week 7....Introduction to Citation
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Bibliography / Reference
-Bibliography/ reference is a list of
books & other materials which have some relationship to each other.
-The material listed contains the
following components:
Ø Author
Ø Title
Ø Place of publication
Ø Publisher
Ø Year of publication
*Plagiarism is using others’ idea and
words without clearly acknowledging the source of the information.
*Words,
ideas, images and sounds need to be documented and given credit if they are not
your own.
*Failure to
do so may lead to charges of plagiarism whether intentional or unintentional.
*Many schools
have academic policies that point out the consequences of plagiarizing material.
APA
Style: The Basics
*Learn about the standard APA title page
format.
* Learn what
APA style is and why it is important.
*Learn basic
documentation for books, journals, and websites.
* Learn the differences between methods of
source integration: summarizing, paraphrasing, and
quoting.
* Learn how to use signal phrases and
in-text citation to avoid plagiarism
Documenting Authors
ØOne Author:
ØTwo Authors: ØThree to Six Authors ØMore than Six Authors
*Same author? List by Year.
Same year? Alphabetize by source title and add a letter to the year
(1984a).
RULES FOR AUTHORS:
a) Start with family name for authors which
have family names, follow with coma and initials
for other part of the names.
Eg: Micheal
Jackson = Jackson, Micheal/
Jackson, M.
Peter Garry Means = Garry, P.
b)For names
without family names, cite as they are known.
Eg: Osman Hamzah= Osman Hamzah
Nik
Ismail Nik Ishak
c)If two
authors, use ampersand (&) before the last author
Use coma
after family
name.
Eg: Sawyer, C., & Parkin, G.
F.
d)More than
six authors, use et al. for the seventh or more author
names.
Eg: Lofland, L.
, Moore, M.H., Estrich. S, McGillis, D.,
Spelman, W.,
Parker, K. ,et al.
RULES FOR TITLE:
ØCapitalize
only the first letter of
the first word of
title, proper noun and subtitle. ØUnderline
or italic the Title of books, Title of Journal,
Title of Magazines, Title of newspaper
RULES FOR DOCUMENTATION:
b)Do not put the number/bullet in bibliography/reference c)Single spaced d)Uses a hanging indent (1/2 inch) RULES FOR DOCUMENTATION: §Ed. àeditor §ed.à edition §p. à page §pp. à more than one page§Do not use pp. & p. for magazines or journals§Internationally recognized cities do not need two letter state abbreviations. §Publishers do not need Co. Ltd., etc. |