1. BASIC APA REFERENCES Finding your sources without losing your mind Created by Sharon Wyly

2. THE PURPOSE OF APA REFERENCES APA provides a standard way of referencing material so the reader can find the sources. –Internal citations lead to the References list where the full citation is contained. Referencing grounds your work in the greater world of research. Created by Sharon Wyly

3. APA uses periods between reference elements and at the end of each reference APA only capitalizes the first word in a title & in the subtitle unless the word is one that is always capitalized No hyperlinks anywhere in the paper HOW APA DIFFERS FROM OTHER STYLES Created by Sharon Wyly

4. IMPORTANT RULE Every item on the reference list must be discussed in the main body of the work and cited internally. Created by Sharon Wyly

5. Links the reference within the body of the work to the full reference information in the reference list. Basic form: (Last name, year). –Use internal citation once in each paragraph where needed. –Use title of article/webpage if there is no author. Last year, 23% of all female consumers said …(Brown, 2001). OR Brown (2011) said that last year, 23% of all female consumers... INTERNAL CITATIONS Created by Sharon Wyly

6. Double spaced. Hanging indents Alphabetize by author’s last name. Top of the page: References (centered). FORMAT FOR REFERENCE LIST Created by Sharon Wyly

7. Basic form: Author’s last name, First initial. (year). Title of book: Subtitle if needed. City, State: Publisher. –State not needed for all cities. See APA for list. Brown, J. (2001). The world is a balloon: Memoir of a marketer. Madison, WI: Madison State Publisher. BOOKS Created by Sharon Wyly

8. Author’s last name, First initial. (year). Title of article: Subtitle. Journal name, volume number (issue number), pages. –Note: not all journals use both volume & issue numbers Smith, B. (2003). Basic marketing. Journal of Internet Marketing 12 (2), 108-109. PRINT JOURNALS Created by Sharon Wyly

9. Some electronic journals use a doi. If there’s a doi, use it in the reference. Author’s last name, First initial. (year). Title of article: Subtitle. Journal name, volume number (issue number), pages. –Note: not all journals use both volume & issue numbers Smith, B. (2003). Basic marketing. Journal of Virtual Worlds, 12(2), 108- 109. doi xxx-x/xxxx ELECTRONIC JOURNALS Created by Sharon Wyly

10. If the electronic journal does not have a doi, use the specific database. Don’t cite Ebscohost Author’s last name, First initial. (year). Title of article: Subtitle. Journal name, volume number (issue number), pages. Retrieved from specific database. –Note: not all journals use both volume & issue numbers Smith, B. (2003). Basic marketing. Journal of Virtual Worlds, 12(2), 108- 109. Retrieved from Academic Journals database. ELECTRONIC JOURNALS Created by Sharon Wyly

11. Basic form: author’s last name, first initial. (date). Title. Retrieved date of retrieval, from URL –No period used after URL –n.d. used in place of date when there is none listed –If there’s no author or title, use: Page title. (date). Retrieval information Jones, B. (n.d.). Selling the Internet. Retrieved January 23, 2011, from http:// www.sales.com WEBSITES Created by Sharon Wyly

12. There are literally dozens of exceptions to the rules. Use the APA reference materials to help you. Keep records of where/when you gathered sources. Electronic rules change. Use APA update for electronic sources. Remember the basic forms. OTHER NOTES Created by Sharon Wyly

13. Multiple authors: First author’s last name, first initial & second author’s last name, first initial. –Use the order of the authors as found on the title page of the book. –et al used only with more than 3 authors. Author has multiple sources: Organize first by secondary author(s), then by date. AUTHOR NOTES Created by Sharon Wyly

14. SAMPLE REFERENCE LIST See the Sample APA Pages in the Edmodo file Created by Sharon Wyly