Week 4 Citations And APA Flashcards
APA Style
American Psychological Association, a.k.a. APA, is standard referencing style used at TCDHA
References
Plagiarism Rules: Quick Reminder
Paraphrasing: If you use someone’s idea (not their words) and yo add a citation, it is plagiarising.
•Quoting: If you use someone’s words directly and do not cite, it’s plagiarism.
Quoting: If you use someone’s words and you do cite, but you do not
“quotation marks” around the quotes, that is plagiarism.
What is a citation?
A way to credit the original source.
(Tells us where you got the info from).
What does it consist of? What does it look like?
(the author’s last name, year it was published, page or paragraph number).
Example: (Seip, 2012, p. 4). OR (Seip, 2012, para. 4).
Why use a citation? It is…
• academic law.
a way to guide your reader to additional information.
• a way to track your research.
• a way to justify your points and support your ideas with approved evidence.
What do you need to create a citation or to cite something?
• The last name of the author or the name of the source (website, editor, etc).
• A fact, thought, set of words, image etc, that you want to use in your work.
• The year the source was published.
• The page OR paragraph (if it is a web based sol where the material can be found.
APA Citations
Two main types:
- Direct quotations
• Two ways to quote directly (under 40 words)
• Specific way to quote a section of text that consists of more than 40 words - Paraphrasing
• Putting the author’s words into your own words; no quotation
- Whenever you paraphrase, remember these two points:
- You must provide a reference.
- The paraphrase must be entirely in your own words. You must do more than merely substitute phrases here and there. You must also completely alter the sentence structure.
Paraphrase vs. Quoting
Paraphrase:
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Any idea you had to look up
Information that is not common knowledge
• When you want to summarize a source.
• When you need to convey a broad concept.
Quote:
• Any ideas that you had to look up.
• Information that is not common sense or common knowledge.
. Data, stats, or results from studies or surveys.
• Opinions & quotes by authorities /professionals to validate your own thoughts.
• Quotations that have emotional or strong language that is unique to the author.
When Should You Paraphrase?
• When paraphrasing a source
- Paraphrasing means to use the ideas from another source but change the phrasing into your own words
• When summarizing facts and ideas from a source
- Summarizing means to take ideas from a large passage of another source and condense them, using your own words
• Paraphrasing involves putting a passage from source material into your own words.
A paraphrase must also be attributed to the original source. When paraphrasing an idea, the citation will include authors) and date - page number is not included.
Do you know how to paraphrase correctly?
Paraphrasing is more than simply rewording the original material!
~ Your own words
New synonyms and new phrases. Only technical terms should be repeated
Any exact words that are retained should have quotation marks around them
The sentence structure should be yours
Summary of Direct Quotations
Johnson (2000) found that “direct quotation from text” (p.
276).
Or
The article states that “direct quotation from text”
(Johnson, 2000, p. 276),
If you don’t have a page number, then count the paragraphs and include para. # rather than p. #
How to use Quotations
5 quick steps involved in framing a quote.
1. Introduce the quoted information
2. Integrate the quoted information seamlessly
3. Reproduce the quoted information.
4. Cite the source in parentheses in the same sentence. Remember to include the page, like this (Seip, 2012, p. 4) or the paragraph number like this (Seip, 2012, para.9).
5. Explain the quoted material and relate it back to the paragraph’s topic sentence. Connect the cited information to the overall thesis.
Step 1 - Introduce
Introduce the quote with phrases like this:
The author stated that “
….
According to the article “.
Research indicates”