APA Style Quiz Study Guide
This study guide is set up in the same format as your APA Style Quiz. You will be given the source
information in a list and will need to write the citation in the correct format. You will then need
to number the citations to show alphabetical order.
Book:
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This information is what will be provided to
you on the quiz: the required info. for each
source (author, date, title, etc.).
Author – C. Brown
Publication date - 1999
Book title – Cultures of the world
Place of Publication: Publishing Company – Trenton, NJ: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
1 Citation:
Brown, C. (1999). Cultures of the world. Trenton, NJ: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Print Encyclopedia:
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This is what you will need to
demonstrate on your quiz: that you
know how to write the citation, with
the correct order to the information,
punctuation, and hanging indents for
each type of source.
Author – A. Gibb
Publication date - 2001
Title of article - Culture
Encyclopedia title - Encyclopedia of social issues
Vol. and page numbers - Vol. 4, 205-212
Place of publication: Publishing Company - Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Co.
Citation:
5 Gibb, A. (2001). Culture. In Encyclopedia of social issues. (Vol. 4, pp. 205-212). Reading, MA:
Addison-Wesley Co.
Database:
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Remember that titles are italicized on
this study guide because they were
typed; for your quiz, you will be
handwriting the citation, so you will
need to remember to underline these
titles.
Author – M. Donaldson, Jr. & G.H. Peterson
Publication date of article – May 2002
Title of article – How is gender related to culture?
Title of Publication – Journal of Sociology
Volume and issue number - 4(3)
Page numbers – 13-24
Retrieved from URL of website – http://search.epnet.com
Citation:
4 Donaldson Jr., M. & Peterson, G.H. (2002, May). How is gender related to culture? Journal of
Sociology, 4 (3), 13-24. Retrieved from http://search.epnet.com.
Continued on the back
Your quiz will include the same
sources (book, database, Internet
site, and encyclopedias), but the
information for those sources will be
different than this study guide
(author’s name, date, etc.).
Internet site:
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Author – no author
Last updated date – none
Title of web site article – Different cultures of the world
Retrieved October 12, 2013, from
URL of web site - http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-cultures-of-the-world/html
Citation:
Different cultures of the world. (n.d.). Retrieved October 12, 2013, from http://www.buzzle.com
/articles/different-cultures-of-the-world/html.
Online Encyclopedia:
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Author – C. Brown
Publication date - 2006
Title of article – Behavior patterns of cultures
Encyclopedia title – Encyclopedia of philosophy
Retrieved from URL of web site: http://go.galegroup.com
Citation:
Brown, C. (2006). Behavior patterns of cultures. In Encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from
http://go.galegroup.com.
Notice the numbers shown in boxes
before each citation. These are
showing the order that the citations
would appear on a reference page
based on alphabetical order. You will
need to number the citations given to
you on your quiz to indicate their
correct order.