In - text citation

1. APA STYLE

2. What is plagiarism?
• To take someone else’s information and try to pass
it off as your own.
To avoid plagiarism, add citations.

3. Citations INCLUDE:
• Author
• Title
• Date of publication or date of retrieval
• Link (if it is online)
• Additional information

4. TYPE OF CITATION
•In-text citations (inserted in the
document)

5. WE NEED TO USE RELIABLE SOURCES
Reliable sources or Credible sources give us information that we can believe.
Credible research (investigation) is based on reliable sources.
Aspects to analyze:
• Author’s expertise and academic background.
• Quality of the magazine, newspaper or publisher.
• Date of publication
• Author’s point of view (prejudice/possible bias)
• Is it trying to sell something?
• It makes reference to other sources.
• Spelling and grammar
Finally, always keep in mind the difference between FACTS and OPINIONS

6. SOME RULES
(BE AWARE OF PUNCTUATION)
• Online newspaper article
• In-text citation:
• Last name (Year) or (Last name, year)
• Newspaper article
• In-text citation:
• Schwartz (1993) or (Schwartz, 1993)

7. SOME EXAMPLES
(From the 6th edition)
• Book (found online)
• In-text citation:
• Last name (Year) or (Last name, year)
• Book (found online)
• In-text citation:
• Tomalin (1980) or (Tomalin, 1980)

8. SOME RULES
(BE AWARE OF PUNCTUATION)
• Video
• In-text citation:
• Last name or corporate name (Year) or (Last name or corporate name, year)
• Video
• In-text citation:
• American Psychological Association (2000) or (American Psychological
Association, 2000)

9. SOME EXAMPLES
(From the 6th edition)
• Blog
• In-text citation:
• Last name or corporate name (Year) or (Last name or corporate name, year)
• Blog
• In-text citation:
• PZ Myers (2007) or (PZ Myers, 2007)

10. REFERENCES
American Psychological Association (2011). Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hartness Library (2016). What is APA Citation?. Available from
https://youtu.be/7oAvmQensl4
Imagine Easy Solutions (2014). Citation for beginners. Available from
https://youtu.be/CDGdqoCyAtw
Libncsu (2015). Evaluating Sources for Credibility. Available from
https://youtu.be/PLTOVoHbH5c