The document provides an introduction to APA citation style. It explains that APA style guidelines are published by the American Psychological Association for writing scholarly papers. The document discusses why citations are important, including avoiding plagiarism, giving credit to other authors, and allowing readers to locate sources. It also covers the basic components of in-text citations and reference lists, and distinguishes between DOIs and URLs for citing electronic sources. Help with APA style is available through the embedded librarian.

1. APA
Style:
A
Brief
Introduc4on
Lin
Wu
Associate
Professor
&
Embedded
Librarian
UTHSC
Library

2. What
is
the
APA
cita4on
style?
² Guidelines
to
write
scholarly
papers
and
established
by
the
American
Psychological
Associa4on.
² Publica=on
Manual
of
the
American
Psychological
Associa=on,
6th
Edi=on.
Copies
are
available
at
both
Permanent
Reserves
&
Reference
Collec4on
(Call
number:
WZ
345
P976
2010)
You
don’t
have
to
remember
all
of
the
rules,
but
you
do
need
to
understand
the
essen4als!

3. Why
do
we
cite
sources?
² Avoid
plagiarism
² Give
credits
to
others
² Provide
readers
reliable
ways
to
locate
sources
² Establish
scholarly
credits
for
ourselves
It’s
all
about
scholarly
wri4ng!

4. When
do
we
cite
sources?
² Exact
quota4ons
² Others’
ideas/theories/research
–
“berry
picking”
or
paraphrasing
² Anything
that
influences
our
work
and
that
we
used
to
build
our
work
Credi4ng
sources!

5. Ci4ng:
A
two-­‐part
process
² In
text
§ In
the
body
of
a
paper
² Reference
list
§ At
the
end
of
the
paper
Most
in-­‐text
cita4ons
should
have
a
corresponding
entry
in
the
references
list

6. Does
APA
use
ibid.?
No.
APA
never
uses
ibid
to
refer
again
to
the
last
source
previously
referenced;
instead
give
each
cita4on
using
author
names
as
usual.
Source:
hdp://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/05/its-­‐all-­‐la4n-­‐to-­‐me.html

7. When
to
use
page
numbers
in
the
body
of
a
paper?
²
Direct
quote
from
a
source
²
A
specific
part
of
a
source
²
Paraphrasing
or
referring
to
an
idea
(encourage
to
provide
page
number)

8. What’s
the
difference
between
DOI
and
URL?
²
DOI
stands
for
Digital
Object
Iden4fier
²
to
iden4fy
an
ar4cle
and
link
to
it
Example:
10.1001/jama.2011.1913
²
URL
stands
for
Uniform
Resource
Locator
²
to
map
digital
informa4on
on
the
Internet
Example:
hdp://libguides.uthsc.edu/nsg510
Domain/Host
Protocol
name
File
name

9. Where
to
get
help?
Ask
the
Embedded
Librarian
(901)
448
1667
lwu5@uthsc.edu