Assignment 6 : Essay Iffa Phang 05/20/2016 Contents APA Style Sample... 2 Overview... 2 Discussion... 2 Examples... 3 Format... 3 Summary... 4 References... 5 1
Graduation APA Style Sample Overview American Psychological Association (APA) style is primarily used in the social science disciplines. It is formatted like Modern Language Association (MLA), and shows many similarities, but is unique in several key points. This paper discusses the APA in detail. Discussion APA uses parenthetical (or in-text) citations within sentences, but rather than indicating the author's name and page number, APA includes author's name and date of publication. The page number, represented with a p. or a pp., is only added to the citation when using a direct quote (not a summary or paraphrase). If the author's name is mentioned in the sentence, then place the date of publication in parentheses directly after the name. If the name is not mentioned include the author's name and date in parentheses at the end of the source material. And, if you use a direct quote, place the page number after the publication date within the parentheses. 2
Examples Note the difference between the following three examples: Terrence (1999) has presented poignant examples from 150 interviews. However, it has been pointed out that the research was conducted in a selective, highly biased, way. (Strong & Porter, 1998) All of the interviewees have been called exceptions to the norm (Strong & Porter, 1998, p. 5). Note the first example paraphrases an author that is named in the sentence, the second example paraphrases authors that are not named in the sentence, and the third example provides a direct quote (thus the inclusion of the page numbers) but also does not identify the authors within the sentence. If the authors were identified within the sentence in the third example, the authors' names would be followed by the year of publication and only the page numbers would be in the parentheses at the end of the quote. Format Finally, the bibliographic page in APA style differs from MLA, what APA calls the Reference page. You will notice a few immediate differences from the MLA Works Cited format. With APA you include the initial of the author's first name rather than the complete name, the publication date immediately follows the author's name in parentheses, and titles of articles are not surrounded with quotation marks. The lists are still alphabetized by author's last name (or title in the absence of an author) and the first line is flush left while subsequent lines in the same entry are indented in (approximately 5 spaces or one tab). A good resource to help you with referencing is Notre Dame s referencing guide at 3
http://library.nd.edu.au/referencing/apa#s-lg-box-3040351. There is also a summary downloadable help document available at: http://library.nd.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=8053459 In APA Style, you include a reference list rather than a bibliography with your paper (APA, Bibliography Versus Reference List). A reference list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper whereas a bibliography may include resources that were consulted but not cited in the text as well as an annotated description of each one. Summary The School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia, uses the APA 6 th referencing style for all written documents. In addition to in text referencing and the reference list there are a number of formatting requirements to ensure your essay complies with APA standards. Get to know the APA 6 th. 4
References APA.Bibliography versus reference list. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-references.aspx#bibliography Strong, R. L., Porter, M. (1998), Grammatical Combinations. In S. Parker & K. Gibson (Ed.), Language and Literacy (p 540-578) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Terrence, H. S. (1999, November 1). Student Success in Community Colleges. Oregonian, p. A6. Weintraub, D.Graduation [photograph]. Retrieved from http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1920759/1/139_1920759/cite 5