Reference Page
Spot the Error
Citation Challenge
True or False
Formatting and Famous Places
100
This one-word title for your reference page is found centered on the top of the reference page (just beneath the page number and the shortened title of the paper).
What is References
100
Hendrik, J. & Rawlski, Paul (2005). The power of magic spells in high-stake international banking. Cambridge Journal of Financial Review, 8(1), 24-27. doi: 10.113/456734-7654-9-653
For reference citations never use the first name - use an initial instead.
100
When no author is found for a source, use this in place of the author’s name for your citation.
What is the title?
100
You must include citations for your sources throughout your paper.
True
100
Use me so that every single page of your essay (even the title page and reference page) includes the shortened title of your essay and the page number.
What is the Header?
200
The part of your citation in the references page that is (in parentheses)?
What is the date?
200
In 2004, Kuang argued that it would be “scientifically wrongheaded to ignore the putative reports of extra-sensory perception related to prolonged, habitual mediation” (Kuang, 2004, p. 45).
For this example do not include the author’s name or the year in the in-text citation, if you have already included this information elsewhere in the wording of the sentence. Correctly cited: In 2004, Kuang argued that it would be “scientifically wrongheaded to ignore the putative reports of extra-sensory perception related to prolonged, habitual mediation” ( p. 45)
200
When your source has no page numbering, use this solution for identifying where in your source you found the information.
Use a paragraph number (e.g. para. 4) or the name of the section or heading to pinpoint where your information is found. NOTE: this is usually done for websites.
200
Short quotations that are fewer than 40 words in the text of your paper are enclosed in quotation marks.
What is true.
200
Although I am not very friendly to trees, I am what you NEED to do to your assignments and reference pages.
What is Double-spacing? Use double-spacing unless your professor tells you to do otherwise. Another answer that would be accepted: printing on one side of the page only.
300
It is on this website that you can find a list of tailor-made citations to use for specific databases. For 100 bonus points, name the Library Guide.
What is the Sheridan Library website. Cite it Right Guide
300
Krantz (2008) believed that “... driverless cars were the pipedream of CEOs who misunderstood the American love affair with the open road …” (p. 34).
Never begin or end your quotation with ellipse.
300
It’s on this page of your assignment that you should begin the page numbering.
What is the title page?
300
If your professor wants you to cite differently from the official citation rules, it is within your rights as a student to lodge a formal complaint with the Sheridan Acting Liaison for the Joint APA-MLA Policy Committee within 30 days of being handed your assignment.
False. :) Follow whatever your teacher says. Instructors sometimes have their own unique way to do citation. And happily there is no such citation committee watching over the campus.
300
Students can visit this spacious 2nd floor area, if ever they need a hand with citation or any reference help.
What is the Sheridan HMC Campus Library, located just above the Star Bucks?
400
This unique sequence of letters and numbers is sometimes found in the header or footer of the first page of a journal article and, when available, should always be included in your reference citation.
What is the DOI (Digital Object Identifier)?
400
Josephs, J. (1984). The Dog Who Swallowed Chicago Then Took a Nap and Other Tales. New York, NY: Harper & Row.
The correct citation is Josephs, J. (1984). The dog who swallowed Chicago then took a nap and other tales. New York, NY: Harper & Row. Only the first letter and proper nouns in titles/subtitles are capitalized.
400
This lofty little corner is where you’ll run into the title of your assignment in a shortened form.
What is the left corner of the header on every page?
400
If you paraphrase, you do not have to source because it’s in your own words.
False. Not citing a source - even if by accident - is considered plagiarism and leads to serious academic consequences.
400
A student stuck at home, can use this handy service to ask a librarian any question in real time.
What is the “Chat With US” online chat service that students can access from the Sheridan library's homepage. Click on the orange “Chat With Us” box on the top right corner of the page?
500
Include this link in your reference citation for an article in a Sheridan database whenever no DOI code is available.
What is a permalink, or Document URL, or persistent link (they all mean the same thing - a useful link that takes you directly to the article)
500
Here’s an in-text citation that looks just right, but can you spot the mistake? (Sharp et al., 2007, p. 45)
When using it in APA citation, never italicize the Latin word et al. even though it is a foreign word. (Sharp et al., 2007, p. 45)
500
This free online site is the official APA-sponsored resource that has everything you could ever want to know about how to use APA correctly.
What is the APA Style Blog? (this is the official blog of the APA and it even takes questions)
500
Unlike an in-text citation, a reference citation must include every single author in the work.
False. But usually true! If a work has 7 or less authors, include all of them in your reference page citation. But if you have 8 or more authors for a work, you can list the first 6, add an ellipse (...) and then add only the final name in the list. http://seneca.libguides.com/c.php?g=20762&p=160693#s-lg-box-466494
500
This print resource might be low-tech, but it’s handy, and it could be all you need to get your citation correct.
What is the APA Style Library Guide print out, or sample paper, available for free at the Sheridan HMC Campus Library desk? ( An online version is also available on the Library website.) Alternative answer: The Publication Manual of the APA
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