Sustainability: Citing Sources-APA

Citation of Sources

When you write your reflection journal entries, you will create in-text citations in the paragraphs along with a final list of the three sources with the full publication information in APA Style formatting. This final list will be on the last page of your paper titled References. Be sure to watch the video on this page for a brief, helpful tutorial.

Here's why we always cite our sources:

1. Shows the reader where you found your information

2. Gives credit to the original author/researcher of a work you have consulted

3. Allows others to find more information about your topic

4. Helps prevent plagiarism

Plagiarism, according to the Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary, is the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to the person.

All of the following are considered plagiarism:

• turning in someone else's work as your own
• copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
• failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
• giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
• changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
• copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work whether you give credit or not

"What is Plagiarism?"  Plagiarism.org. iParadigms LLC, 2014. Web. 2 May 2014.

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"In-text" citations are used in APA formatting to indicate the author and date of source in the text of your writing. 

Basic In-Text Citation Style

APA Style in-text citations include the author and date, either both inside parentheses or with the author names in running text and the date in parentheses. Here are two examples: 

• After the intervention, children increased in the number of books read per week (Smith & Wexwood, 2010). 
• Smith and Wexwood (2010) reported that after the intervention, children increased in the number of books read per week.