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APA Referencing Brief Guide

This document provides a brief overview of APA referencing style. It explains that referencing has two parts: in-text citations and a reference list. For in-text citations, sources can be paraphrased or directly quoted, with the author's name and year of publication included either in the text or in parentheses. The reference list appears on a separate page in alphabetical order, with all sources following a consistent formatting style depending on whether they are a book, book chapter, journal article, website, or other media.

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APA Referencing Brief Guide

This document provides a brief overview of APA referencing style. It explains that referencing has two parts: in-text citations and a reference list. For in-text citations, sources can be paraphrased or directly quoted, with the author's name and year of publication included either in the text or in parentheses. The reference list appears on a separate page in alphabetical order, with all sources following a consistent formatting style depending on whether they are a book, book chapter, journal article, website, or other media.

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APA Referencing: A brief guide

What is referencing?
Referencing is acknowledging the source/s of the information, ideas, words, and images you have used in your assignment. You
use referencing to distinguish between your ideas and words and those that belong to other people; to support what you are
writing by referring to evidence; to enable readers to investigate ideas they find interesting/useful; to show your tutor exactly
which sources you have read; and to avoid plagiarism.

There are different styles of referencing. EIT uses the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style.

Referencing has two parts, in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your assignment.

In-text citations
An in-text citation is in the body of your assignment and can be either a paraphrase or quotation.

Paraphrasing is putting in your own words what the author has written. When paraphrasing, there are two ways you can
reference: the author’s name can be incorporated in your text or included in brackets with the year of publication.

In-text citation paraphrasing examples


Creme and Lea (2003) suggest that the more students write, the more confident they will become about writing.
OR
The more students write, the more confident they will become about writing (Creme & Lea, 2003).

Quoting is copying the author’s exact words. When quoting, there are two ways you can reference: the author’s name can be
incorporated in your text, or can be included in brackets with the year of publication and the page number.

In-text citation quoting examples


It was discovered that “the old schema is exercised by being used in familiar ways” (Claiborne & Drewery, 2010, p. 13).
OR
Claiborne and Drewery (2010) found that “the old schema is exercised by being used in familiar ways” (p. 13).

The reference list Example of a reference list

 The reference list should be on a separate page at the end References


of your assignment with the title “References” centred at Creme, P., & Lea, M. R. (2003). Writing at university: A guide
the top. for students (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Open
 All references in the list begin with the surname(s) of the
University Press.
author(s), followed by their initials. If there is no author,
begin the reference with the title. Rose, J. (2001). The mature student’s guide to writing. New
 The list needs to be in alphabetical order. York, NY: Palgrave.
 Use hanging indents to format your references. Strunk, W., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd
ed.). New York, NY: Macmillan.

Authors
All references in the list begin with the surname(s) of the author(s), followed by their initials.

One author Bernstein, T. M. (1965). The careful writer: A modern guide to English usage. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Two authors Strunk, W., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Macmillan.
3 - 7 authors Morreale, S. P., Spitzberg, B. H., & Barge, J. K. (2007). Human communication: Motivation, knowledge and skills
(2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.
8 or more Gloster, J., Jones, A., Redington, A., Burgin, L., Sorensen, J. H., Turner, R., . . . Paton, D. (2010). A handbook of
critical approaches to education. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
No author Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2005). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Title in author position. Use italics for full length works (e.g., books). For other documents (e.g., websites do not use italics.).
Books
BOOK
Author(s) Year of publication Book title in italics Place of publication Publisher

Rose, J. (2001). The mature student’s guide to writing. New York, NY: Palgrave.

EDITED BOOK
Editor(s) Name Year of publication Book title in italics Place of publication

Emerson, L., & McPherson, J. (Eds.). (1997). Writing guidelines for education students. Palmerston North, New Zealand:
Dunmore Press. Publisher

CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK


Chapter Author Year of publication Chapter title Don’t forget “in” Book Editor(s) Book title in italics

O’Neill, A. (1990). Gender and education: Structural inequality for women. In J. Codd, D. Harker, & R. Nash (Eds.), Political issues
in New Zealand education (2nd ed., pp. 74-97). Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press.

Edition (if needed) Chapter pages Place of publication Publisher

E-BOOK
Author Year of publication Book title in italics Retrieval information

Prochner, L. (2009). History of early childhood education in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Retrieved from ebrary database.

Journal Articles
JOURNAL ARTICLE - PRINT
Author Year of publication Article title Journal title in italics Volume in italics Issue

Foxall, D. (2013). Barriers in education of indigenous nursing students: A literature review. Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, 29(3),
31-37. Page(s)

JOURNAL ARTICLE - ELECTRONIC (NO DOI)


Author Year of publication Article title Journal title in italics Volume in italics Issue Pages Retrieval information

Friesen, G. B. (2005). Organization design for the 21st century. Consulting to Management, 16(3), 32-51. Retrieved from
ABI/Inform database.

JOURNAL ARTICLE – ELECTRONIC (WITH DOI)


Author(s) Year of publication Article title Journal title in italics Volume in italics Issue Pages

Issel, L. M., Bekemeier, B., & Kneipp, S. (2012). A public health nurse research agenda. Public Health Nursing, 29(4), 330-342.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1446.2011.00989.x Retrieval Information

Web Pages
WEB PAGE
Author Year of publication Web page title Retrieval information – URL (remove hyperlink)

Pearce, R. (2014). Study tips for students (of all ages!). Retrieved from http://www.gettingagrip.com/study-tips-for-students-of-
all-ages/

No Date?

NO DATE?
For items with no date put (n.d.) where the year of publication belongs.
Author No date Web page title Retrieval information – URL (remove hyperlink)

McApple, J. (n.d.). An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Retrieved from http://www.applemania.org

Updated October 2017

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