Books
Is this citation correct? (besides the hanging indent)
Raboteau, A. J. (2001). Canaan land: A religious history of African Americans. Oxford University Press.
Yes
Is the following citation correct? (besides the lack of hanging indent)
Ni, Y., & Rorrer, A. K. (2012). Twice considered: Charter schools and student achievement in Utah. Economics of Education Review, 31(5), 835–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.06.003
No
Ni, Y., & Rorrer, A. K. (2012). Twice considered: Charter schools and student achievement in Utah. Economics of Education Review, 31(5), 835–849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.06.003
Is the following citation correct (besides the lack of a hanging indent)?
Tanner, C. (2025, August 20). Utah lawmakers ‘impressed’ by university budget cuts plans, give initial approval. The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/08/20/utah-lawmakers-give-initial/
Yes
True or False: APA papers need a title page.
True (and it does not count towards your 10-12 pages)
What is wrong with the following citation? (besides the hanging indent)
Couvson, M. (2016). Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. New York, NY: The New Press.
It has the publication location
Give the in-text citation for the following article (not for a quote).
Rodriguez, G. (2020). Suburban schools as sites of inspection: Understanding Latinx youth’s sense of belonging in a suburban high school. Equity & Excellence in Education, 53(1–2), 14–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2020.1758245
(Rodriguez, 2020)
What's wrong with this citation (besides the lack of a hanging indent)?
Huguley, S. S. (2016). Rallying education activism from the grassroots up: A case study of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 (Publication No. 10127051) [Ph.D. dissertation, University of South Carolina]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
Huguley, S. S. (2016). Rallying education activism from the grassroots up: A case study of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 (Publication No. 10127051) [Doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
True or False: APA requires Times New Roman 12 point font?
False! They allow any legible, reasonably sized font, and recommend 12 pt Times New Roman, 11 pt Calibri, 11 pt Ariel, 11 pt Georgia, 10 pt Lucinda Sans Unicode, or 10 pt Computer Modern.
What is the in-text citation format for a book when directly quoting the text?
(Author, Year, p. xx) OR Author (Year) argued that "....." (p.XX).
What is wrong with the following citation (besides the lack of hanging indent)?
Taylor, Q. (2012). Facing the urban frontier: African American history in the reshaping of the twentieth-century American West. Western Historical Quarterly, 43(1), 4–27. https://doi.org/10.2307/westhistquar.43.1.0004
The title should not be italicized
What do you do when there's no date given for the website?
Surname, F. (n.d.). Title in sentence case. Website. URL
Where do the page numbers go?
Right side of the header
Give a bibliographic citation for the book Callie has
Anderson, J. D. (1988). The education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935. University of North Carolina Press.
Give the bibliographic citation for the Fu and Clark article from this week
Fu, G., & Clarke, A. (2019). Teachers’ moral agency under neo-liberal influences: What is educationally desirable in China’s curriculum reform? Educational Review, 71(1), 51–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2019.1524205
Cite the video we watched about Freire
Dr. Yu-Ling Lee. [Yulingleephd]. (2022, October 13). Paulo Freire’s Critical Pedagogy [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXUv7pIveMA
Which does not belong on the title page:
Title
Author Name
Department, Institution
Course Number: Course Name-Section
Instructor Name
Due Date
Section
What type of source is this citation for?
Harding, J. L., Hamilton, B., & Loyd, S. (2022). Ethical doctoral advisor–student relationships in the United States: Uncovering unknown perspectives and actions. In D. L. Mulligan, N. Ryan, & P. A. Danaher (Eds.), Deconstructing Doctoral Discourses: Stories and Strategies for Success (pp. 55–71). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11016-0_4
Book chapter (in an edited book)
What is the difference between a journal article citations and magazine article citation?
None/no DOI
Cite the website below
National Council on Public History. (n.d.). About the Field. Retrieved March 10 2026, from https://ncph.org/what-is-public-history/about-the-field/
How should you format your reference page? (where does it go, how do you format the word references, is it its own page, etc.)
Must start on its own page at the end of your paper; the word Reference should be centered and bolded