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APA Workshop

NSCC Library ServicesCampus

Facilitator's NameFacilitator’s Title/Contact

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Introduction

Workshop Description

Audience

Learning Outcomes & Expectations

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Steps of the Research Process

Step 1: Define/Clarify the Topic

Step 2: Narrow or Focus the Topic

Step 3: Formulate a Topic

Step 4: Search for Information Documentation Begins!

Step 5: Read/Evaluate Information

Step 6: Organize/Write the Paper

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Academic Honesty & Integrity

“Academic honesty and integrity are highly valued at the College as being essential to students as both learners and as potential members of their chosen occupations.”

NSCC has defined plagiarism as “the act of presenting creative and intellectual materials of another as one's own work.”

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Plagiarism Defined

Unauthorized use of materials

Consequences for Plagiarism

Plagiarizing Undermines

Avoiding Plagiarism

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Importance of Documenting Sources

1. to acknowledge the work of other writers; and

2. to allow your readers to locate your sources for additional information

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APA Publication Manual - 5th edition

Physical Description of ManualTable of Contents / Index / Sample Paper (305)

“Chapters in the Publication Manual provide substantively different kinds of information and are arranged in the sequence in which one considers the elements of manuscript preparation.”

Workshop Focus*Chapter 3: APA Editorial Style*Chapter 4: Reference List

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Quotation of Sources (117)

Types of Quotations:

Direct Quotation

Indirect Quotation (Paraphrase)

Reference all material quoted from another author’swork or from one’s own previously published work.

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Direct Quotations

Quotation fewer than 40 words

Quotation of 40 words or more: Block

Content: Author, Year and Pagination in parenthesesExact wording, spelling and punctuation of original source

LocationMid-sentenceEnd of a sentenceEnd of a block quote

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Reference Citations in Text (207)

Document your study throughout the text by citing author and date of the material used. This briefly identifies the source for readers and enables them to locate the source of information in the alphabetical reference list. (207-)

Whether paraphrasing or quoting an author directly, you must always credit the source

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The Reference List (215)

The reference list at the end of an article documents the article and provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source.

References are cited in text with an author-date citation and are listed alphabetically in the reference section.

In text + Reference* In text citation must appear as a referenceA reference must have an in text citation

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The Reference List (215)

Construction Label page References centered at the top Doubled-spaced / Hanging indent

OrganizationAlphabetical by surname of the first author

Items Excluded from the Reference List (214)Personal communications such as letters, memoranda and electronic communications (email)

Sample (313)

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APA General Reference Forms

Periodical (223)- published on a regular basis- journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters

Nonperiodical (223)- published separately- books, reports, brochures, certain monographs, manuals and audiovisual media

Online Periodical (223)- databases and online journals

Online Document (223)- websites or web pages, newsgroups, web or e-mail-based discussion groups and Web or e-mail based newsletters