ENTRY 4: Citation rules

                                 APA: American psychological association

APA  recommends using letter Times new roman 12 pt when citing different sources, for instance books, journal articles, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias and web-based sources

CITATION FORMAT FOR BASIC SOURCES:

BOOK:

 To cite a book properly, we need to include first of all the author´s last name and then the initials of the names. Then, the year of publication in parenthesis, followed by the title of the work in italics and the subtitles in capital letters, only we have to capitalize the first letter of the title or the subtitle. Later, we include the location of publication and the publisher followed by parenthesis.

Author last name, A (year of publication) Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.Location: Publisher

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

At the beggining we have to list the author´s name with the initial, then add the year of publication and the title of the article followed by a period. The title must be in italics and also the volume. After that we have to include the issue number between parenthesis and finally indicate the inclusive pages between parenthesis.

Author, A.A, Author, B.B, & Author, C.C. (Year) Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number (issue number), pages.

MAGAZINES: 

The first thing we have to include when citing magazines is the author´s last name followed by the initial of the first and second name, then the date of publication between parenthesis indicating first the year, then the month and the day. Following the date, we have to include the title of the article in italics followed by a period, then the volume number and finally the inclusive pages.

Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. Title of periodical. Volume, pages.

NEWSPAPERS:

Citing newspapers  in almost identical to the citation for magazines but the only difference is the pagination which includes either a “P” for single pages and a “PP” for double pages.

Author, A.A. (date). Title of article. Title of newspaper, page number(s).

P for single page.

PP for double pages.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Pimarily, we have to include tha author´s last name followed by initials of the name. Then, add the name of the encyclopedia by putting the word “in” without italics and italicizing the title itself. After that, en parenthesis we have to list the volume number in inclusive pages followed by a period. Finally, the city of publication and the publisher.

Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. In title of encyclopedia. (Volume, page numbers). City of publication, State: Publisher.

WEB-BASED SOURCES

First, list the name of the author or the authors including first the last name, then the date in parenthesis, the title of the article and the journal. Then include the volume number followed by a comma and the page range followed by a period. Finally add the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) when it is available, either the new or the old format. If the article has no DOI, simply include the url.

Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (date of publication). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url 

SOURCES

• Purdue Online Writing Lab. available at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2. Retrieved: May 1,2013.
• Jones, B. & Hurley, G. (2012). "APA: The Basics". Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAfIqRt60c&list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D&index=1. 
• Jones, B. & Hurley, G. (2012). "APA formatting: Reference list basic". Retrieved from  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAOi8-WUY4&list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D
• Jones, B. & Hurley, G. (2012). "APA reference lists: A more detailed explanation". Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIe2McNbYI&list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D.