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Zachary Illingworth
24th of May 2018
Contents
APA Style sample...................................................................................................................................
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................
Discussion...........................................................................................................................................
Examples.............................................................................................................................................
Format.................................................................................................................................................
Summary.............................................................................................................................................
References...........................................................................................................................................
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APA 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.
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
Examples
Terrance (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”
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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
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
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 include resources that were consulted but not cited in the
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
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reference list there are a number of formatting requirements to ensure your essay complies
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References
APA. bibliography versus reference list. Retrieved
from http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quickguideonreferences.aspx#Bibliography
Bretag, T. (2013). Challenges in addressing plagiarism in education. PLoS Medicine, 10(12),
e1001574.
Hosny, M., & Fatima, S. (2014). Attitude of students towards cheating and plagiarism:
University case study. Journal of Applied Sciences, 14(8), 748757.
doi:10.3923/jas.2014.748.757
Strong, R. L., & Porter, M. (1998). Grammatical combinations. In S. Parker, & K. Gibson
(Eds.), (pp. 540578). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Terrence, H. S. (1999, , November 1). Student success in community colleges. Oregonian,
pp. A7.
Weintraub, D.Graduation. Retrieved
from http://quest.eb.com/search/139_1920759/1/139_1920759/cite