Dr, Refaat Megalli

1. APA Referencing

2. Acknowledge the work that has informed your arguments Enable a reader to trace the source of information that you have used Assessment requirement Protect yourself – plagiarism or cheating 01/06/2009 Why reference?

3. Preferred style within psychology division Slightly different to Harvard 2 main elements References in the text Bibliography APA referencing

4. Basic elements are: 1) Author’s surname 2) Year of publication 3) Page number Examples Brown (1995) compared personality disorders....... In a recent study, it was found that…..(Williams, 1995) Smith, Jones and White (1979) found that..... Cognition and development are seen as...... (Turner & Swain, 1998) Rules & Examples

5. What you need to record

6. Using an author’s words or ideas without acknowledging the source of information you used Need to be able to describe and discuss an author’s ideas without plagiarising Plagiarism

7. Quoting Using the exact words from the text. Quotation marks should be used. Summarising Taking the key points from a book or article and expressing them in your own words. Paraphrasing Interpreting an author’s ideas and expressing them in your own words. The same meaning written in a different way. Citing in the text

8. Examples Quotation “A research critique is not just a summary of a study but rather a careful appraisal of its merits and flaws” (Polit, Beck & Hungler, 2001, p. 414). Summary Padesky and Black, 1994, have suggested that therapist can identify the content of a schema..........

9. Examples (2) Paraphrasing For Green (1999), the idea of ‘the sixties’ has a very powerful hold on our contemporary culture. Paraphrasing and quoting For Green, ‘the sixties’ have a strong resonance in contemporary culture, describing them as “the dominant myth of the modern era” (1999, p62)

10. Green (1999) argues… Green (1999) reports… Green (1999) concludes… Green (1999) finds… Green (1999) states… Words to use

11. At the end of your work before appendices Must contain everything that you have referenced in your assignment Listed in alphabetical order by author regardless of format Bibliography

12. Access APA Referencing workbook www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/referencing Exercise

13. http://www.wlv.ac.uk/lib http://www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/assist http://www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/infoskills http://www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/facebook Useful Links