A.P.A. Formatting Review

Plagiarism Using someone else’s WORDS or IDEAS and passing them off as your own.

Cite Using APA format American Psychological Association A standardized way for your academic research material to be presented APA requires you to cite your sources

When to cite: Cite whenever you Direct Quote Summarize Paraphrase

To cite properly, you need: Embedded Citations Reference List / Bibliography

Embedded Citations In brackets, the following information is required: Author last name Year of publication Page number Example: (Guch, 2006, p.105)

Examples When information is from a book: Stress has many negative effects on our bodies. Feeling stressed often can result in physical illness and pain (Jones, 2009, p. 199). Heroin is derived from the seed capsules of poppies (Ferreiro, 2003, p. 10). In fact, several different drugs are made from the Asian poppy including opium, morphine and codeine (Sanna, 2013, p. 15).

Examples cont. When information is from a website: A vaccine used to treat drug-addicted rats is now ready for human trial (Ferro, 2013). When information is from a website with no author : Sap from the poppy is collected and allowed to dry “into a dark brown gum—crude opium” (“Opium,” 2013).

Bibliography/ Reference List Some General Rules Must be a separate sheet of paper at the end of your document. The title is centred at the top of the page and is not underlined. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author/editor, or where there is no author/editor, by title. Hanging indentation is used for longer citations.

Format for a Book Author/Editor last name, Author/Editor first initial. (Year of Publication). Title. (Edition if applicable). Location: Publisher. Juby, S. (2010). Nice recovery. Toronto, ON: Penguin Group.

More Than Seven Authors Embedded: (Miller et al., 2009, p. 330) Reference List: List by name and initials; commas separate author names. After the sixth author’s name, use an ellipsis in place of the author names. Then provide the final author name. Example: Miller, F.H., Choi, M.J., Angeli, L.L., Harland, A.A., Stamos, J.A., Thomas, S.T., ... Rubin, L.H. (2009). Web site usability for the blind and low-vision user. Technical Communication, 57, 323-335.

Sample Bibliography Reference List   Brady, J.T. & Brady, P. L. (2003, November). Consumers and genetically modified foods. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 95(4),12-18. Retrieved from http: proquestjournaloffamilyandconsumersciences Canadian Food Inspection Agency. (2004, April 28). What are genetically modified foods? Retrieved from   http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/sci/biotech/safsal/gmoogme.shtml Genetic Engineering. (2002). In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica Micropaedia (Vol. 5, p.178). Chicago, IL: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Health Canada. (2002, February). The safety of genetically modified food crops. Retrieved from http://www.hc- sc.gc.ca/english/protection/html.

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