Week 7

Introduction to Citation

Do You Know What is Bibliography?
 

Bibliography/reference is a list of books & other materials which have some relationship to each other.The material listed contains the following components:

*Author
*Title
*Place of Publication
*Publisher
*Year of publication

Plagiarism

• " Plagiarism "is using others’ idea and words without clearly acknowledging the source of the information.
• Words,ideas, images and sounds need to be documented and given credit if they are not your own.
• Failure to do so may lead to charges of plagiarism whether intentional or unintentional.
• Many schools have academic policies that point out the consequences of plagiarizing material.of plagiarizing material.

APA style

what isAPA style and why use it?

• American Psychological Association
• Style established in 1928 by Social Science professionals
• Style provides guidelines for publication in Social Science Journals (such as Psychology, Sociology, Education, and Nursing)
• Style lends consistency and makes texts more readable by those who assess or publish them

APA Style is used for :

* Term papers

* Research Reports

* Empirical Studies

* Literature Reviews

* Theoretical Articles

* Methodology

* Case Study

Documenting :

— Books with one author

Format:

Author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication :Publisher.

— Books with two or three authors

Format:

List all the authors. Use ampersand (&) before the last author. (Year). Title of the book. Place of Publication : Publisher.

 

— Books with more than six authors

Format:

First author until sixth author, et al. (Year). Title. Place of publication : Publisher.

—             Corporate bodies as author

Format:

Corporate author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher.

If Government bodies, start with the country or the state

— Edited books

Format:

Editor. (Ed./Eds.). (Year). Title. Place of publication : Publisher

— Journal article

Format:

Writer of the article. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal, Volume (issue/no.), page.

— Article through internet

Format:

Author. (Year). Title of the article. Retrieved month date, year from URL address.

— Chapter from books

Format:

Writer of the chapter. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Name of the editor. (Ed./Eds.), Title of the book. (pages of the chapter). Place of publication : Publisher.

 

Books with author and Editor

Format:

Author, A. (Year). Title of book (Editor name, Ed.). Place Publication: Publisher.

— Magazine article

Format:

Author, A. (Month Day, Year). Name of the Article. Name of Magazine, volume, page number(s).

— Dictionary

Editor. (Ed.). (Year). Name of Dictionary (Edition, Volumes). Place publication: Publisher.

— Blog

Eg. Zompist. (2009, September 30). Star wars: Hope not so new anymore

[Web blog message]. Retrieved from http://zompist.wordpress.com

— Thesis/Dissertation

Format:

Author. (Year). Title. Unpublished master’s thesis / doctoral dissertation, name of the university, place.

**Journal article using Database on CDROM

Format:

Author. (Year, Month). Title of article. Name of the Journal, Volume (issue/no), page. CDROM. Name of database. Disc No.