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Why do you need to learn this system?

This system of referencing is the academic writing expectation for MANY post secondary institutes.
It is a valuable tool for any type of writing, e.g., blogs, websites, etc.
Familiarity with the rules helps you avoid plagiarism.

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References - this is what your reference page should look like

References

Canadian Internment Camps. (2016). In Gale Canada Online � Collection. Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from � https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2181600434/CIC?u=62rbss&sid=CIC&xid=114887bd

Hay, J. (2012). The internment of Japanese Americans. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.�

Japanese-Canadian Fishing Vessels in Steventon, BC. (1941). [Photograph]. Retrieved from � https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/internment-of-japanese-canadians

Turnbull, S. (2009, June-July). A legacy in letters: Joan Gillis and her Japanese Canadian schoolmates were � separated during the Second World War--but their friendship endured. The Beaver: Exploring Canada's � History, 89(3). Retrieved from � https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A201801750/CIC?u=62rbss&sid=CIC&xid=3888d7d7

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The Rules

In high school we are only going to concentrate on the referencing aspects of APA e.g. reference and in-text citations.
You should be aware that the APA Publication Manual is a whopping 265 pages and covers all aspects of writing: margins, font, headings, organization, style abbreviations, etc.
Depending on where you are gathering your information from (e.g. blog posts, websites, published books, databases, youtube, etc.), there is a standard way of citing each type of source.

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Citing an Image:

Artist Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). � Title of image in italics and sentence case � [Format]. Retrieved from URL.

Title of work [Type of work]. (Year image was created). � Retrieved from URL

*If no info about the artist/photographer

What would the citation look like?

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/11/professor-pringle-teaching-eeb-outside

Pringle, R. (2020) Professor Rob Pringle in the water near his house [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/11/professor-pringle-teaching-eeb-outside

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Let’s create a citation together….

Create a reference for the following site:

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Online Tools to Help...

PLEASE NOTE: These are not perfect. Be sure to double check that the citation they create is correct.

Purdue is a very comprehensive resource for all aspects of APA.

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EasyBib - Add this to your Docs

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Citing an Interview:

APA reference lists only include works that can be found by the reader. As a personal interview is not published or “findable,” it should not be included in an APA reference list. Instead, a personal interview should be referenced as a parenthetical citation.

For example:

(J. Smith, personal communication, May 17, 2008).

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In-text Citations & Direct Quotation of Source

What is a direct quotation of a source?

This is when you essentially copy and paste another author's writing into your paper, due to the fact that this author’s words support your ideas and paraphrasing the information would reduce the impact of the statement.

The APA Manual states that the “reproducing word for word material directly from another author’s work” (2010, p. 170) is a direct quotation.

NOTE: You give credit to the source by citing the (author, date, page or paragraph number) at the end of the sentence, before the period.

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In-text Citations & Paraphrasing

What is paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing is a restatement of someone else’s ideas - but in your own words. When you use someone else’s ideas or information that is not common knowledge, you must give credit to the source of that idea or information.

e.g.

Good paraphrasing can allow the use of quality sources to support your ideas and allow the ideas to match your writing style (Plagiarism.org, 2014, para 4).

NOTE: You give credit to the source by citing the (author, date, page or para) at the end of the sentence, before the period.

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Examples of In-text Citations

(Bow Valley College, 2019)� http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-style/citation

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How would you give credit?

Author: Matthew McRae

Date: n.d.

Para. 6

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Check List:

References

Reference Page

Do Citations Include:

Author
Date or n.d.
Title of Article or Book
Journal or Organization
Retrieved from: URL (if website, image), Publisher (if book)

In-text citations

Is there a listing for this citation on your reference page?
Author’s last name, date, page or para

Have you cited your images?

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Where can you get info?

Check out our library collection and databases:

RBSLC

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The important thing is the process; each time you go work through APA citation, it will become less daunting.

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References

APA Manual (Publication manual of the American Psychological Association). (2010). � Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Bow Valley College. (2019) In-text Citations. Retrieved from � http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-style/citation

Plagiarism.org. (2014) What Is Plagiarism? Retrieved November 20, 2012, from � http://plagiarism.org/citing-sources/whats-a-citation

Welcome to the Purdue OWL. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2016, from � https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/