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1 Reference Desk [email protected] (800) 541-6682 ext. 4613 1 Alvin Sherman Alvin Sherman APA Basics APABasics Title page Docu ment format Quoting an d citing reso urces •Grammar rules Refe rence list Agenda: Agenda FSEHS Style Guidelines Forma t for FSEHS writ ten as signments: http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/oaa/pdf/fsehs_standard_format.pdf Forma t fo r FSEHS d issert ations http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/arc/pdf/guidead.pdf  Publication Manual of the American Psychological  Association (5 th ed.) Checkl ist for APA For m an d Sty le http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/arc/pdf/checklistapafs.pdf Top t hir d of pa ge Title • Middle thi rd of pa ge Name Course number and CRN Name of course • Bott om thi rd of page Name of institution Date Format for Title Page Format for TitlePage What Students Need to Know About APA Student’s Name Course code and CRN: Title of course: Title:  by Laura Lucio Ramirez CUR 526 2 4022 Educational Research for Practitioners Institution Month day, year  Nova Southeastern University May 1, 2006 Example Title: Info on Applied Dissertation Student’s Name Institution Year Title Page for Dissertation (Style Guide) TitleP agefor Dissertation (StyleGuide)

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Alvin ShermanAlvin ShermanAPA Basics

APABasics

• Title page

• Document format

• Quoting and citing resources

•Grammar rules

• Reference list

Agenda:

Agenda

FSEHS Style Guidelines

• Format for FSEHS written assignments:http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/oaa/pdf/fsehs_standard_format.pdf 

• Format for FSEHS dissertationshttp://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/arc/pdf/guidead.pdf 

•  Publication Manual of the American Psychological  Association (5th ed.)

• Checklist for APA Form and Stylehttp://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/arc/pdf/checklistapafs.pdf 

• Top third of page

Title

• Middle third of page

Name

Course number and CRN

Name of course

• Bottom third of page

Name of institutionDate

Format for Title Page

Format for TitlePage

What Students Need to Know

About APA

Student’s Name

Course code and CRN:Title of course:

Title:

 by

Laura Lucio Ramirez

CUR 526 24022Educational Research for Practitioners

Institution

Month day, year  Nova Southeastern University

May 1, 2006

Example

Title:

Info on Applied Dissertation

Student’s Name

Institution

Year 

Title Page for Dissertation

(Style Guide)

TitleP agefor Dissertation

(StyleGuide)

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• Pagination• Margins, fonts, line spacing

• Format of title and headings

• Numbers

• Parenthetical text citations

Document Format

Document Format

2

• 1 inch

margins

• Exception:

1½ inch left

margin for 

dissertation.

 NOTE: No running headers

Document Format (2)

Use double-spacing throughout the paper including the title

 page, abstract, body of the document, re ference list, appendixes,

tables, and figure captions. APA does permit single spacing within

references but double spacing between references. (See p. 326

of the Publication Manual.)

 Issues to Consider 

Major headings require specific formatting: (a) The first word of 

the heading is capitalized as well as all major words; (b) articles,

short prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions are not

capitalized; and (c) the heading is not italicized.

Other issues also need to be considered. Students and teachers

2

Double spaced

12 pt font

Times New

Roman or 

Courier 

Indented

Left justified

 No bolding

 No underlining

 No bullets

APA Formatting for NSU Class Assignments

Document Format (3)

2

APA Formatting for NSU Class Assignments

 Issues to Consider 

Use double-spacing throughout the paper including the title

 page, abstract, body of the document, reference list, appendixes,

tables, and figure captions. APA does permit single spacing within

references but double spacing between references. (See p. 326

of the Publication Manual.)

 Issues to Consider 

Major headings require specific formatting: (a) The first word of 

the heading is capitalized as well as all major words; (b) articles,

short prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions are not

capitalized; and (c) the heading is not italicized.

Other issues also need to be considered. Students and teachers

Document Format (4)

Headings (APA, p. 113)

Use Level 1 Headings for the Title

 Level 3 – Flush Left, Italicized, Upper and 

 Lower Case Side Heading 

• Copyright

• Paraphrased quotes

• Direct quotes

• Parenthetical citations

Quotes and Parenthetical Citations

Quotes andParenthetical Citations

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• opinions, beliefs, ideas, and theories fromany source

• any information obtained that is not common

knowledge

• direct quotes of the words used verbatim

• summarized or paraphrased ideas

Cite the following:

 Note: Re-submitting the identical paper for assignments in two different classes is

considered plagiarism. If you want to refer to specific ideas presented in a previous

 paper you wrote, cite it!Citethefollowing:

When citing a specific part of a resource or 

using a direct quote, provide the page number:

All of them were victims of “cyberterrorism” (Stonebraker,

2004, p. 237).

