PowerPoint to support Cite It Right! workshop.

1. Cite It Right! Okanagan College Library Fall 2010

2. Objectives To understand why we cite To understand how we cite To understand the basics of APA

4. the publication process

5. article format and presentation

6. ANDCitation

7. What is citation? Cite 1. to support an argument. 2. quote (a passage, book, or author). (Barber, 2004a) Citation 1. the act of citing something from a book or other source. 2. a passage cited. (Barber, 2004b)

8. Why do we cite? “Scholarly communication is the entire set of activities that ensure that research and new knowledge can be made known” (DeFelice, 2009)

9. Publication (Registration and Certification) Creation Dissemination Manuscript & IP Academic Library Publisher Editor Peer Reviewers Reformulation

10. Why do we cite? Citations demonstrate how you developed your argument and ideas from the ideas of others Citations give credit where credit is due Citations give the reader of your work a path to the sources you used, so they can investigate those sources if interested (Mohanty et al., 2009)

11. Why do we cite? If you don’t acknowledge other people’s work, words or ideas you commit plagiarism Plagiarize: 1. take and use (the thoughts, writings, inventions, etc. of another person) as one's own. 2. pass off the thoughts etc. of (another person) as one's own. (Barber, 2004c)

12. Why do we cite? Okanagan College Academic Offenses regulations and policies “Penalties for plagiarism serve both to educate students about standards of scholarship and to deter deception and poor scholarly practices. Penalties will reflect the seriousness of the offence; including whether the offence was intentional or unintentional and whether it was a first or a repeat offence” (Okanagan College, 2010, Penalties section, para. 1 ).

14. Paraphrases

15. Words or terminology specific to or unique to the author’s research, theories, or ideas

16. Use of an author's argument or line of thinking

17. Historical, statistical, or scientific facts

18. Graphs, drawings, etc.

19. Articles or studies you refer to in your work(Mohanty et al., 2009)

21. Book

24. Publication date

25. Title

26. Publication information

29. Links to other APA resourcesImportant: The APA manual is the primary source of APA citation information. If a resource contradicts the manual – use the manual.

31. Reference list p. 180

32. Reference components p. 183Chapter 7: Reference Examples

34. Edited book: “Place the editors’ names in the author position, and enclose the abbreviation Ed. or Eds. in parentheses after the last editor’s name.” (APA, 2009, p. 184).

36. Chapter title: “Capitalize only the first word of the title and of the subtitle…and any proper nouns” (APA, 2009, p. 185).

37. In text: “References … are cited in text with an author date citation system” (APA, 2009, p. 174).

40. “When a DOI is used, no further retrieval information is needed to identify or locate the content” (APA, 2009, p. 191).

41. What’s a DOI?

42. “If no DOI has been assigned to the content, provide the home page URL of the journal….If you accessing the article from a private database, you may need to do a quick web search to locate this URL” (APA, 2009, pp. 191-2).

43. “In general, it is not necessary to include database information” (APA, 2009, p. 192).

45. Journal title: “Give the periodical title in full, in uppercase and lowercase letters. Italicize the name of the periodical” (APA, 2009, p. 185).

46. Pages: “Include the journal issue number … along with the volume number if the journal is paginated separately by issue” (APA, 2009, p. 186).

49. Report titles: “Enclose additional information given on the publication for its identification and retrieval (e.g., edition, report number, volume number) in parentheses immediately after the title)” (APA, 2009, p. 185).

50. “When the author is also the publisher use Author to indicate the publisher” (APA, 2009, p. 187).

52. “If the document includes headings and neither paragraph nor page numbers are visible, cite the heading and the number of the paragraph following it to direct the reader to the location of the quoted material” (APA, 2009, p. 172).

55. “Alphabetize by author surname” (APA, 2009, p. 181).

57. General rules Every reference cited in text must be in the reference list (some exceptions) If you are unable to identify a specific example, use an example that is most like your source If a DOI is available – use it Not necessary to include database name Not necessary to include retrieval dates (unless material may change over time)

58. Remember Give credit where credit is due Consult OC Library APA Citation Style guide Consult APA Publication Manual OC Library Research Writing & Citing guide Ask!

59. References American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: Author. Association of College and Research Libraries. (2009). ACRL scholarly communication 101: Starting with the basics [PowerPoint]. Retrieved from http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/scholcomm/docs/SC%20101%20Introduction.ppt Barber, K , (Ed.). (2004a). cite. In The Canadian Oxford dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oupcanada.com /reference_trade/dictionaries.html Barber, K , (Ed.). (2004b). citation. In The Canadian Oxford dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oupcanada.com /reference_trade/dictionaries.html Barber, K , (Ed.). (2004c). plagiarize. In The Canadian Oxford dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://www.oupcanada.com /reference_trade/dictionaries.html Defelice, B. (2009). New models of scholarship & publishing. Retrieved from http://www.acrl.ala.org/scholcomm/node/7 Mohanty , S., Orphanides, A., Rumble, J., Roberts, D., Norberg, L., Vassiliadis, K. (2009). University libraries' citing information tutorial. Retrieved from http://www.lib.unc.edu /instruct/citations/introduction/ Okanagan College. (2010). Academic offenses. Retrieved from http://webapps1.okanagan.bc.ca/ok/calendar /Calendar.aspx?page=AcademicOffenses LJ&RJ | 12/10/2010