a message is more important than the specific words you use. Your vocal tone carries 35 percent of the message; your body and face carry the other 55 percent” (p. 115).

When do I cite?

Paraphrase (use your own words)One might think a message is primarily conveyed by the words that are spoken. However, body language and facial expressions attribute for 55% of the message, vocal tone 35%, and words 10% (Scarpaci, 2007).

According to Scarpaci (2007), messages are not primarily conveyed by the words that are spoken. He suggests body language and facial expressions attribute for 55% of the message, vocal tone 35%, and words 10%.

Other Citations

o Author and no date (Williams, n.d.)

o 2 authors (Jones & Smith, 2010)

o 3, 4, or 5 authors (Jones, Smith, Brown, &

Taylor, 2011)

o 2nd citation and on would be (Jones et al., 2011)

o 6 or more authors (Jones et al., 2011)

o Organization as the author (National Science

Teachers Association [NSTA], 2011)

o After the first time cite the work as (NSTA, 2011)

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Primary Source

Primary source – research conducted by the author(s) or original ideas from the author(s)

Example: “The focus of restitution must always be on assisting students in strengthening themselves” (Scarpaci, 2007, p. 115).

Secondary Source

Secondary source – author(s) use the research and/or ideas of others in their work

Pavlov’s research focused on a dog’s response to various stimuli such as, a lab assistant’s presence and a light (as cited in Scarpaci, 2007).

Primary source

Secondary source

What is a reference list?

“an alphabetically

arranged list of sources used in a paper. It starts on a new page immediately after the last text page of the paper … [and it] is double-spaced” (Perrin, 2009, p. 63).

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References

Jones, A., Bills, K., Smith, A. T., Taylor, S., Bory-Santos, G., &

Paneca, V. (2009). Smile: We love e-portfolios! Miami: Home

Publishers. (book)

McIntyre, C., Taylor, S., & Williams, B. (2009, Summer). Teacher

candidate portfolios: Routine or reflective action? Action in

Teacher Education, 31(2), 74-85. Retrieved from WilsonWeb

database. (journal article retrieved from a database)

National Science Teachers Association. (2011). NSTA Legislative

Action Center. Retrieved June 21, 2011 from

http://www.nsta.org/involved/legaffairs.aspx?lid=inv

(organization’s website)

APA Examples

APA Resources

o Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

o How to Cite Sources: APA Style (Nova Southeastern University)

o APA Citation Style: Examples (College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/apa/print.htmhttp://employees.csbsju.edu/proske/nursing/apa.htm

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Conducting Online Research:MDC Databases

Improve Search Results Boolean

TermResults Search Terms Visual

AND Seeks documents with all terms

Computer AND Teacher

OR Seeks documents with at LEAST ONE of the terms (usually used for similar terms)

College OR School

NOT Seeks documents that contain the terms that appear before NOT but eliminates documents that include terms after NOT

College NOT School

college school

college

college school

college teacher

Conducting Online Research:MDC Databases

o Go to www.mdc.edu

o Select “Libraries”

http://www.mdc.edu/

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Select Library Databases

Your MDCID#Last 4 # of

your MDCID#(unless you have changed this previously)

Select “Education”

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Boolean terms

Limit search results

Limit journal articles to FIVE

years