Citation- handouts

• APA7 (American Psychological Association – 7th edition) is an 'author-date' citation style.
• In-text citations in APA7 include the author’s name and the resource’s publication date, followed by a reference list containing fuller item details at the end of the document.
• APA7 is a common, multidisciplinary referencing style.
• A citation in APA7 is the way you tell your readers that certain material in your work came from another source.
• In-text citations in APA7 will always follow the same format: in brackets, include the author’s surname and the year of publication.
• If there are two authors in APA7, include both in the order listed in the publication, separating them using the ampersand symbol “&”.
• For three or more authors in APA7, use the first author’s surname, followed by “et al”.
• When directly quoting an author in APA7, page numbers must also be included in the in-text citation, after the year.
• When a fact is generally accepted or easily observable, a citation is not necessary.
• Referencing is important because it shows the reader that you can find and use sources to create a solid argument, it properly credits the originators of ideas, theories, and research findings, and it shows the reader how your argument relates to the big picture.
• If no date is provided, use "n.d." in place of the date.
• When writing about yourself or your lived experiences, a citation is not necessary.
• Common knowledge includes facts that are found in many sources and if a fact can be found in five credible sources, a citation is not necessary.
• Academic writing relies on more than just the ideas and experience of one author and uses the ideas and research of other sources such as books, journal articles, websites, and blog posts.
• If no author is identified, use the first few words of the title in place of the author.
• Referencing is used to tell the reader where ideas from other sources have been used in an assignment.
• When an assignment uses words, facts, ideas, theories, or interpretations from other sources, those sources must be referenced.
• The abbreviation “p.” is included before the page number for a singular page, and “pp.” for a page range” in APA7.
• Giving credit to the original author by citing sources is the only way to use other people's work without plagiarizing.
• Citations are extremely helpful to anyone who wants to find out more about your ideas and where they came from.
• Citing sources shows the amount of research you've done.
• Citing sources strengthens your work by lending outside support to your ideas.
• Citing sources helps your reader distinguish your ideas from those of your sources.
• Whenever you use words or ideas from another source, you need to acknowledge their source.
• Quoting any time that you use the exact words of the source author, you must provide in-text citations.
• Paraphrasing requires that you rephrase or restate the original idea.
• Summarizing also requires a citation, as you are still borrowing original ideas from the author.