APA info lit workshop for graduate education students

1. UUnnssccrraammbblliinngg AAPPAA
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2. Two Sides of Citations
• Citations in-text.
• Reference list.
• Every citation in-text must be in your
reference list; every item in your reference
list must be in your text.

3. In-text Citations
• Reference ideas, summaries and quotes from
other works using parentheses in the body of
your paper. The basic format is (Last name, Year).
• If the author is named in the sentence, only
include the year in parentheses.
• For direct quotes include the page number (Last
name, Year, p. #).
• The period comes after the close parentheses.

4. Martin Luther King, Jr.
stated “I believe that
unarmed truth and
unconditional love will
have the final word in
reality. This is why
right, temporarily
defeated, is stronger
than evil triumphant.”
Image courtesy of the Associated Press

5. Martin Luther King, Jr.
stated “I believe that
unarmed truth and
unconditional love will
have the final word in
reality. This is why
right, temporarily
defeated, is stronger
than evil triumphant”
(King & Washington,
1986, p. 91).
Image courtesy of the Associated Press

6. Martin Luther King, Jr.
noted in his Nobel
Prize acceptance
speech that social
struggle can include
setbacks.
Image courtesy of the Associated Press

7. Martin Luther King, Jr.
noted in his Nobel
Prize acceptance
speech that social
struggle can include
setbacks
(Nobelprize.org, 2012).
Image courtesy of the Associated Press

8. Reference List Citation
Basics
Position A Position B Position C Position D Position E Position F
Book
Author(s):
Last Name,
Initials.
Date of
publication:
(Year).
Title: Italicized.
Only capitalize
the first word
and proper
nouns of title and
sub-title. End
with a period.
City of
publication and
publisher:
City:
Publisher. End
with a period.
None. None.
Article
Author(s):
Last Name,
Initials.
Date of
publication:
(Year).
Title of article:
Capitalize only
first word and
proper nouns of
title and subtitle.
End with a
period.
Title of periodical:
Italicize and
capitalize all
major words.
End with a
comma.
Volume and issue:
volume number
(issue number).
Italicize volume
number, do not
italicize issue
number. End with
a comma.
Pages: ##-##.
End with a
period.

9. References
King, M. L., & Washington, J. M. (1986). A testament of hope: The essential writings of Martin Luther King, Jr.
San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Nobelprize.org (2012). Martin Luther King: Nobel lecture. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from
http://www.nobelprize.org

10. Line Spacing
• Double space entire document, including
reference list. Do not double-double space
(i.e., between paragraphs).

11. Font
• Use standard 12-point font.
• TTiimmeess NNeeww RRoommaann is the APA preferred
font.

12. Margins
• Use one-inch margins throughout.
• Align margins flush left and “ragged” right
(i.e. don’t align the right margin flush or
“justified.”)

13. Reference List
• Begin reference list on its own page after the body of the
paper.
• Title page References -- capitalized and centered (but NOT
in bold face type) at the top.
• List references alphabetically by author.
• Double space and indent all lines after the first of any given
reference.
• Do not double-double space between citations.
• Any and only works cited in-text should be included on the
reference list.

14. Running Header
• On the title page, type Running head: and
the title of your paper (shortened to 50
characters or less and in all capital letters).
• On subsequent pages, include only the title
in all caps.

15. APA Manual

16. Purdue OWL

17. APAStyle.org

19. APA Challenge
• Review your APA citation challenge
• Use APA resources to find a solution to that
challenge
• Using the whiteboard, record your solution
to the challenge

20. Challenge #1
• You have an edited book. Each essay in the book is written by a different
person. You would like to cite the essay by James Baldwin titled “If Black
English Isn’t a Language Then Tell me What is.” Create a citation in-text and a
reference citation.
Baldwin, J. (1998). If black English isn’t a language then tell me what is. In T. Perry &
L. Delpit (Eds.), The real Ebonics debate: Power, language, and the education of
African-American children (pp. 17-43). Boston: Beacon Press.
(Baldwin, 1998)

21. Challenge #2
• You would like to cite the article “Retributive and Restorative Justice.” You
found the article in an online database and a doi (10.1007/s10979-007-9116-6)
was included.
Wenzel, M., Okimoto, T. G., Feather, N. T., & Platow, M. J. (2008). Retributive and
restorative justice. Law And Human Behavior, 32(5), 375-389.
doi:10.1007/s10979-007-9116-6
(Wenzel, Okimoto, Feather, & Platow, 2008)

22. Challenge #3
• You had the opportunity to interview Linda Darling-Hammond on October 1,
2012 and would like to cite her comments.
No reference list.
(L. Darling-Hammond, personal communication, October 1, 2012)

23. Challenge #4
• You would like to quote the FairTest fact sheet from this website:
http://www.fairtest.org/common-core-assessments-more-tests-not-much-better
FairTest. (2012). Common Core assessments: More tests, but not much better.
Retrieved from http://www.fairtest.org
(FairTest, 2012)

24. Blog Example
Ravitch, D. (2014, February 5). Correcting the Washington Post Account of What I
Said in D.C. [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://dianeravitch.net/
(Ravitch, 2014)

25. HNU Library Website