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1 Inserting Citations A quick and easy guide

2 Titles of long works like books, movies, T. V
Titles of long works like books, movies, T.V. series= italicized or underlined Where the Red Fern Grows Breaking Dawn Titles of articles, chapters, song titles and web pages=quotation marks. “The History of Halloween” “Jingle Bells” Titles: Quote Underline Italicize

3 Capitalize Capitalize both words in a hyphenated compound word:
Natural-Born Cyborgs. Capitalize the first word after a dash or colon: "Defining Film Rhetoric: The Case of Hitchcock's Vertigo."

4 Citing an entire work by an author
Author’s last name (or title if no author listed) comma The copyright (Isaacson, 2012). Charlotte and Emily Bronte were polar opposites, not only in their personalities but in their sources of inspiration for writing (Taylor, 1990).

5 If author is named in the sentence
Year (2012) According to Irene Taylor (1990), the personalities of Charlotte and Emily Bronte were polar opposite.

6 name and the date are used in sentence
In 2012 an article by Chelsea Isaacson, an English teacher at Remington College states, “____”. In a 1989 article, Gould explains Darwin's most successful innovation.

7 Chapters and page numbers
Author Date Page number (Isaacson, 2012, p.42) Emily Bronte "expressed increasing hostility for the world of human relationships, whether sexual or social" (Taylor, 1988, p. 11).

8 (Isaacson & Robinson, 2012) a work by two authors
Both last names of authors Comma Date (Isaacson & Robinson, 2012) Sexual-selection theory often has been used to explore patters of various insect mating (Alcock & Thornhill, 1983) … Alcock and Thornhill (1983) also demonstrate …

9 Unknown Author (Title, date).
A similar study was done of students learning to format research papers ("Using APA“, 2001). Note: In the rare case the "Anonymous" is used for the author, treat it as the author's name (Anonymous, 2001). In the reference list, use the name Anonymous as the author.

10 Summary or Paraphrase According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners. APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

11 Indent to 1” inch by dragging arrows on ruler
Long Quotations Indent to 1” inch by dragging arrows on ruler longer than 40 words omit quotation marks. Start the quotation on a new line indented 1/2 inch from the left margin in the same place you would begin a new paragraph. Type the entire quotation on the new margin, and indent the first line of any subsequent paragraph within the quotation 1/2 inch from the new margin. Maintain double-spacing throughout. The parenthetical citation should come after the closing punctuation mark.

12 Example

13 How To in word On 1” mark

14 Placement of Citations for Quoted Material: Review
Quotation appears in mid sentence Isaacson (2012) states… Branscomb (1998) argues that "it's a good idea to lurk (i.e., read all the messages without contributing anything) for a few weeks, to ensure that you don't break any of the rules of netiquette" (p. 7) when you join a listserv. Quotation appears at the end of the sentence Isaacson (2012) states, “_______” (p.42) Branscomb (1998) argues that when you join a listserv, "it's a good idea to lurk (i.e., read all the messages without contributing anything) for a few weeks, to ensure that you don't break any of the rules of netiquette" (p. 7). Quotation +40 words = block quote


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