1. Using American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition
English Composition I
M/W 2:10 pm-4:00pm

2. APA Style: Overview What is APA?
This writing style outlines a guideline for written communication:
How to organize content
Writing Style
How to cite references
Preparing manuscripts for publication
Commonly used in social sciences (psychology, sociology, economics, etc.), business, and nursing
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3. APA Style: Overview Why do we use APA?
Easier to understand a given text
Assist reader with understanding and following text ideas
Simple formatting
Establish credibility of the author
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4. APA Style: Overview Plagiarism
Direct act of knowingly presenting someone else’s words, creativity, research, findings, or ideas as your own (exact or paraphrased).
Presenting someone else’s words, key ideas, or research without appropriate and complete acknowledgement
Word-for-word plagiarism
Plagiarism through paraphrase
Pocket Guide – Chapter 1

5. APA Style: Terms Common Knowledge Paraphrasing Misattribution
Standard dictionaries or encyclopedias; sources containing information considered to be general.
Paraphrasing
Stating the thoughts of another author in your own words. (Pocket Guide, pp. 6-8)
Misattribution
Unintended plagiarism; oversight in mechanics (citing), omission, or incorrect information.

6. APA Style: Overview Finding Sources Traditional Library Books
Periodicals – magazines and newspapers published at regular intervals
Journals – magazines and newspapers dealing with a particular subject
Electronic Library
Articles (website), newspapers, e-books, personal or government websites.
LIRN (McCann), Google Scholar, Internet search

7. APA Style: Overview Finding Sources Check your source using the 4 C’s
Credibility – verify credentials and expertise of author(s) (i.e., field of study, education, etc.)
Collegiality – verify how well the selected work is situated among other common sources in the research area; does a grounded argument exist?
Currency – does the selected work represent an awareness of recent and ongoing research?
Context – is the content of the selected work relevant to the essay topic?

8. APA Style: In-Text Citations
How do you use an in-text citation?
There are two methods for using parenthetical citations
Enclose the author(s), the publication year, and the page number(s) in parentheses
Paraphrase – (Locher, 2002); (Locher & Eyman, 2006)
Quotation – (Giannetti, 2005, p. 4)
Introduce the source directly in the text
Diamond (1999) claims…
Jones and Baker (2016) asserted…

9. APA Style: In-Text Citations
Additional Notes:
No date provided?
Use “n.d.”
Example 1: at the end of sentence
(Shover, n.d.)
Example 2: at the beginning of sentence
Shover (n.d.)

10. APA Style: In-Text Citations
Additional Notes:
Three or more authors?
Example 1: at the end of sentence
(Johnson, Gray, & Scott, 2010)
Example 2: at the beginning of sentence
Johnson, Gray, and Scott (2010)

11. APA Style: References Formatting
Write “References” at the top (center) of the page. Do not italicize, bold, underline, or use quotation marks.
List sources alphabetically using the last name of the authors.
Use the hanging indent feature for the second and all subsequent lines of the reference (0.5 inch margin from left margin)
Double-space all references.

12. APA Style: References How do you present reference?
Appendix 5 (p )
Books
Periodicals
Electronic sources
Other sources

13. APA Style: Writing Voice Compose APA style writing using active voice
Definition: The subject of the sentence performs the action stated by the verb.
Example: Sue changed the flat tire.
Keeps message clear and concise; reduces wordiness
Avoid passive voice
Definition: The subject is acted upon by the verb.
Example: The flat tire was changed by Sue.

14. References
Seas, K., & Brizee, A. (2012, July 3). APA style workshop. Retrieved from
Pringle, M., & Gonzales, J. (2010). The APA style of documentation: A pocket guide. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Gaetz, L., & Phadke, S. (2015). The writer’s world. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.