Proper Referencing

Why should we reference? PLAGIARISM

Need to give credit where credit is due You are not that smart . . . Yet

Resource sharing Further interest Further research

Gives Credibility Supports findings Supports opinion

Appropriate Reference Material

Group 1: journal articles; textbooks; newspaper articles; some webpages

Group 2 (must be backed up by group 1): webpages; television shows; magazine articles

Wikipedia is a great source of information but it CAN NOT be used as a group 1 source

Parenthetical References (In-Text)

These are used when you are giving credit to facts, statements, quotes, statistics, etc. within the text of your paper/presentation

Example:The internet was first available for home

use in 1995 (Smith, 2008).

The Reference List

Appears at the end of papers and presentations

Must be in alphabetical order First line of each reference must be

indented References that do not appear in text

should not appear in the list

Referencing a textbook (in list) Follow this format:Author(s). (Date). Title. Publishing

Company, Place of Publication. Example: class textbook – Biology 12

Di Giuseppe, M., Vavistas, A., Ritter, B. (PhD), Fraser, D., Arora, A. & Lisser, B. (2003). Biology 12. Thomson Nelson, Toronto.

Referencing a Journal Article (in list) Similar to a textbook; instead of place of

publishing, you must give the volume/issue number and the page numbers

Example:

Senden, T. J., Moock, K. H., Gerald, J. F., Burch, W. M., Bowitt, R. J., Ling, C. D., et al. (1997). The physical and chemical nature of technigas. Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 38(10), 1327-33.

Referencing a website (in list)

Follow this format:Author(s). “Page title”. Website title.

<internet address> (Date accessed) Example: Wikipedia pages Smith, J. “The history of the

internet”. Wikipedia www.wikipedia.com (10 October, 2008)

References

The Michener Institute. References According to the APA Style. The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences. http://www.michener.ca/lrc/lrcapa.php. (September 9, 2010)

Purdue University. APA Formatting nad Style Guide. Purdue Online Writing Lab. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/. (September 9, 2010)