APA Basic Reference Guide (with activities for beginners)

This PPT explains three different reference types for APA and leads you in a step-by-step process to create your own, correctly-formatted references. The slide contains practice exercises with answers on following slides. This is a great starting place for those using APA.

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1. MAKING APA REFERENCES STEP-BY-STEP
2. 3 REFERENCES IN APA • Book  Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. • Journal  Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896. • Website  American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life
3. 3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.
4. 3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE • An article in a journal/periodical Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13. Author(s)/date Journal/volume/pages Article title
5. 3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE • An online source American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life Author(s)/date Hyperlink Article title
6. 3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE • A book Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press. Author(s)/date Location / Publisher Book Title
7. STEP 1: FORMAT THE AUTHOR AND DATE * The author should have the last name first: e.g. Einstein, A. * The date should be in parentheses e.g. Einstein, A. (1922). * Format the following names and dates: 1. Daniel Goleman—1995 2. John McWhorter--2001
8. STEP 1 ANSWERS • 1. Daniel Goleman—1995  Goleman, D. (1995). 2. John McWhorter—2001  McWhorter, J. (2001). • Step 1 formatting is the same for most sources types • McWhorter, J. (2001). • Goleman, D. (1995).
9. STEP 2 FORMAT THE BOOK TITLE • The main title is italicized. Italicism looks like this. Do not underline the title. • The first letter of the title has a capital letter e.g. Stony creek woman: the story of Mary John • The first letter of the subtitle has a capital letter e.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John • Any proper nouns, like names are also capitalized e.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John • For books the title of the book is italicized e.g. Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press. • For articles the title of the journal is italicized e.g. Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13. •
10. STEP 2 FORMAT THE BOOK TITLE • Correctly format the following names, years, and titles - John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL - Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ
11. STEP 2 ANSWERS • Correctly format the following names, years, and titles - John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL - Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ • McWhorter, J. (2001). The power of babel. • Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.
12. STEP 3 FORMAT THE LOCATION AND PUBLISHER • The locations and publishers are written in the following order: City, State/Province/Territory/Country: Publisher e.g. Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press. • Correctly format the following names, years, titles, locations and publisher - John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL--New York-New York-Bantam Books - Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ—New York-New York-Times Books
13. STEP 3 ANSWERS • McWhorter, J. (2001). The power of babel. New York, NY: Bantam Books. • Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. New York, NY: Times Books. - John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL--New York-New York-Bantam Books - Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ—New York-New York-Times Books
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