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Referencing Primer
Identify the referencing style used in the following bibliographical items:
Books:
Alexander, Thomas. John Dewey’s Theory of Art, Experience, and Nature: The Horizons of Feeling.
Albany: University of New York Press, 1987.
Alexander, Thomas. John Dewey’s Theory of Art, Experience, and Nature: The Horizons of Feeling.
Albany: University of New York Press, 1987. Print.
Alexander, T 1987, John Dewey’s theory of art, experience, and nature: The horizons of feeling,
Albany, University of New York Press.
Alexander, T. (1987). John Dewey’s theory of art, experience, and nature: The horizons of feeling.
Albany: University of New York Press.
Journals:
Hepburn, James. “Robert Frost and his Critics.” The New England Quarterly 35, no. 3 (1962): 367-
376.
Hepburn, James. “Robert Frost and his Critics.” The New England Quarterly 35.3 (1962): 367-376.
Print.
Mixed:
Brooks, C 1947, The well-wrought urn, New York, Harvest Books.
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Budd, Malcolm. Values of Art: Pictures, Poetry, and Music. London: Penguin Books, 1995. Print.
Hart, Jeffrey. “Robert Frost and T. S. Eliot: Modernisms.” The Sewanee Review 114, no. 4 (2006):
551-77.
Cook, R 1974, Robert Frost: A living voice, Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press.
Coursen, H. (1962). The ghost of Christmas past: Stopping by woods on a snowy evening. College
English, 24(3), 236-38.
Identify and Correct the Error:
Johnson, M. The Meaning of the Body: Aesthetics of Human Understanding. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2008.
Liebman, Sheldon. “Frost on Criticism.” The New England Quarterly 66. No. 3 (1993): 399-415.
Print.
Parini, J. 1999. Robert Frost: A Life. New York: Henry Holt and Company.
Searle, J. (2002), Consciousness and Language. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Shaw, DW 1986, ‘The Poetics of Pragmatism: Robert Frost and William James’, The New England
Quarterly. Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 159-188.
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Convert the following into a reference item using APA style:
Book:
Richard Shusterman
2008
Cambridge University Press
Body Consciousness: Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics
New York
Journal article:
Richard Shusterman
The Journal of Aesthetic Education
Pages 26-43
Volume 44
Number 1
Dewey’s Art as Experience: The Psychological Background
2010
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In-text Referencing:
Quoting and Paraphrasing:
If you use the name of the author/s of a text in the body of your essay, the date of publication
goes______________________, while the page number goes_________________________.
If you don’t use the name of the author/s of a text in the body of your essay, the author/s
name, the date of publication, and the page number go______________________________.
Examples:
According to Eades (1996), “Aboriginal English” contains within it many variations, many
“Aboriginal Englishes,” which can “have implications for cross-cultural communication”
(p.1).
Alternatively:
“Aboriginal English” contains within it many variations, many “Aboriginal Englishes,”
which can “have implications for cross-cultural communication” (Eades, 1996, p.1).
Quick Questions:
1. The list of books and articles used in an essay or book is called what in the APA style
(see page 257 of the textbook)?
__________________________________________________________
2. What is a “corporate author” (look in the index of the textbook for this)?
__________________________________________________________
3. What is an example of a corporate author?
__________________________________________________________