Apa Reference

In-text citations should note the author(s) and the publication date for a paraphrase. For a direct quotation, citations should include author(s), date, and page number. See the following examples:

quote. It can include the author‟s name and also can include a short mention of his or her credentials.

 C.You only need to credit sources when writing a research paper, not any other format or style or writing.

Billias, George A. "George Bancroft: Master Historian." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society: A Journal of American History and Culture through 1876, vol. 111, no. 2, 2001, pp. 507.

Psychology a Connectext 4th edition, Terry F. Pettijohn Discovering Psychology, Don Hockenbury & Sandra Hockenbury

Correctly cite the article in APA format: name of journal, authors, title of article, location.

In APA writing you want to make sure you follow all of the steps that are necessary, and this paragraph will give you general information about how to use and type your paper in APA format. According to Purdue Owl, the first thing you should do is make sure your lines are double-spaced with 1" margins on all sides, and APA recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman font. That information is similar to MLA in which you may be used to. Next you want to make sure that you include a page header at the top of every page. On the first page (title page) the header should say “Running head: TITLE” followed by a short title in all capitalization, and every page after should just have the short title (2015). These are the basic outlines for APA that will help you to make sure that the foundation of your paper is correctly laid out.

MLA in-text citation needs the author and a page number or a shortened title if there is not one.

Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. . (Websites)

I can see now I did not put the year no were, but I have listed the authors. In the APA format, I was supposed to list the authors with the year it was publish at the start. I am used to the MLA, which year goes at the end of the citation in an essay.

Include in the text the first item that appears in the Work Cited entry that corresponds to the citation (e.g. author name, article name, website name, film name).

Author, A., & Author, B. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Name in Italics, xx (volume), pages.

* Locate the citation in APA format. It’s often not perfect, but you can easily edit it before you insert it in your reference list. (Keep in mind that almost all library databases will generate an APA formatted citation - required by KU instructors when citing your resources for papers.)

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2. If you’re citing an article in your paragraph that has no author, how will you refer to it? For example, if it’s from the American Medical Association, but there is no author, what would you do?