APA Citations

The first sentence is NOT correct

According to (Palladino and Wade) 2010, "a flexible mind is a healthy mind (p. 147) It is only correct to put the authors names if in parentheses at the end of a sentence. If including the year in the signal phrase, it must be listed in parentheses. Unless you begin the sentence, In 2010...

Incorrect Sentences

According to Southern & Gordon (2003), "Environmental factors may contribute as much as 80% to the causes of childhood obesity (pp. 104). "There is only one page number, it should read, p. 104, not pp. 104 Although the beginning is correct, the end quotations is incorrectly placed after the parenthesis. It should end after obesity.

What to do if you reference the exact same source within the same paragraph

1. All parenthetical citations should include the year, regardless of how often they appear in a paragraph. 2. When the name of the author is part of the narrative and appears outside of parentheses, after the first citation in each paragraph you need not include the year in subsequent nonparenthetical citations as long as the study cannot be confused with other studies in the article.

Reference List: Citing a Book

Basic Format: Author. (Year). Title of Book. Editor. Place of Publication: Publisher. Example: Plath, S. (2000). The unabridged journals. K. V. Kukil (Ed.). New York, NY: Anchor. Note: The editor's name is written with the initials first followed by the last name and (Ed.).

Reference List

All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. Authors' names are inverted (last name first) Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.

In-Text Citations

Generally, APA in-text citation is written with the last name of the author and year of publication separated by a comma inside the parentheses. If the name of the author is part of the narrative, only the year is enclosed in parentheses.

Reference List Cont.

Single Author Last name first, followed by author initials. Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10. Two Authors List by their last names and initials. Use the ampersand instead of "and." Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 1034-1048.

Correct Sentences

According to Southern and Gordon (2003), "Environmental factors may contribute as much as 80% to the causes of childhood obesity" (p. 104). "Obese children often engage in limited physical activity" (Southern & Gordon, 2003, p. 104).

In-Text Citations Cont

What is a signal phrase? Signal phrases make the distinction between writer and source clear for the audience. Signal phrases utilize APA citation along with past tense verbs. Examples: As Smith (2004) noted, According to Stevens (2002), Moreover, Smith (2004) added

Correct Sentences...

In fact, "a flexible mind is a healthy mind" (Palladino & Wade, 2010, p. 147). According to Palladino and Wade (2010), "a flexible mind is a healthy mind" (p. 147).

Reference List: Citing a Website

Satalkar, B. (2010, July 15). Water aerobics. Retrieved from http://www.buzzle.com Last, F.M. (Year, Month Date Published). Article title. Retrieved from URL

In-Text Citations: Short Quotations Cont.

Work with two authors Name both authors in the signal phrase or the parentheses each time you cite the work. In the parentheses, use "&" between the authors' names; in the signal phrase, use "and." If there is more than one page that needs to be cited, use the format, pp. in the parentheses. If there is only one page, use p. in parenthesis. If there is no page number A paragraph number, if provided; alternatively, you could count paragraphs down from the beginning of the document. (para. 2)

Reference List Cont. Again

For multiple articles by the same author, or authors listed in the same order, list the entries in chronological order, from earliest to most recent. Present the journal title in full. Maintain the punctuation and capitalization that is used by the journal in its title. For example: Write ReCALL NOT RECALL, Write Knowledge Management Research & Practice NOT Knowledge Management Research and Practice.

Reference List: Citing An Article with a Doi

Gibson, M., & Kirkwood, P. E. (2009). A purchase-on-demand pilot project at the Univeristy of Arkansas, for the Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposiums. Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve, 19(1), 47-56. doi:10.1080/10723030802533853

In-Text Citations: Short Quotations

If you are directly quoting from a work, you will need to include the author, year of publication, and the page number for the reference (preceded by "p."). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses. Short quotations are 39 words or less. According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199). Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers? Both are good examples of citing correctly.