Vest (2006) reported that "empirical research verified

compliance" (p. 48).

In another case, Scanlon, Gallego, Duran, and Reyes (2005)

found that the results should be “based on assumptions that

individuals are capable of self-directed and self-initiated

learning” (pp. 40-41).

See APA, pp. 213-214

When citinga specific part ofa resource or usinga direct quote, provide the page number 

 No page number is used in the

 parenthetical citation if paraphrasing:

Freud's writing on the topic of dreams (as cited in Steinbrecker,

Jones, & Acevedo, 1997) emphasized....

in a definition ( Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2001).

A couple of experiments (Eifrig, 1976; Skinner, 1956) found....

The Web site did not support the data (Wienhorst, n.d.).

See APA manual, pp. 207-213

 No pagenumber isusedinthe

  parenthetical citationif paraphrasing

1. The theory (Smith, Brown, and Jones, 2002)

or 

2. The theory (Smith, Brown, & Jones, 2002) √√√√

1. Two research studies (Quinlan, 2002; Barnes, 2005)

or 

2. Two research studies (Quinlan, 2002, & Barnes, 2005)

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1. MacDougall (2004, p. 34) stated that “the Information

Literacy Model needed to be implemented”.

or 

2. MacDougall (2004) stated that “the Information Literacy

Model needed to be implemented” (p. 34).

or 

3. MacDougall (2004) stated that “the Information Literacy

Module need to be implemented.” (34)

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Examples

“Instructors may or may not want to require an abstract for classass ignments. The

abstract is a one-paragraph summary or overview of the paper and should summarize

the essential content of the paper”(T unon, 2006, p. 34).

Direct quote for less than 40 words:

Block quote (more than 40 words):

Students at Nova Southeastern University have faced challenges in learning how to

use APA formatting. When discussing the challenges, Strunk (1922) stated:

Use quotes around an article title or book chapter, but italicize the title of a book,

 journal, brochure, or report when used in the body of the paper. Use a short title

in the parenthetical citation or complete title if the title is short. NOTE Non-periodical

titles like books and book titles have all the important words capitalized in the text

citations, but these same book titles do not have all the important words capitalized

in the reference list. (p. 342)

Callahan (2001), however, says ….

(NOTE: FSE uses single space, but APA uses double spacing.)

 Note where the periods go!

Direct quoteandBlockquoteexamples

Paraphrase < 50% and include cite

When President Bush signed the No Child Let Behind (NCLB) Act into law, it

was the country’s most comprehensive education reform of federal education

 policy in years. NCLB is the foundation for education reforms and the

 president’s attempt to strengthen the system of education in the U.S.

“Signed into law in January 2002 by President George W. Bush, the No Child

Let Behind (NCLB) Act signaled the nation’s most sweeping education reformof federal education policy in decades. NCLB laid the groundwork for education reforms and the president’s attempt to strengthen America’seducation system” (Smith, 2004, p. 212). Should be block quote

WhenPresident Bush signed the No Child Let Behind (NCLB) Act into law,

it was the country’s most comprehensive education reform of federal

education policy in years. NCLB is the foundation for education reforms and

the president’s attempt to strengthen the system of education in the U.S.

 No citation

President Bush’s the No Child Let Behind (NCLB) Act was signed into law

in January of 2002. The law provided the most sweeping education changes

in the United States in decades and provided a foundation for

strengthening educational policy at the national level for years to come

(Smith, 2004).

Parenthetical

text citation

50% rule

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Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD)

American Psychological Association (APA)

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

Fischler School of Education and Human Services (FSEHS)

 Nova Southeastern University ( NSU)

Abbreviations and

Acronyms:

• Spell out first time

• Must use abbreviationthereafter 

Use

sparingly

See APA manual, pp. 103-106Abbreviationsand Acronyms

• Use figures for numbers 10 and above:

343 students in 26 classes

• The numbers between one and nine should be spelled out:

A total of six experiments went awry.

