Common types of publications Journal articles Authored books Chapters in edited books

Parsing the “grammar” of references Each reference is a paragraph. Each reference has four “sentences”: Author Publication date Title Publisher information

Find the 4 “sentences” Kozulin, A. (1990). Vygotsky's psychology: A biography of ideas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Author Publication date Title Publisher information

What kind of a reference is this? Gillen, J. (2000). Versions of Vygotsky. British Journal of Educational Studies, 48(2), 183- 198. How did you know?

What kind of a reference is this? Kozulin, A. (1990). Vygotsky's psychology: A biography of ideas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. How did you know?

What kind of a reference is this? Guba, E., & Lincoln, Y. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp 105-117). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. How did you know?

Let’s try some examples Look through the sample reference list handout. Identify examples of several different types of references. Identify the “sentences” within each type of reference. Identify a pattern for what must go within each sentence for each type of reference.

How to use your APA manual Chapter 6: In-text citations (pp. 169-179) Information about reference list (pp. 180-192) READ THIS! Chapter 7: Reference examples Periodicals, including journal articles (pp. 198-202) Books & book chapters (pp. 202-205) See examples #1-3, 18, 25 for most common formats. Not sure? Check blog.apastyle.org

Let’s look some things up Find an example from chapter 7 that gives you the answer to these questions: Journal article. Two authors. Is there a comma separating their names? Book chapter. Two book editors. Is there a comma between the editors’ names? When do you use (Ed.) and when do you use (ed.)? An author has two initials. Is there a space between them? Where do the initials of a book editor go? Before or after the editor’s last name?