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APA CITATION STYLE

Acronym Usage• Rule: The first time you use an acronym, you should give the full name and the acronym in parenthesis.

Examples:1. First time –

This paper reports on our investigation of tangible user interfaces (TUIs). TUI is an emerging area in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI).

2. Later – TUIs propose….

TUIs are new forms of HCI….

In-Text Citations and Reference

Anatomy of a Reference

1. Author’s Name - last name, first/middle name initial, and (Publication date)

J. R. R. Tolkien (Author’s name) -> Tolkien, J. R. R. (in APA style)

2. Title of the article – look at the capitalization

3. Title of Journal – look at the capitalization and italicizationvolume number(issue number, if issue number is

available)

4. Inclusive page numbers

5. Digital Object Identifier (DOI) – Check our Article Linker Generator http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/app/URLgen.htm

Anatomy of a Proceeding Paper

1. Multiple Authors - First Author, Second Author,.... & Last Author (Publication)

2. Title: Subtitle - look at the capitalization

3. Title of the Proceeding – look at the capitalization

Note: Proceeding articles are considered as “Peer-Reviewed”