W5d Citation

The Target W5d: Citations 4 I can create a perfectly formatted (alphabetical, proper indentation, spacing, punctuation) APA bibliography with all needed information. 3 I can create an APA bibliography with all needed information. 2 I can create an APA bibliography, but I am missing some needed information. 1 I can create an APA bibliography, but I am missing most needed information.

Why Must We Do This? VALIDITY In text citations help your reader find the entry in the bibliography (Smith, 2012)  Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from www.smith.edu Bibliography entries help your reader find your source Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from www.smith.edu  paste www.smith.edu into browser

Book with Editors Editors, last name then first name (Eds.) (date of publication). Title of book italicized. City, State of publication: publication company. In text citation: quote (Editor 1 last name et al., date). Doe, Jane & Jeeves, John (Eds.) (1990). This book is fake. Lansing, MI: crazy company. Paraphrased information (Doe et al., 1990).

Basic Website Author last name, First name (date of publication). Title of article with only first word capitalized. Retrieved from web address In text citation: (Author last name, date of publication). Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from www.smith.edu “Fake quote” (Smith, 2012).

Online Newspaper/Journal/Magazine Author, First Name (date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from web address In text citation: (Author last name, date of publication). Doe, Jane J. (2012). More on citation. APA Guide, 5. Retrieved from www.apaguide.edu Paraphrased information (Doe, 2012).

What If? There is no author: There is no date: Replace with organization which produced website/source OWL at Purdue (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from www.smith.edu In text: (OWL, 2012) Replace with title How to cite sources (2012). Retrieved from www.smith.edu In text: (How, 2012) There is no date: Replace with N.D. Smith, John J. (N.D.). How to cite sources. Retrieved from www.smith.edu In text: (Smith, N.D.)

Example Barshay, Jill (2014). The sorry state of vocational training. Retrieved from educationbythenumbers.org Granner, Robert C. & Stern, Malcolm E. (Eds.) (1989). English literature. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal, Littell & Company. Whitehouse.gov (N.D.). Building American skills through community colleges. Retrieved from whitehouse.gov

Other Types of Sources? Check out the OWL APA Guide (also available through the Resources tab of my webpage) ASK! (Don’t just guess.)