1. W5d Citation

2. The Target W5d: Citations4
I can create a perfectly formatted (alphabetical, proper indentation, spacing, punctuation) APA bibliography with all needed information. 3
I can create an APA bibliography with all needed information. 2
I can create an APA bibliography, but I am missing some needed information. 1
I can create an APA bibliography, but I am missing most needed information.

3. Why Must We Do This? VALIDITY
In text citations help your reader find the entry in the bibliography
(Smith, 2012)  Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from
Bibliography entries help your reader find your source
Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from  paste into browser

4. Book with Editors
Editors, last name then first name (Eds.) (date of publication). Title of book italicized. City, State of publication: publication company.
In text citation: quote (Editor 1 last name et al., date).
Doe, Jane & Jeeves, John (Eds.) (1990). This book is fake. Lansing, MI: crazy company.
Paraphrased information (Doe et al., 1990).

5. Basic Website
Author last name, First name (date of publication). Title of article with only first word capitalized. Retrieved from web address
In text citation: (Author last name, date of publication).
Smith, John J. (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from
“Fake quote” (Smith, 2012).

6. Online Newspaper/Journal/Magazine
Author, First Name (date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number. Retrieved from web address
In text citation: (Author last name, date of publication).
Doe, Jane J. (2012). More on citation. APA Guide, 5. Retrieved from
Paraphrased information (Doe, 2012).

7. What If? There is no author: There is no date:
Replace with organization which produced website/source
OWL at Purdue (2012). How to cite sources. Retrieved from
In text: (OWL, 2012)
Replace with title
How to cite sources (2012). Retrieved from
In text: (How, 2012)
There is no date:
Replace with N.D.
Smith, John J. (N.D.). How to cite sources. Retrieved from
In text: (Smith, N.D.)

8. Example
Barshay, Jill (2014). The sorry state of vocational training. Retrieved from educationbythenumbers.org Granner, Robert C. & Stern, Malcolm E. (Eds.) (1989). English literature. Evanston, Illinois: McDougal, Littell & Company. Whitehouse.gov (N.D.). Building American skills through community colleges. Retrieved from whitehouse.gov

9. Other Types of Sources?
Check out the OWL APA Guide (also available through the Resources tab of my webpage)
ASK! (Don’t just guess.)