American Psychological Association †
In-text citations †
- Brief and appear among the sentences you write in your paper
- When you rephrase in your own words
Public and private interactions are vital in an online class (the authors' names, the year the article was published).
E.g., Public and private interactions are vital in an online class (Blair & Hoy, 2006).
- In the back of your paper, in the References list, there will be a corresponding citation beginning with the authors' names, Blair and Hoy, and the year their article was published, 2006.
- When you are using the exact words from the article (a direct quotation)
"The workplace is as able to prepare someone for success in the academy as the academy is able to prepare someone to enter the workforce" (the authors' names, the year the article was published, page number).
E.g., "The workplace is as able to prepare someone for success in the academy as the academy is able to prepare someone to enter the workforce" (Blair & Hoy, 2006, p. 35).
- Clearly lead to the corresponding citation in the References list at the back of your paper.
Reference citations †
- Longer and will appear at the back of your paper, in your References list
- Reference Citations: Article with DOI
The authors' names. (year the article was published). title of the article. journal, volume, issue and page numbers. DOI number for the article
E.g., Blair, K., & Hoy, C. (2006). Paying attention to adult learning online: The pedagogy and politics of community. Computers and Composition, 23(1), 32-48. doi:10.1016/j.compcom.2005.12.006
- The DOI number, or Digital Object Identifier, is a unique identifying number for the article. Many articles that you find in library databases will have a DOI number.
- The following format for DOI numbers are acceptable (beginning with http:)
- In the article you are citing does not have a DOI number, then you should finish your citation with “Retrieved from” followed by the URL of the journal homepage.
E.g., Bai, H. (2009). Facilitating student's critical thinking in online discussion: An instructor's experience. Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 8(2), 156-164. Retrieved from http://www.ncolr.org/jiol/
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