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APA Style: A Brief Introduc4on Lin Wu Associate Professor & Embedded Librarian UTHSC Library
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APA  Style:  A    Brief  Introduc4on    

Lin  Wu  Associate  Professor  &    Embedded  Librarian  

UTHSC  Library  

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What  is  the  APA  cita4on  style?  ² Guidelines  to  write  scholarly  papers  and  established  by  

the  American  Psychological  Associa4on.    ² Publica=on  Manual  of  the  American  Psychological  

Associa=on,  6th  Edi=on.  Copies  are  available  at  both  Permanent  Reserves  &  Reference  Collec4on  (Call  number:  WZ  345  P976  2010)  

You  don’t  have  to  remember  all  of  the  rules,  but  you  do  need  to  understand  the  essen4als!  

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Why  do  we  cite  sources?    

² Avoid  plagiarism  ² Give  credits  to  others  ² Provide  readers  reliable  ways  to  locate  sources  

² Establish  scholarly  credits  for  ourselves  

It’s  all  about  scholarly  wri4ng!  

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When  do  we  cite  sources?  

² Exact  quota4ons    ² Others’  ideas/theories/research  –  “berry  picking”  or  paraphrasing  

² Anything  that  influences  our  work  and  that  we  used  to  build  our  work  

 

 

Credi4ng  sources!  

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Ci4ng:  A  two-­‐part  process  

² In  text  §  In  the  body  of  a  paper  

² Reference  list  §  At  the  end  of  the  paper  

Most  in-­‐text  cita4ons  should  have  a  corresponding  entry  in  the  references  list  

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Does  APA  use  ibid.?  

 No.  APA  never  uses  ibid  to  refer  again  to  the  last  source  previously  referenced;  instead  give  each  cita4on  using  author  names  as  usual.    

         

Source:  hdp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/05/its-­‐all-­‐la4n-­‐to-­‐me.html  

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When  to  use  page  numbers  in  the  body  of  a  paper?  

²   Direct  quote  from  a  source  ²   A  specific  part  of  a  source    ²   Paraphrasing  or  referring  to  an  idea  (encourage  to  provide  page  number)  

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What’s  the  difference  between  DOI  and  URL?  

²   DOI  stands  for  Digital  Object  Iden4fier  ²   to  iden4fy  an  ar4cle  and  link  to  it  Example:  10.1001/jama.2011.1913  

²   URL  stands  for  Uniform  Resource  Locator  ²   to  map  digital  informa4on  on  the  Internet  Example:  hdp://libguides.uthsc.edu/nsg510  

Protocol  Domain/Host  

name   File  name  

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Where  to  get  help?  

Ask  the  Embedded  Librarian  (901)    448  1667  

     [email protected]