APA Referencing

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2 Places to reference

•In-text

•List at end (Reference list / Bibliography list)

•Example essay with referencing

In-Text

In-text Examples

Quote

•“The recession is coming!” (Smith, 2009, p.4).

•“The recession is coming!” (Brown, 2010, para.4).

Paraphrase

•Smith (2009) stated that Australia was likely to suffer a recession.

•In an interview in 2009, Smith explained that Australia was likely to suffer a recession.

In-Text

Information to include

•Author surname(s)

•Year of publication

•If it’s a direct quote include the page number, or if it’s from a long website, use the paragraph number or section

In-Text

Rules

•Use ‘&’ only in brackets

•3 -5 authors - use all names first time and then first person + et al. e.g. (Jones et al., 2005)

•6+ authors - always use first name + et al.

•In the same paragraph – only use the date the first time if using the same author again

•No author - use the title

–APA use “ ” (“Fire!”, 2009) and shorten title if it’s long

–“Fire! In the old building in Burleigh Heads!”

In-Text

Practice

Write the in-text reference for the articles on the handout

e.g. (Whitaker & Hartman, 2008)

In-Text

Practice - Answers

1.(Whittaker & Hartman, 2008)

2.(“Opportunity knocks”, 2009)

3.(Kormos & Csizér, 2008)

4.(Wright, 2009)

5.(US Environmental Protection Agency, 2011)

6.(Olympic.org, 2009)

In-Text

Citing and quoting examples

1.(“Opportunity knocks”, 2009, para. 4)

2.(Whittaker & Hartman, 2008, p.26)

3.(Kormos & Csizér, 2008, p.327)

4.(Wright, 2009, para 2)

5.(US Environmental Protection Agency, 2011, Emission Trends & Projections Section, para. 2)

OR

(US Environmental Protection Agency, 2011, para. 9)