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APA Referencing Guide for Students

The document provides an overview of the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. It explains that APA style requires in-text citations throughout a document and a reference list at the end. It describes how to format in-text citations, including providing the author's name, publication year, and page number when quoting or referring to a specific part of the source. It also explains that the reference list appears on a new page titled "References" and lists full bibliographic details of all cited sources in alphabetical order.

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APA Referencing Guide for Students

The document provides an overview of the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style. It explains that APA style requires in-text citations throughout a document and a reference list at the end. It describes how to format in-text citations, including providing the author's name, publication year, and page number when quoting or referring to a specific part of the source. It also explains that the reference list appears on a new page titled "References" and lists full bibliographic details of all cited sources in alphabetical order.

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15/01/2018 The American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing System | UNSW Current Students

The American Psychological Association (APA)


Referencing System
The APA (American Psychological Association) style requires two elements: in-text citations throughout your assignment,
and a reference list at the end.

1. Throughout the text: In-text citations


Include information about a source within the text of your assignment:

the name of the author or authors


the year of publication
the page number (see below for further information)

Citations may be placed at the end of a sentence (before the concluding punctuation) in brackets

Paraphrase of the source (in your own words)

Encouraging students to memorise information and then testing their memory has been a consistent criterion of
pedagogy (Broudy, 1998).

Broudy (1998, p. 8) explains that memorisation does not result in an ability to solve problems.

Quotation (exact words from the source)

Broudy (1998, p. 9) argues that “on the common criteria for schooling, our sample citizen has failed because he cannot
replicate the necessary skill or apply the relevant principles”.

2. At the end: References


At the end of the text, include a list of References, a single list of all the sources of information you have cited in your
assignment. Begin the reference list on a new page and title it “References”. Centre the title on the page. Each entry should
have a hanging indent.

Each list item requires specific bibliographic information. For example, in the case of a book, ‘bibliographical details’ refers
to: author/editor, year of publication, title, edition, place of publication and publisher, as found in the title pages (some details
will vary).

Wolpe, A. (1988). Within school walls. London, England: Routledge.

Woods, C. & Griffiths, A. (1995). The real McCoy. Design World, 12(3), 2-13.

List each item in alphabetical order (by author surname). Titles should be in italics. All of the references included in the list
must also be cited in the text.

When to include page numbers


When you quote a source (reproduce material word for word), page numbers are required. When paraphrasing or referring
to an idea contained in another work, the APA publications manual 6th edn. (p. 171) encourages you to provide page

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numbers, to help the reader locate the information in a long text. However, this is not a ‘compulsory’ requirement. Check with
your lecturer about their preferences on the inclusion or exclusion of page numbers for paraphrased information in your
assignments.

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