Acknowledgement
Many of the examples in this guide are taken from The publication manual of the American Psychological Association(5th ed.)2001. and the APA style guide to electronic references, 2007.
Why is referencing important?
Referencing or citing your sources is an important part of academic writing. It lets you acknowledge the ideas or words of others if you use them in your work and helps avoid plagiarism.
Referencing also demonstrates that you've read relevant backgound literature and you can provide authority for statements you make in your assignments.
There are two parts to referencing; the in text references (citations) in your paper and the Reference list at the end of your paper.
In text citation of a book
APA is an 'author, date' system; so your in text citation consists of the author(s) and year of publication.
Reference list entry for a book
Reference list entries contain all the information that someone needs to follow up your source. Reference lists in APA are arranged alphabetically by author.
Check with your lecturer or tutor which reference style you should use.
APA in practice...
Where do I find the information to reference?
A journal article (video) (3 minutes - audio required) see Journal articles page.
Websites (video) (3 minutes - audio required) see Web sources page.
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