1 APA Workshop NSCC Library Services Campus Facilitator's Name Facilitator’s Title/Contact

2 Introduction Workshop Description Audience Learning Outcomes & Expectations

3 Steps of the Research Process Step 1: Define/Clarify the Topic Step 2: Narrow or Focus the Topic Step 3: Formulate a Topic Step 4: Search for Information Documentation Begins! Step 5: Read/Evaluate Information Step 6: Organize/Write the Paper

4 Academic Honesty & Integrity “Academic honesty and integrity are highly valued at the College as being essential to students as both learners and as potential members of their chosen occupations.” NSCC has defined plagiarism as “the act of presenting creative and intellectual materials of another as one's own work.”

5 Plagiarism Defined Unauthorized use of materials Consequences for Plagiarism Plagiarizing Undermines Avoiding Plagiarism

6 Importance of Documenting Sources 1. to acknowledge the work of other writers; and 2. to allow your readers to locate your sources for additional information

7 APA Publication Manual - 5 th edition Physical Description of Manual Table of Contents / Index / Sample Paper (305) “Chapters in the Publication Manual provide substantively different kinds of information and are arranged in the sequence in which one considers the elements of manuscript preparation.” Workshop Focus *Chapter 3: APA Editorial Style *Chapter 4:Reference List

8 Quotation of Sources (117) Types of Quotations: Direct Quotation Indirect Quotation (Paraphrase) Reference all material quoted from another author’s work or from one’s own previously published work.

9 Direct Quotations Quotation fewer than 40 words Quotation of 40 words or more: Block Content: Author, Year and Pagination in parentheses Exact wording, spelling and punctuation of original source Location Mid-sentence End of a sentence End of a block quote

10 Reference Citations in Text (207) Document your study throughout the text by citing author and date of the material used. This briefly identifies the source for readers and enables them to locate the source of information in the alphabetical reference list. (207-) Whether paraphrasing or quoting an author directly, you must always credit the source

11 The Reference List (215) The reference list at the end of an article documents the article and provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source. References are cited in text with an author-date citation and are listed alphabetically in the reference section. In text + Reference* In text citation must appear as a reference A reference must have an in text citation

12 The Reference List (215) Construction Label page References centered at the top Doubled-spaced / Hanging indent Organization Alphabetical by surname of the first author Items Excluded from the Reference List (214) Personal communications such as letters, memoranda and electronic communications ( ) Sample (313)

13 APA General Reference Forms Periodical (223) - published on a regular basis - journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters Nonperiodical (223) - published separately - books, reports, brochures, certain monographs, manuals and audiovisual media Online Periodical (223) - databases and online journals Online Document (223) - websites or web pages, newsgroups, web or -based discussion groups and Web or based newsletters