The Essentials of
Fall 2013
Barbara Quintiliano
Falvey Memorial Library
x95207
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Barbara.quintiliano@villanova.edu
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association
(6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Available at the Villanova University Shop and at Falvey Library:
REF BF76.7 .P83 2010
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Where to find elements of a journal citation
journal
title
subtitle
Article title
authors
volume
issue
inclusive
paging
year
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Information as found
in CINAHL database.
As an APA 6th style citation
Ampersand (&) required
Authors – no first
before last author
names – initials ONLY.
Separated by commas.
Article title.
Only 1st
word of title and subtitle
have initial capitals, as
well as proper nouns and
adjectives.
Gifford, E. J., Wells, R., Bai, Y., Troop, T. O., Miller, S., & Babinski, L. M.
(2010). Pairing nurses and social workers in schools: North Carolina’s
Year of
school-based child and family support teams. Journal of School Health,
publication
80(2), 104-107. doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00472.x Journal title in italics. All
Inclusive paging
Additional lines
indented 5
spaces under
first line.
Volume number
in italics. Issue
number in
parentheses, no
italics.
important words have initial
capital.
DOI number (see
next 4 slides for
more info)
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DOI number
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DOI = digital object identifier – a unique
number that identifies an electronic
resource, used especially for journal
articles
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REQUIRED as the last element of the
citation, if it is known
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DOI number can usually be found in the expanded database record.
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No DOI number available?
Here’s what to do:
Hover mouse over
journal abbreviation
to get its full title.
Do a Google
Search for the
journal’s
website.
Copy the URL
of the
homepage.
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Add it to the citation
Rabbitt, A., & Coyne, I. (2012). Childhood obesity: Nurses’ role in
addressing the epidemic. British Journal of Nursing, 21(12), 731-735.
Retrieved from http://www.britishjournalofnursing.com/
Notice also that we do not alphabetize the names of the authors. Authors’
names are listed in the order in which they are found in our source.
Citations that continue for more than one line should have double-spacing,
unless your course professor gives other instructions.
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No author?
When there is no author indicated, begin your citation with the title,
followed by the date:
Dimensions of health-related lifestyle in young adulthood. (2002). Scandinavian
Journal of Caring Sciences, 21(3), 321-328. Retrieved from
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111%28ISSN%291471-6712/issues
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However, remember that an organization
can also be the author:
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2013). Approved:
Primary care medical home certification option for hospitals. Joint Commission
Perspectives, 33(1), 6-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.03.027
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Now you try:
Create a citation in APA 6th style for this
citation:
doi:
See slide # 29 for correct answer.
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Special rule:
When there are more than 7 authors
List first 6 authors, then 3 ellipsis dots (. . .) followed by LAST author.
NO AMPERSAND. DO NOT USE et al.
Coleman, E. A., Goodwin, J. A., Kennedy, R., Coon, S. K., Richards, K.,
Enderlin, C., . . . Anaissie, E. J. (2012). Effects of exercise on
fatigue, sleep, and performance: A randomized trial. Oncology
Nursing Forum, 39(5), 468-477. doi: 10.1188/12.ONF .468-477
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Elements of a book citation
title
subtitle
authors
city of publication,
state*, publisher,
year
* APA 6th style now requires adding the 2-letter
postal abbreviation for the state following the
name of the city.
edition (if
other than
the 1st)
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A book citation in APA 6th style
Blais, K., & Hayes, J.S. (2011). Professional nursing practice: Concepts
and perspectives (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Notice where italics are used and where capitals are used
in the title and subtitle.
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Chapter in an edited book
(anthology)
Sometimes you will use information taken from an anthology, a book
containing chapters written by various authors. These books will have one or
more editors (who may also be authors of one or more of the chapters).
Here is how to format a citation when you have used information from
a particular chapter:
Rycroft-Malone, J, & Bucknall, T. (2010). Evidence-Based practice: Doing the right thing
for patients. In J. Rycroft-Malone & T. Bucknall (Eds.), Models and frameworks to
implementing evidence-based practice: Linking evidence to action (pp. 1-20).
Malden, MA: Wiley.
Note the use of In and (Eds). Note also the page numbers preceded
by pp.
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Elements of a Web document citation
URL
author
title
Date (of
creation of
latest
update)
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Citation in APA 6th style for a Web
document
National Human Genome Institute. (2011, October 13).
Frequently asked questions about genetic testing.
Retrieved from http://www.genome.gov/19516567
If you cannot find a date of creation or update, use
(n.d.)
