Proper Referencing
Why should we reference?
 PLAGIARISM
 Need to give credit where credit is due
 You are not that smart . . . Yet
 Resource sharing
 Further interest
 Further research
 Gives Credibility
 Supports findings
 Supports opinion
Appropriate Reference Material
 Group 1: journal articles; textbooks;
newspaper articles; some webpages
 Group 2 (must be backed up by
group 1): webpages; television
shows; magazine articles
 Wikipedia is a great source of
information but it CAN NOT be used
as a group 1 source
Parenthetical References (In-Text)
 These are used when you are giving
credit to facts, statements, quotes,
statistics, etc. within the text of your
paper/presentation
 Example:
The internet was first available for home
use in 1995 (Smith, 2008).
The Reference List
 Appears at the end of papers and
presentations
 Must be in alphabetical order
 First line of each reference must be
indented
 References that do not appear in text
should not appear in the list
Referencing a textbook (in list)
 Follow this format:
Author(s). (Date). Title. Publishing
Company, Place of Publication.
 Example: class textbook – Biology 12
Di Giuseppe, M., Vavistas, A.,
Ritter, B. (PhD), Fraser, D., Arora, A.
& Lisser, B. (2003). Biology 12.
Thomson Nelson, Toronto.
Referencing a Journal Article (in
list)
 Similar to a textbook; instead of place of
publishing, you must give the volume/issue
number and the page numbers
 Example:
Senden, T. J., Moock, K. H., Gerald, J.
F., Burch, W. M., Bowitt, R. J., Ling, C. D.,
et al. (1997). The physical and chemical
nature of technigas. Journal of Nuclear
Medicine, 38(10), 1327-33.
Referencing a website (in list)
 Follow this format:
Author(s). “Page title”. Website title.
<internet address> (Date accessed)
 Example: Wikipedia pages
Smith, J. “The history of the
internet”. Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.com (10 October,
2008)
References
The Michener Institute. References
According to the APA Style. The Michener
Institute for Applied Health Sciences.
http://www.michener.ca/lrc/lrcapa.php.
(September 9, 2010)
Purdue University. APA Formatting nad
Style Guide. Purdue Online Writing Lab.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource
/560/1/. (September 9, 2010)