Exceptions

• Numbers above and below 10 grouped for comparison:

3 of 15 students

The school needs 4 teachers and 11 staff people.

• Numbers representing time, dates, and age

3 months ago, April 8, 1 hr 10 min

 Numbers: See APA pp. 122-125

 Numbers

• Numbers denoting a specific place in a series, book, or table

Table 5,

Session 3

 page 2

• Use words for numbers below 10 that do not represent precise

measurements:

eight items

nine pages

• Use words for numbers beginning a sentence, title, or heading:

Twenty-four percent complied, and 6% did not answer the question.

 Nineteen students improved.

 Numbers, cont.

More exceptions:

 Numbers(2)

1. Ten students ate in the cafeteria.

or 

2. 10 students ate in the cafeteria.

1. The seventh grade went on a field trip.

or 

2. The 7th grade went on a field trip.

1. Students in Grades 4 and 5 took the test.

or 

2. Students in grades 4 and 5 took the test.

or 

3. Students in grades four and five took the test.

1. The 7th grade did better than the 10th grade.

or 

2. The seventh grade did better than the tenth grade.

or 

3. The seventh grade did better than the 10th grade.

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Examples

• Role playing

• High anxiety

• Seventh grade

• Role-playing technique

• High-anxiety situations

• Seventh-grade students

 but

• Type II error 

• Post hoc comparisons

Compound-Adjectives

See APA manual, p. 91

1. These fourth graders need to study.

or 

2. These fourth-grade students need to study.

or 

3. These students in Grade 4 need to study.

or 

4. These 4th-grade students need to study more than the

10th-grade students.

1. The 11th grade was busy.

or 

2. The 11th grade was busy.

1. The store closed three months ago.

or 

2. The store closed 3 months ago.

√√√√

√√√√

√√√√

√√√√

√√√√

√√√√

Examples

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• Between independent clauses:

Jane went to school, but Dick stayed home.

• Series of three or more

Jane, Dick , and Harry argued about money.

• Nonessential or nonrestictive clauses

Direct TV, which is available in south

Florida, offers some nice features.

Commas

Use commas:

But:

• Not to separate a compound predicate

Jane baked a cake and worked on her homework.

1. The cat ran, but the dog sat down.

or 

2. The cat ran but the dog sat down.

1. Methods, theories, and logic all need to be examined.

or 

2. Methods, theories and logic all need to be examined.

1. The literature review evaluates and synthesizes resources.or 

2. The literature review evaluates, and synthesizes resources.

1. Empirical studies, also called hard evidence, are important.

or 

2. Empirical studies also called hard evidence are important.

√√√√

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√√√√

Examples

• Periods at the end of a sentence:

Students’ scores improved. The study

demonstrated that …

• Colons: For example, the colon should…

• In citations – Brown, J. D. (2003). The …

Only One Space after Punctuation

 NOTE: Use the find and replace feature in Word to change two spaces to one space.

• Electronic Media Spelling Guide

 – e-journal

 – e-mail

 – Internet

 – online

 – PDF

 – URL

 – Web

APA Web Site:

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

1. The students went on the Internet and searched the Web.

or 

2. The students went on the internet and searched the web.

or 

3. The students went on the Internet and searched the web.

or 

4. The students went on the internet and searched the Web.

1. Go online and send an e-mail message to the instructor.

or 

2. Go on-line and send an e-mail message to the instructor.

or 

3. Go online and send an email message to the instructor.

or 

4. Go on-line and send an email message to the instructor.

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Examples What about using citation software?

Ahah! What about usingcitation software?

  R e f e r e

 n c e s

 C i t a t i

 o n  f o r

 m a t ?

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http://citationmachine.net/

Example: CitationMachine

http://citationmachine.net/

Example: RefWorks

http://citationmachine.net/

Penny M Beile,David N Boote, Elizabeth Killingsworth.(2004). A

microscope or a mirror?: A question of study validity regarding the

use of dissertation citation anlysis for evaluating research

collections. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 30(5), 347-353.

Retrieved , from Research Library database. (DocumentID: 737514991).

Example: ProQuest

• https://www.nova.edu/common-lib/ISI/

• http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/tutorials/endnote/

EndNote

Beile, P. M., Boote, D. N., & Killingsworth, E. K. (2003, April). Characteristics

of education doctoral dissertation references: An inter-institutional analysis of 

review of literature citations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. (ERIC No.

