EDUC1113 INTRODUCTION TO ICT Matthew Armstrong 32002589
APA Style Sample
Assignment 5, Essays Styles and RefWorks
Armstrong, M.
The University of Notre Dame Australia
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EDUC1113 INTRODUCTION TO ICT Matthew Armstrong 32002589
Table of Contents
Americal American Psychological Association Style Sample..................................... 3
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3
Discussion ................................................................................................................ 3
Examples .................................................................................................................. 3
Format ...................................................................................................................... 4
Summary .................................................................................................................. 5
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Americal American Psychological Association Style Sample
Introduction
The 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. Make sure you use insert citation as you write, add one sentence at the
end of the first paragraph. "Addressing plagiarism has become a major challenge in
education and educating students in referencing correctly with the APA 6th is one
way of trying to overcome the problem (Bretag, 2013; Manar & Shameem, 2014).”
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.
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,
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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 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, 2017). A reference
list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper whereas a bibliography may
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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 6th
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 6th.
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References (Manually inserted into RefWorks. At the end, you need to include a
screenshot of your RefWorks references in Weebly.)
APA. (2017) 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 (Eds.), Language and Literacy (p 540-578) Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Terrence, H. S. (2007, November 1). Student Success in Community Colleges. The
West Australian, p. 6-7
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