Day 28: APA

Remember what happens when you plagiarize?

You end up with really bad hair...you will also receive an F on the assignment/paper with a possibility of failing the course.
Don't worry though. Learning APA style can help you keep your hair safe.

1. Warm-up: avoiding plagiarism

Look at PPT slides 2-3. Try to remember what you learned about plagiarism, and how to avoid it.

2. Introduction to APA style

Go over slides 4-6 from the PPT which introduces the general guidelines for citation. Look at the example in slide 5 in detail, and especially focus on how to use the signal phrases.

3. Paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting

Complete the ACTIVITY SHEET. You will have a chance to practice doing a short paraphrase and a quotation. It’s important to keep in mind that you have to cite the source in both cases.

4. Demonstration of the APA style

Go over slides 8-10 of the PPT. You will learn from the slides how to cite the sources (books, articles and web pages) in the reference list.

5. APA activity

Answer the questions in the APA citation PRACTICE HANDOUT 1. In this activity, you will practice writing the reference list for various sources. You can consult the Hacker book or an online source.

6. Group activity: reference list

Look at the APA CITATION HANDOUT 2. Spend about 5 minutes working on correcting the errors in the sources page. I will then call members from each group to come up to the front of the class and make one correction per person.

Day 27: Citation Styles

1. Research

You will be assigned to a research team. Your team will gather information on one of three different citation styles (APA, MLA and Chicago Style). You can find a lot information by searching the Internet, and pretty much everything you need to know can also be found in the course textbook. Your job is to present information on your citation style to the class. Be sure that after hearing your presentation, the class is able to answer the questions at the bottom of this post.

Here are some useful websites that you can use:

Owl Purdue

APA

MLA

Chicago Manual of Style and HERE too.

2. Three citation styles

The specific versions you want to search for are APA (American Psychological Association)
-6th edition. 2010, MLA (Modern Language Association)
-7th edition. 2009 and Chicago: Author-Date System
-16th edition, 2010.

3. Guidelines for what to search

You will need to be able to answer the following questions because you will be asked to present your assigned citation style to the class.

General Information


1. What fields or major is this citation style intended for?


2. What should be the title of the list of sources (title of the sources page)?


3. How should you arrange the reference list?

How to cite a typical source of (give examples)


1. A Whole Book


2. Journal Article


3. Newspaper Article


4. Websites

How are sources cited in the text of your essay for

1. Books

2. Websites

Announcement

For all your papers, you will need to cite your sources in APA format as stated on the first day handout.

You should begin learning APA citation guidelines by watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX03qcDBPuU&feature=related

There are very good APA format guidelines in the course textbook that begin on page 476 and end on page 528.

A directory that explains how you should cite your sources in the text can be found on page 490.

A directory that explains how you should cite your sources in your references section in your essay can be found on page 497.

You must cite your sources as you use them in the text. You must also create a list of references. There is an example on page 527-528 of your textbook with guidelines on how the references should be formatted and organized. If you are struggling with this, come to my office hours.

Citationmachine.net is a very helpful website for organizing your source information into APA style for your references page. You can navigate to the following link

http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=2&mode=form&reqsrcid=APABook&more=yes&nameCnt=1

and select the type of source you are using form the left (book, journal, magazine, online webpage, university document online, etc.)

OWL at Purdue has a good APA help page as well:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/