Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Are you already familiar with APA & just want quick
access to numerous examples? Go to Guides on
Centennial Libraries homepage and select APA
Style: http://library.centennialcollege.ca/
Table of contents
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Your ideas
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Researchers do not
claim the words and
ideas of another as
their own; they give
credit where credit is
due.
Source: APA Ethics Code Standard
8.11, Plagiarism. (2010). In Publication
Manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC:
APA, p.15).
So let us be loving,
hopeful and optimistic.
And well change the
world.
- Jack Layton (2011)
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You enable your readers to pursue the topic further, &/or evaluate
your use of others work.
-- Canadian Writers Handbook (2005) and N. Nicholls (personal communication, Sept 2012)
http://library.centennialcollege.ca/research/tips/avoidplagiarism
http://www.centennialcollege.ca/pdf/Academic%20Honesty%20-%20Policy.pdf
Examples of commonly
accepted facts and beliefs:
The Government of
Ontario provides social
services.
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Sample References list (at the end of research paper) in APA style (full page view)
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[Word doc]
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[Word doc]
Interpreting these results, Roberts suggested that the information gathered in this
study cannot predict an outcome with certainty (2003, p. 540), thus lending real
doubt regarding the future.
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[Word doc]
connections with those around them is limited by the sheer magnitude of the
assembly. (Purcell, 1997, pp. 111-112)
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APA Style
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Each reference you cite in-text must appear in the References list,
and each entry in the References list must be cited in-text. (APA, 2010,
p. 174)
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APA Style
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HELP
Centennial Libraries offers a Guide on APA
style on its website.
http://library.centennialcollege.ca/
On Library homepage, go to Guides, and
click on the arrow to reveal a drop down
menu
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Database HELP
Most library databases provide APA
helpExample (an EBSCO
database):
Print, email, or save
(Email option here displayed)
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Adjustment:
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Database HELP
Magazine article example of APA help in a ProQuest database.
Warning:
You usually need to make some adjustments to the citation formats given in databases. For example, this citation
needs to be adjusted so that it has hanging indentation. Also, Centennial College Libraries interpretation of APA rules
recommends using the name of the database in the retrieval statement (rather than the url). (See APA manual, p. 198 &
p.192 for further discussion)
APA
In order to be able to make these adjustments when you are creating your research report, learn the basic APA Rules
for specific document types, go to Centennial Libraries APA Style Guide
http://library.centennialcollege.ca/Default.aspx?DN=8a2ae1fa-1900-4078-b96e-bec576a7c79f
What
you
get
Your adjustment:
Serwer, A. (2005, Jan 24). Toyota rolls out a new economy-class drug
What
you
do
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Your adjustment:
(Anderson, 2005, p. 179) is correct,
as it includes the page reference.
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Example of a References list made with the help of Microsoft Word 2010.
Warning: you will need to adjust these references too; e.g. to include doi number (if
provided), or retrieval statement (if no doi and item is found in a library database or
website. (Also a small detail - the issue number should not be in italics for
academic journal articles.) See next slide for the adjusted version.
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Adjustments (highlighted) to a References list made with the help of Microsoft Word 2010.
Retrieval statements (database, doi, or website) have been added to all four electronic works here listed
Issue numbers have been changed to regular font (i.e. not italicized)
These adjustments reflect Centennial Librarys interpretation of the APA rules. More examples are found in its APA Guide
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http://www.centennialcollege.ca/AcademicEnglish/Workshops/Antiplagiarism
Centennial College Centre for Academic English offers training in APA Style
through its Anti-Plagiarism workshop.
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Whatever interpretation
you choose, be
consistent.
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SUPPLEMENT
On adapting APA principles, rules and
guidelines when you are creating
pamphlets, posters, letters to
government officials , & other less
conventional publication types
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adapt the
Using footnotes to
document two sources
with full Referencestype detail at the
bottom of the page
(Note: the personal
communication citation
here follows the normal
APA rulealthough you
have the freedom to
choose what form you
think best.)
Footnotes
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Footnote for
quotation from
Statistics
Canada
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Two
Endnotes
Quotation from
Statistics Canada
with full
documentation
embedded in the
text
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