APA Citation Activity

Instructions
If you are unfamiliar with APA citation styles, you may fnd it helpful to review the
material inside the "Citing sources using APA citation style" folder before beginning
this assessment.
Question 1
Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation format for a book.
a. enkins, !enry. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory
cultures. "ew #ork$ "ew #ork %niversity Press, &''(.
b. enkins, !. )ans, bloggers, and gamers$ e*ploring participatory
cultures. "ew #ork %niversity Press, "ew #ork. &''(.
c. enkins, !. +&''(,. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory
culture. "ew #ork$ "ew #ork %niversity Press.
d. enkins, !enry. +&''(,. )ans, -loggers, and .amers$ /*ploring
Participatory Culture. "ew #ork %P$ "ew #ork.
Question 2
Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation for a chapter from a book +no
named author of chapter,.
a. Cook, 0..+&''1,. ")lava2" .orilla3$ Pop .roup "ames." In
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, +pp. &45&&,. 6imon and
6chuster$ "ew #ork.
b. )lava 2n .orilla3$ Pop group names. +&''1,. In 0.. Cook, Accomodating
Brocolli in the Cemetary +pp. &45&&,. "ew #ork$ 6imon and 6chuster.
c. Flava 'n Gorillaz: op group names. In Cook, 0.. Accomodating Brocolli
in the Cemetary +pp. &45&&,. "ew #ork$ 6imon and 6chuster, &''1.
d. 0.. Cook. &''1. ")lava2n .orilla3$ Pop group names." In Accomodating
Brocolli in the Cemetary, pp. &45&&. 6imon and 6chuster$ "ew #ork.
Question 3
Choose the correct APA citation for a newspaper article.
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message that 'happiness is an internal event'. =he -lade, 6eptember
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Question 4
Choose the correct APA citation for an article from a library research database.
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?idows and ?itches in 6alman @ushdie2s ;idnight2s Children. In
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Question 5
Create an APA citation for this publication$
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