Assignment # 05

Business Research Method

Title: Citation, APA Style, Bibliography

Submitted to:
Mr.Atif Gill

Submitted by:
Faisal Shehzad MBSE-12-20

Submission Deadline:
Softcopy Hardcopy 09/04/13(12:00am) 10/04/13

Bahauddin Zakariya University Sub-Campus Sahiwal

What is APA Style?

The reference format for APA Style is written in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, which is a large reference book that has hundreds of guidelines on how to format references, statistics and tables, as well as punctuation and grammar. It also has writing tips and instructions about how to format manuscripts.

What is Citation?
A citation is the route you tell your readers that particular data in your work came from another source. It also gives your readers the information necessary to find that source again including: information about the author the title of the work the name and location of the company that published your copy of the source the date your copy was published the page numbers of the material you are borrowing

The citation important part of any intellectual work is: Citation is very important for the readers who have the keen interest in getting more and more information about the related topics. Citation also shows the efforts you made in the research and it also exhibit the originality of your research without any plagiarism. Citation gives an external support to your ideas and also increases your arguments strength.

What Is a Bibliography?
A bibliography is a list of books, articles, and other sources you use when researching a topic and writing a paper. The bibliography will appear at the end of your paper. Bibliography entries must be written in a very specific format, but that format will depend you the certain style of writing you use. Bibliography entries will include: Author Title of your source Publication information Date The main benefit of a bibliography entry is to give credit to other authors whose work you've used in your research. Another benefit of a bibliography is to make it easy for a reader to find the source you've used.

Difference between Bibliography and Citation

Bibliography and Citation are two words that are used in research methodology and it is important to know their difference.

Bibliography
Bibliography state to the list of books and journals referred to by the researcher in writing his or her thesis or dissertation.

Citation
A citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression that is included within the body of a work to denote an entry in the bibliographic reference. This is done in a bid to acknowledge the relevance of the work of the other writer to the topic of discussion at the particular area or location where the citation appears. The purpose of citation is intellectual honesty. You want to give due credit to a particular author for the quotation you have picked from his work in support of your work.

It has the list of the books in an alphabetical order either showing the titles of the books or the names of the authors of the books.

The main purpose of compiling bibliography is to let the reader know the books and journals you have referred to as a researcher in writing your thesis or dissertation.

Bibliography usually appears towards the end of the thesis.

Citation occurs at various places wherever there are relevant quotations.

Different APA Citation Style:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (first printing), 2010 Author(s) Volume Date Pages Follow these color codes: Title of Book Title of Article Place of Publication Publisher Title of Periodical Other Information

 APA Citation Style from Books

Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star trek chronology: The history of the future. New York, NY: Pocket Books. [Book with no author; see notes] Star trek: Four generations of stars, stories, and strange new worlds. (1995). Radnor, PA: News America Publications.

APA Citation Style from Magazine

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November/December). Star trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585.

APA Citation Style from Journal Article

Paginated by issue, online and hardcopy [See the discussion of DOI in the notes below] Devine, P. G., & Sherman, S. J. (1992). Intuitive versus rational Judgment and the role of stereotyping in the human condition: Kirk Or Spock? Psychological Inquiry, 3(2), 153-159. Doi: 10.1207 /s15327965pli0302_13

APA Citation Style from Internet

Epsicokhan, J. (2004, February 20). Confessions of a closet trekkie. Retrieved October 12, 2009, from Jammer's Reviews website: http://www.jammersreviews.com/articles/confessions.php