CMN103 Writing（APA）

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APA Citation Workshop: Activity I

As a general guideline, APA-style essay writers should include the author’s last name, publication year, and (in some cases) page number. Where to place the information, and precisely which information to include, varies according to whether the citation is a quotation or paraphrase and whether the author is named in the sentence or not.

Practice the rules for in-text citations by inserting the missing information for each of the following examples, using the following citation information:

Author: Michael Bestoff Title: “Cell Phone Use and Collision Risk”

Year: 2004 Page: 54

A recent study found that drivers using cell phones were up to four times more likely to have accidents than those not using these devices ( ).

A recent study concluded that “using a cellular telephone increased the risk of having a motor vehicle collision as much as four times for the same drivers when they were not using their cellular telephones” ( ).

Bestoff’s ( ) study proves that drivers using cell phones were up to four times more likely to have accidents than those not using these devices.

Bestoff ( ) concluded that “using a cellular telephone increased the risk of having a motor vehicle collision as much as four times for the same drivers when they were not using their cellular telephones” ( ).

With quotations, you must provide author’s name, year, and page number:

According to recent psychological research, “students favor homework over more strenuous activities” (Williams, 2005, p. 54).

With paraphrase, just the author’s name and year:

According to recent psychological research, doing homework is considered preferable to sports (Williams, 2005).

When the author is named in the sentence, the reference with the year follows immediately after the name.

Research by Wegener and Petty (1994) supports the idea that pets are beneficial in treating depression and other illnesses.

When the author is not named in the sentence, the reference with the author’s name and year are at end of sentence.

According to recent psychological research, doing homework is considered preferable to sports (Williams, 2005).

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APA Citation Workshop: Activity II

Basic Book:

___________________,_____ . (_____). ____________________________________.

____________, _____ : ___________________.

Nonperiodical Web Document, Web Page, or Report (When there is no author for a web page, the title moves to the first position of the reference entry)

___________________,_____ . (_____). ____________________________________.

Retrieved from http://____________________________________

Journal article from a database (single author):

___________________,_____ . (_____). ____________________________________._________________,

______ (_____), __________.

Author’s last name Auth. first initial

Pub. Year Title (in italics)

Pub. City Pub. State Publisher Name

Author’s last name Auth. first initial

Pub. Year Article Title (no italics)

Volume #. Issue # Page range

Journal Title (in italics)

Author’s last name Auth. first initial

Pub. Year Title of document

Web address