ED478598) Retrieved February 1, 2006, from ERIC database.

Example: EndNote

 No Short Cut for Learning

the APA Rules

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References

• Page

entitled

References

• Hanging

indentations

• Single

space in

citations

• Double

space

 between

citations

• Use italics,

do not

underline

• Alphabetical

order by author 

Then by date

Then by article

title

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Jones, R. N., del Rio, J. A., Humenik, J. A., García, E. O., & Ramírez, A. M. (2001). Citation

mining: Integrating text mining and bibliometrics for research user profiling.  Journal of the

 American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52, 1148-1156.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1985). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a

longitudinal study. Portal,3, 459-479. Retrieved March 20, 2006, from Education

Full Text database.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1999a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: Adissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), 153-163.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1999b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books.

 Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Retrieved July 10, 2004, from

Expanded Academic Index database.

Kushkowski, J. D., & Smith, D. (1982).  Library research skills for your dissertation . Denver, CO:

Libraries Unlimited.

Morner, C. J. (1995). M easuring the library research skills of education doctoral students.

In R. AnRhein(Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings

of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries,

 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp. 381-391). Chicago: Association of 

College and Research Libraries.

 Norton, M. J. (2000).  Introductory concepts in information science . Medford, NJ:

Information Today.

O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2005). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J.

Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.

Format for References

References

Jones, R. N., del Rio, J. A., Humenik, J. A., García, E. O., & Ramírez, A. M. (2001). Citation

mining: Integrating text mining and bibliometrics for research user profiling.  Journal of the

 American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52 , 1148-1156.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1985). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a

longitudinal study. Portal,3 , 459-479. Retrieved March 20, 2006, from Education

Full Text database.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1999a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A

dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), 153-163.

Kushkowski, J. D. (1999b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books.

  Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship.Retrieved July 10, 2004, from

Expanded Academic Index database.

Kushkowski, J. D., & Smith, D. (1982).  Library research skills for your dissertation . Denver, CO:

Libraries Unlimited.

Morner, C. J. (1995). Me asuring the library research skills of education doctoral students.

In R. AnRhein(Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedingsof the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries,

 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp. 381-391). Chicago: Association of 

College and Research Libraries.

 Norton, M. J. (2000).  Introductory concepts in information science. Medford, NJ:

Information Today.

O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2005). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J.

Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.

• Page

entitled

References

• Hanging

indentations

• Single

space in

citations

• Double

space

 between

citations

• Use italics,

do not

underline

• Alphabetical

order,

Then by date

• Retrieval

statements

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Format for References (2)

• Go to Format.

• Select Paragraph.

• In Indents and Spacing

• Go to the Special section.

• Select Hanging.

Using Microsoft Word’s formatting for 

hanging indentations

How to Cite a Journal Article Retrieved Online

Howto CiteaJournal ArticleRetrievedOnline

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R ., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, fromEducation Full Text database.

Author(s)

See APA manual, p. 279, #91

• Initials, not first names

• Ampersand (&), not the word and 

• Comma before the ampersand.

• Space between initials

CitingJournal ArticlesRetrievedFull Text Online-Author 

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, fromEducation Full Text database.

Year of publication

See APA manual, p. 279, #91

• Enclosed in parentheses

• Period after the parentheses

• No month or day if the publication is a

 journal, not a magazine, newsletter, or 

newspaper article.

Citing Journal ArticlesRet rievedFull Text

Online–Year of publication

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Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from

Education Full Text database.

Article title

See APA manual, p. 279, #91

• Only first word in title and subtitle should be

 be capitalized as well as any proper names.

• A period at the end of the title.

• Only one space after the period, not two.

CitingJourn alArticles Retrieved

FullTextOnline–Articletitle

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from

Education Full Text database.

Journal title

See APA manual, p. 279, #91

• Journal title should have all important

words capitalized.

• It is italicized

• The journal title is followed by a comma

CitingJournal ArticlesRetrievedFullText Online–Journal title

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24 (3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from

Education Full Text database.

Volume, issue, and

 page number(s)

See APA manual, p. 279, #91

• The volume number is italicized

• There should be no space between

the volume number and issue number 

• Enclose issue number in parentheses

and follow by a comma

• Do not use p. or pp. for journal articles.

