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Student Name & Surname: _______________________________________________________Grade_____Date:__________
How to cite information in APA style
PART I:
Task 1. : Citing books
Choose a book that might interest you for a class assignment. Look on the “Title Page” and “Copyright
Page” of it for the following information and write it down:
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ____.____ .
If is there is more than one author, write down the names of the other authors (up to 8)
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ____._____.
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ____._____
Year of publication (tip, look for the copyright symbol © ): ____________________________________
Title of the book : (if handwritten
underlined)
_________________________________________________
Place of Publication: ________________________ State initials or Country if not well known city: ____
Publisher’s Name: ____________________________________________________________________
Task 2
Now that you have the information needed to write a book citation, you will write it in APA format (To
save space, examples are given in single line spacing and not double space as should be in APA format).
Author’s Last Name, Author’s Name and Middle name initials. (Year). Title of the Book. City of
Publication: Publisher’s Name.
See the APA Guidelines for Examples. Now, write your own citation in APA style here:
____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________.
Task 3. Citing an Article in a Magazine
Find the table of content of your magazine. Find an article that might be interesting for a class project.
Look at the article and find:
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ___.____.
Year, Day Month of publication : _______________________________________
Article’s Title: _______________________________________________________________________”
Name of the Magazine/Journal (if handwritten underlined): ____________________________________
Volume Number: _____ issue number (if given): ____. Page(s) number(s) of the article: _____________
Task 4
Now write the citation in APA format. Follow the pattern and read examples in the APA Guideline.
(To save space, examples are given in single line spacing and not double space as should be in APA format)..
Author´s Surname, Author’s Name and Middle name initials (if appropriate). (Date of publication). Article’s Title.
Title of Magazine or Journal, volume number (issue number if there is one), pages xxx-xxx.
Now, write your own citation in APA style here:
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
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Task 5. Citing an Article in a Newspaper
Find a newspaper. Look for news/articles about a topic for a class assignment. Look at the newspaper
article/news and find:
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ___.____.
Year, Day Month of publication : _______________________________________
Article’s Title: _______________________________________________________________________
Name of Newspaper (if handwritten underlined): ____________________________________________
Page(s) number(s) including section if necessary: ___________
Task 6
Now write the citation in APA format. Follow the pattern and examples from the APA Guidelines.
(To save space, examples are given in single line spacing and not double space as should be in APA format).
Author’s Surname, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials. (Date of publication).Article’s Title.
Name of the Newspaper [City only if it´s not well-known], page(s) number
Now, write your own citation in APA style here:
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Task 7. Citing an Article in an Encyclopedia or other Reference Book.
Find an article/entry in an encyclopedia or other reference book.
Look at the article and find:
Author’s Surname: _________________________Author’s Name and Middle name initials: ____.____ .
Year of publication (tip, look for the copyright symbol © ): ____________________________________
Title of Article or Entry: ________________________________________________________________
Title of the Reference Book : (if handwritten underlined) ______________________________________
Volume: ______ Pages: ______
Place of Publication: ________________________ State initials or Country if not well known city: ____
Publisher’s Name: _____________________________________________________________________
Task 8
Now write the citation in APA format. Follow the pattern and examples from the APA Guidelines.
(To save space, examples are given in single line spacing and not double space as should be in APA format).
Author’s Surname, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials. (Date of publication). Article’s Title.
In Name of the Enciclopeadia (Vol. xx, pp.xx-xx). Place of Publication: Publisher’s Name.
Now, write your own citation in APA style here:
____________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
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PART II
Task 9. Citing an Article from an Electronic Source. Read carefully
The typical entry for an entire online scholarly project, information database, journal, or professional site consists
of the following items
1. Title of the site (underlined)
2. Name of the editor or author of the site (if given)
3. Electronic publication information, including:
a. version number (if relevant and if not part of the title),
b. date of electronic publication or of the latest update, and
c. name of any sponsoring institution or organization.
4. Date of access and URL
If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available but always remember the 5 key words for
reliable information: Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency and overall Quality. When you cannot find
the author, look for a sponsor institution or start with the title. If you cannot find a date write s.d., BUT always
remember it´s either no author or not date, but it sounds suspicious writing in both cases s.d.
Thus, the basic entry for an online document needs to have the following information.
Author’s Surname: ______________________________, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials: ___.____
Date of electronic publication/latest update (Year, Day Month) ________________________________________
Title of the document (in italics or underlined if handwritten): ______________________________________________.
Retrieved from Title of the website or Sponsoring Organization: ________________________________________
URL:http://___________________________________________________________________________________
Task 10
Now that you have the basic information for online resources, you can write the citation in APA format. Follow the
pattern and examples from the APA Guidelines .The citation will vary if it is a personal or professional website, or
if you have an article from an online magazine or newspapers or if you find your article on a subscription service
such as a database from your school or public library.
There are many different types of online sources. Make sure you identify and evaluate your website carefully to
determine what type of online source it is.
(To save space, examples are given in single line spacing and not double space as should be in APA format).
This is the way a generic electronic source citation should look like:
Author’s Surname, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials. (Date of publication). Title of the document.(in
italics or underlined if handwritten). Retrieved from Name of the Website or Sponsor Institution
URLhttp://address/filename.
Now, write down the citation of 4 internet sources in APA Style. Make sure to identify first what type of
information you are using . Read how to cite them in the APA Guidelines :
Source 1:
Author’s Surname: ______________________________, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials: ___.____
Date of electronic publication/latest update (Year, Day Month) _________________________________________
Title of the document (in italics or underlined if handwritten): _____________________________________________.
Retrieved from Title of the website or Sponsoring Organization: ________________________________________
URL: http://_________________________________________________________________________________
APA Style Source 1:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
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Source 2:
Author’s Surname: ______________________________, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials: ___.____
Date of electronic publication/latest update (Year, Day Month) _________________________________________
Title of the document (in italics or underlined if handwritten): _______________________________________________.
Retrieved from Title of the website or Sponsoring Organization: ________________________________________
URL: http://_________________________________________________________________________________
APA Style Source 2:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
Source 3:
Author’s Surname: ______________________________, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials: ___.____
Date of electronic publication/latest update (Year, Day Month) _________________________________________
Title of the document (in italics or underlined if handwritten): _______________________________________________.
Retrieved from Title of the website or Sponsoring Organization: ________________________________________
URL: http://_________________________________________________________________________________
APA Style Source 3:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
Source 4:
Author’s Surname: ______________________________, Author’s first Name and Middle Name Initials: ___.____
Date of electronic publication/latest update (Year, Day Month) _________________________________________
Title of the document (in italics or underlined if handwritten): _______________________________________________.
Retrieved from Title of the website or Sponsoring Organization: ________________________________________
URL: http://_________________________________________________________________________________ .
APA Style Source 4:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
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