APA Style
academic credibility/honesty
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What is APA Style
Specifications for essays
 Provides specifics for the layout
 Provides specifics for citing other
resources
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Why Cite
Academic Honesty
 Give credit to those who earned it
 Give credibility to your paper
 If you don’t cite, you are plagiarising
 Plagiarising is cheating
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Cawthra's Plagiarism Policy
Zero for the paper
 Parents are informed
 Note put in student record
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A Typical Paper
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1"/2.5cm margins
double spaced
12 point font
Times New Roman
every paragraph is
indented 1.3cm/.5”
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A Typical Paper (cont’d)
Cawthra Park S. S. (sept 2008)
Note: Page 4,
with subheading
“Solutions” not
shown.
1st Step for Citing
• Entry for every
resource used in the
essay
• Double spaced
• Title is “References"
• New page
• Hanging indent used
so second and
subsequent lines are
pushed in
• Very specific rules for
each resource
• Alphabetical order by
first item
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2nd Step for Citing
Place embedded
citations throughout
your essay wherever
you use someone else's
work
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The Tricky Part
Formatting the citations
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Citations are different for every type of
resource
Follow the formats and examples for the
types of materials you are using
Use the Source It print guide
Use Source It online (site at school only)
www.cawthrapark.com under library
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References: Guiding Principles
Give as much information as possible
 Make sure your teacher can acquire
the resource
 If something is missing, leave it out
 Cite every resource you use
 DO NOT cite wikis
 Use reliable sources only
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References Basic Rules
Berg, F. M. (2001). Children and teens afraid
to eat: Helping youth in today’s weightobsessed world. Hettinger, ND: Healthy
Weight Network.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Producer). (2007, April). Fashion and the
dangerously thin. On CBC – TV news in
review April 2007 [DVD]. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada: Producer.
Fenlon, B. (2007, March 28). Child-obesity
epidemic spurs call for trans-fat ban.
Globe & Mail. Retrieved May 27, 2007,
from Infotrac database
Peel Public Health. (2007). Healthy body
image: What is body image? Retrieved
May 25, 2007, from
http://www.region.peel.on.ca/health/
commhlth/bodyimg/bintro.htm
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Author is first unless
there is no author
Titles are in italics
Date is second piece
of info, in brackets
Indent the second
and subsequent
lines
Place in alphabetical
order
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Embedded Citation
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Check details in "Source It."
Include one for every resource.
Place it in brackets.
Provide the first piece of information from
the References page
Provide the page number if available.
Provide the date
(Fenlon, March 28, 2007, p.A1) (Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation, April 2007) (Peel
Public Health, 2007) (Berg, 2001, p.18)
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Try One
What is the References
entry for this?
 What is the embedded
citation for it?
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Exercise 1
1. Using the books on the table,
create the References page for the
items on the strips of paper
provided. When finished put them
in the correct order and show the
librarian.
2. Show the embedded citations for
each.
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Setting up for APA in Word
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Go to the computers
and logon
Run the APA clip to
review Word setup
Retrieve the APA
exercise from www.
cawthrapark.com>libr
ary>Use It
Format and correct
the document.
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Test your knowledge – APA Quiz
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