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Your turn:
book
Note, the letters MN following the author’s name indicate
“master of nursing.” DO NOT include academic titles such
as this one in your citation.
website:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/shy.html
Answers on slide #30
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List of References
• List citations alphabetically by name of first author, regardless of
where you cite them in your paper.
• Unless otherwise instructed by your professor, citations should be
double-spaced when they continue for more than one line, and
double-spacing should also be used between citations.
Retrieved from
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291471-6712/issues
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Documenting your sources
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Sources that you use must be documented
 In the text AND in your list of References at the
end of the paper
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Sources that you use must be documented
 When you use an exact quotation AND when you
paraphrase information
(= put the author’s ideas into your own words)
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Basic format for in-text citation
Must include
 Last name of authors
 Two authors: Yanovsky & Yanovsky
 Three to five authors: Identify ALL authors the first time
you cite them. Then use first author and et al. after that:
1st time cited: Rossi, Kirk, & Holder
Later: Rossi et al.
 Six or more authors: first author followed by et al.
 Year of publication
 For an exact quotation, you must add the page
number
 Adding page number(s) to citation for
paraphrase is also recommended.
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Basic style for documenting an
exact quotation:
As researchers have explained, obesity was
once considered “either a moral failing or evidence
of underlying psychopathology” (Yanovsky &
Yanovsky, 2002, p. 592).
Research and Documentation Online
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
RES5e_ch09_s1-0009.html
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Another style for documenting an
exact quotation:
Here the names of the authors have been used as part of the sentence, so
we add just the year in parentheses and the page numbers in parentheses
at the end.
Research and Documentation Online
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch09_s1-0009.html
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Example of documenting paraphrased
information. In-text citation still
required:
Two of the medications—fenfluramine and
dexfenfluramine—were withdrawn from the market
because of severe side effects (Yanovski &
Yanovski, 2002, p. 38).
See the APA Style Manual or Research and Documentation Online
(http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e)
for more guidelines on in-text citations.
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But what if I used an electronic source
and don’t have any page numbers?
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Whenever possible, download the pdf version of a journal
article, which will provide page numbers.
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If you are paraphrasing or citing from a web document
without page numbers, it is recommended that you number
the paragraphs and then cite paragraph numbers in your
citations, as in the example below.
Several other drugs were classified by the Drug Enforcement
Administration as having the “potential for abuse” (Hoppin &
Taveras, 2004, Weight-Loss Drugs section, para. 6).
Research and Documentation Online
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
RES5e_ch09_s1-0009.html
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Software that will create your list of references for you and will also
create in-text references as you type your paper!
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Access at the Falvey homepage under Databases A-Z
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Look on library homepage for drop-in classes, or follow the tutorials
on the RefWorks website
http://www.refworks.com/tutorial/
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View videos on RefWorks on Nursing Resources page
http://library.villanova.edu/research/subject-guides/nursing
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Contact alfred.fry@villanova.edu or
barbara.quintiliano@villanova.edu
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Resources
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual
of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
Washington, DC: Author.
Available at the Villanova University Shop and at Falvey Library:
REF BF76.7 .P83 2010
The Basics of APA Style© (Also has formatting information regarding
margins, headings, etc.)
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Research and Documentation Online – APA section (Lots of good
examples)
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
APA Style Blog (Great for finding answers to nitty-gritty questions!)
http://blog.apastyle.org/
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Need more help?
Barbara Quintiliano
Nursing Librarian
X95207 (610-519-5207)
barbara.quintiliano@villanova.edu
See next 2 slides for solutions to questions on slides #11 and 18.
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Answers to examples on slides
(from slide #11)
Wagner, D. T., Barnes, C. M., Lim, V. K. G., & Ferris, D. L. (2012). Lost sleep
and cyberloafing: Evidence from the laboratory and a daylight saving
time quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 97(5), 10681076. doi: 10.1037/a0027557
Technical note:
The issue number is usually omitted if page numbers are continuous
beginning with the first issue of a volume. So in the more correct
version of the above citation would be written like this:
Journal of Applied Psychology, 97, 1068-1076.
Instructors in certain academic departments (notably psychology) are
more insistent upon this rule than others. When in doubt, ask your
instructor.
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(from slide #18)
Book citation:
Butts, J. B., & Rich, K. (2008). Nursing ethics: Across the curriculum and
into practice (2d ed). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett.
Website citation:
Sherman, C. (2010). Shyness. Retrieved from
http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/shy.html
For this website, we applied the guidelines illustrated in
Research and Documentation Online:
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch09_s1-0002.html#RES5e_ch09_p0286
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