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What Is Bibliography?: - A Systematic List of The Books of A Specific Author or Publisher, or On A Specific Subject

The document provides information about different citation styles in APA format, including how to cite books, e-books, reports, orations, personal communications, and newspapers. Examples are given for the reference list and in-text citations for each source type.

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What Is Bibliography?: - A Systematic List of The Books of A Specific Author or Publisher, or On A Specific Subject

The document provides information about different citation styles in APA format, including how to cite books, e-books, reports, orations, personal communications, and newspapers. Examples are given for the reference list and in-text citations for each source type.

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What is Bibliography?

-A systematic list of the books of a specific


author or publisher, or on a specific subject.
Example
What does APA mean?

-APA is the style of documentation of sources


used by the American Psychological
Association.

-This form of writing research papers is used


mainly in the social sciences, like psychology,
anthropology, sociology, as well as education
and other fields.
Citation Formats
Books

Last name, Initials. (Year). Book title. (Contributor


Format initials, last name, role.) (Edition). City, State/Country:
Publisher.
Anderson, B. (1983). Imagined communities:
Example Reflections on the origins and spread of nationalism.
London, UK: Verso.
In-text citation (Anderson, 1983, p. 23)
E-books

Last name, Initials. (Year). Book title [ebook format


Format information]. Retrieved from URL or
https://doi.org/xxxxxx
Burns, A. (2018). Milkman [Kindle version]. Retrieved
Example
from https://amzn.to/2ObKrVf
In-text citation (Burns, 2018, para. 15)
Report

Organization Name or Author Last Name, Initials.


APA-format (YearofPublication). Report Title (Report No. xxx).
Retrieved from http://WebAddress
Royal Bank of Scotland. (2015). Annual Report and
Accounts 2014. Retrieved from
In reference list http://investors.rbs.com/~/media/Files/R/RBS-
IR/2014-reports/annual-report-2014.pdf
•Recent research suggests that … (Royal Bank of
Scotland, 2015).
 In the text
•In a recent study Royal Bank of Scotland (2015) found
that … .
Oration

AuthorLastName, Initials. (Year). TitleBook [Oration].
APA-format
Retrieved from http://WebAddress
Hagoort, G. (2007). Cultureel
ondernemerschap [Oration]. Retrieved from
In reference list
http://binoq.nl/lib/Documenten/ cultureel
%20ondernemerschap/Oratie_Hagoort.pdf
In the text •Research suggests that … (Hagoort, 2007).
•In the oration Hagoort (2007) found that … .
Personal Communication

APA-format Don’t record in the reference list


In reference list Don’t record in the reference list
•From the oration it was obvious that … (E. Smet,
personal communication, September 22, 2015).
In the text •E. Smet (personal communication, September 22,
2015) suggested that the problem could be solved by
….
Newspaper

Reference List
Smith, T., & Williams, B. M. (2019). Scribbr introduces
innovative citation generator. Scribbr
Times. Retrieved from https://times.scribbr.com

In-text citation
According to a recent article (Smith & Williams, 2019) …
As mentioned before (Smith & Williams, 2019) …
Test
Answer Key

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