Citing Journal Articles RetrievedFul l Text Online –Volume,issue,andpagenumber(s)

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time:

A fresh approach to educational equivalency. Technology

Trends, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved June 1, 2006, from

Education Full Text database.

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Retrieval statement

• Spell out the complete word for month in the retrieval statement

• Include a comma after the year • Include the word “database” after the proper name of the database.

CitingJournal ArticlesRetrievedFullText Online–Retri eval statement

Articles Retrieved Online Are Not

Always Identical

Most online articles have been slightly modified or 

include additional data.

Education Full Text -- HTML

Expanded Academic ASAP – text + graphics

Examples:HTML and

Text+graphics

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Education Full Text -- PDF

Expanded Academic ASAP -- PDF

Examples: PDF

Exact duplicate (APA manual, p. 271) :

VandenBos, G. (2001). Role of the selection of resources by psychology

undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of Bibliographic

 Research, 5, 117-123.

Document that has changes (format differs from print version) (APA

manual, p. 272)

VandenBos, G. (2001). Role of the selection of resources by psychology

undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5 , 117-123.

Retrieved April 13, 2006, from http: //jbr.org/articles.html

Documents retrieved from an aggregated database:

VandenBos, G. (2001). Role of the selection of resources by psychology

undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research, 5 , 117-123.

Retrieved April 13, 2006, from Education Full Text database.

Internet articles based on a print source

• Citations of journal articles

 – Include issue number if the pagination of 

 journal is by issue number .

 – Do not include issue number if the pagination

of the journal is continuous throughout the

volume.

Journal Citations

APA manual p. 240 # 1 and 2 J o u r n a l  o f   R e a d i n  g V o l u m e  1 6 2 0 0 4 

VandenBos, G. (2001). Role of the selection of resources by

 psychology undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research,

5, 317-323.

VandenBos, G. (2001). Role of the selection of resources by

 psychology undergraduates. Journal of Bibliographic Research,

5(4), 17-23.

Continuous pagination is through volume:

Pagination starts with page 1 in each issue:

Journal Citations- Pagination

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication

manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).

Washington, DC: Author.

Corporate author 

See APA manual, p. 248

• Period after the corporate author 

Corporate author 

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication

manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).

Washington, DC: Author.

Year of publication

See APA manual, p. 248

Year of publication

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See APA manual, p. 248

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication

manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).Washington, DC: Author.

Book title

• Only the first word in the book title and

subtitle should be capitalized as well as

any proper names.

•Use (5th ed.), not (5th ed.) and do not

italicize

• Period goes after the edition number and

 page numbers, if any

Booktitle

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication

manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).

Washington, DC: Author.

Place and publisher 

• Use DC, not D.C.

• Use Author if the name of the publisher is

the same as the author 

Placeandpublisher 

• Use state abbreviations:

FL, TX, NY, CA, DC

• Cities that do not includestate abbreviation: – Baltimore

 – Boston

 – Chicago

 – Los Angeles

 – New York 

 – Philadelphia

 – San Francisco

• Leave off superfluous terms:

 – Publishers

 – Co. or Company

 – Inc .

• Retain the words: – Books

 – Press

Location and Publisher Info

• For example:

Erlbaum, John Wiley,

University of Toronto Press,

Penguin Books

http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracy.htm

Citing a Web Site:

CitingaWebSite

Citing a Web Site:

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2003). Information

literacy competency standards for higher education. Retrieved

February 12, 2006, from the American Library Association Web

site: http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracy.htm

Corporate author 

See APA manual, p. 274

CitingaWebSite– Corporateauthor 

Citing a Web Site:

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2003). Information

literacy competency standards for higher education. Retrieved

February 12, 2006, from the American Library Association Web

site: http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracy.htm

Year of publication

See APA manual, p. 274

CitingaWebSite– Year of publication

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Citing a Web Site:

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2003). Information

literacy competency standards for higher education. Retrieved

February 12, 2006, from the American Library Association Web

site: http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracy.htm

Web title

See APA manual, p. 274

• Web title is italicized.

CitingaWebSite– Webtitle

Association of College and Research Libraries. (2003). Information

literacy competency standards for higher education. Retrieved

February 12, 2006, from the American Library Association Web

site: http://www.ala.org/acrl/acrlstandards/informationliteracy.htm

Citing a Web Site:

Retrieval statement

 No period after the URL

CitingaWebSite– Retrieval statement

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