1. In Text Citation
Alejandra Hernandez

2. In text If you are directly quoting from a book you would include:
Author
Year of publication
Page number
i.e. “Breast cancer is the type of cancer most closely linked with women in the public consciousness, but lung cancer has now surpassed it as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women”
i.e. Graham (2004) reports, “Breast cancer is the type of cancer most closely linked with women in the public consciousness, but lung cancer has now surpassed it as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women” (p.12).

3. Paraphrasing Translating in your own language, own words.
i.e. Although the public may think breast cancer is more prevalent, actually lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women (Graham, 2004).

4. In text Citations Page range (Austen, 2001, p. 96-97).
“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves” (Austen, 2001, p. 96).
Page range (Austen, 2001, p ).
The Sentence period is after the closing parenthesis
The authors name can be used anywhere within the sentence
Austen (2001) writes, “There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves” (p.96).
Year of publication goes where ever the authors name goes.

5. Unknown Author
If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the singal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined; titles of articles, chapters and web pages are in quotation marks.
i.e. “A similar study was done of students learning to format research papers “(“Using APA,” 2001)

6. No Author/Website
Survival (2007, May). Outdoor Life, 215(5) Retrieved from
“ A study revealed that bears most often go for the neck and head. To best avoid injury place your hands behind your neck and curl up into a ball. Wearing a back pack increases your chances of survival, too. Crying for your mommy, however, does not” (Survival, 2007, p. 58).
Instead of author, use a shortened version of the title within the parentheses.
Or titles and quotes
For longer works like books or movies, put the title in italics

7. Two authors
Neuroscientists now realized that , in spite of the fact that an adolescent’s brain is similar in size to an adult brain, it does not function like and adult brain” (Caskey & Ruben, 2003, p.37).
Use both names for every citation
If you add the name of the authors at the beginning of the sentence you have to spell out and

8. 3-5 Authors Use all authors for the first citation
If they are cited again, we can use the first author followed by the words “et al.”
“et al” is Latin for “and others”

9. No Date
If a publication does not have a date, use the abbreviation N-period D- period for no date
i.e. “Red pandas are generally, solitary and secretive creatures, most active at nigh. At other times, however, they usually rest up in tress”, (Red Panda, “n.d.,para 1)
If page is not available put the location of quote

10. Citing a Cited Source
Name the original source . List the secondary source in your reference list and include the secondary source in the parentheses.
Johnson (as cited in Smith, 2003) argued that…

11. Large quotes 40 or more words
You would begin with an intro or transition sentence
Followed by a colon :
Then tab once and begin quote, no parenthesis are needed
Cite after quote

12. Example

13. Journal Article

14. Videos

15. Titles of books