RESEARCHING – APA Style
I am NOT looking for a title page, your first
page should have:
Your Name
Mrs. Noble
Friday June 7, 2013
Law 12
Use Times New
Roman – 12 point
font – 1 inch
margins.
What do I Have to Reference in
Order to Avoid Plagiarism?
Quotations, Paraphrases, Summaries
 Facts
 Others Ideas or Opinions

(Procter, Margaret. "How Not to Plagiarize." Writing
at the University of Toronto. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Oct.
2012. http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/usingsources/how-not-to-plagiarize.)
In-Text Citations, Footnotes, & References
HOW DO I CITE MY
SOURCES??
Step 1: In-Text Citation

As you are writing, anytime you quote,
paraphrase, summarize, give a fact, or state an
idea that is not original to you, you must give an
in-text citation or footnote which refers to the
work that that idea came from.
(Author, date)
Source of examples on following slide:
Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide . (n.d.).
Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab
(OWL). Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/
In-Text Citation Examples

According to Jones (1998), "Students often
had difficulty using APA style, especially when
it was their first time" (p. 199).
Notice
where
the
 According to Jones (1998), APA style is a
difficult citation format for first-time
periods
learners.
are!

APA style is a difficult citation format for
first time learners (Jones, 1998).
Footnotes
Use Insert – Reference – Footnote in MS Word.
Footnotes are formatted just as in-text citations but
with no brackets.
Step 2: Reference Page
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

All texts that are cited in your paper, must
appear in the reference page at the end of
your paper (and vice versa)
Your reference page is:
 A new page on its own
 At the end of your paper
 Double-spaced
 Titled References
 Formatted carefully
Your reference page does not use any large
font, bold text, or underlining – plain Jane!
Sample Reference Page
References
APA Citation Style | Cornell University Library. (n.d.). Home /Cornell
University Library. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa
Ruecker, T. (2010, July 1). Using APA Style. Academics Portal Index > Home.
Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=65681
Things to Notice
References
APA Citation Style | Cornell University Library. (n.d.). Home /Cornell
Nothing
fancy
There
Everything
is
a
hanging
is
The entries appear
about
the
title
indent
double-spaces,
on
all
lines
no
in alphabetical
http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa
after
extra
the
space.
first
order.
Ruecker, T. (2010, July 1). Using APA Style. Academics Portal Index > Home.
entry.
University Library. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=65681
Using www.bibme.org
HOW DO I MAKE A
REFERENCE PAGE?
www.bibme.org
1.
2.
3.
Select the type of source you are using
(example: book, website)
For a book, try putting in the ISBN # before
you type in all the information.
For a website, paste in the URL (click “Load Info”)

Look for and ADD the author’s name if it is given on the
website
Click “Add to Bibliography”
5. Look at the top right corner, click APA
6. Paste into your word document, then adjust
the font, line spacing and hanging indents.
4.
TRY IT!
If you are going through this Power Point on
your own, try creating the reference for Mrs.
Noble’s website. Does your reference look
like this?
Noble, M. (n.d.). Mrs. Noble's Webpage. HRSBSTAFF Home
Page. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from
http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/mnoble/
If not, check that you remembered to add the
author’s name and to click APA at the top right
before copying the text.
Helpful Hint!

If you make your references as you go,
you won’t have to go back and do it later
AND the date will already be done for
you!
Happy Sourcing!