Formatting
What is a hanging indentation, and when and where is it used?
For each entry on the References page, every line but the first line of each entry is indented ½”.
Titles of longer works (books, journals, newspapers,
movies) appear in quotes.
False. Longer works are italicized.
Which documentation style is generally used for
writing in the Humanities?
MLA
According to Beauregard (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when they had generally been taught to use MLA" (199).
The page number in parentheses should include “p.” to look like this: (p. 199).
What appears in the header of an APA student title page?
page # (flush right)
The References page is alphabetized.
True
Which citation style always includes the year of publication, both for in-text citations and on the References page?
APA
Jones’ (1998) study found the following: “Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when they had never used it before. This difficulty could be attributed to various factors such as students’ failure to purchase a style manual, consult the Writing Center, or ask their teacher for help” (p. 199).
A block quote (more than 40 words) uses no quotations and punctuation comes before the parenthetical citation:
Jones’ study found the following:
Students often had difficulty using APA style . . . or ask their teacher for help. (p. 199)
(When used) how is the running head formatted on the title page ?
TITLE OF PAPER
(flush left)
Titles of shorter works (articles, essays, webpages) appear in quotes on the References page.
False. Titles of shorter works do not use italics, underlining, or quotation marks.
This comes after cited material and normally includes at least a page number and on some occasions the author’s last name.
What is a parenthetical citation?
Wilens, T. E., & Joshua Biederman. (2006). Alcohol, drugs, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A model for the study of addictions in youth. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 20, 580-588. doi:10.1177/0269881105058776
The second author’s name should also be formatted with the last name first, first initial:
Wilens, T.E., & Biederman, J. (2006).
What are the four sections of an APA paper?
Title page, abstract, body, references page.
In APA, all major words in the title of a journal are capitalized.
True
MLA documentation does this when quoting more than 4 lines of prose or 3 lines of poetry, and APA does this when quoting 40 or more words.
Set the quotation in block format, i.e. double indented with no quotation marks, and the parenthetical citation after the closing punctuation.
Williams, J. (2008). The victims of crime. Sociology Review, (17)4, 30-32. Retrieved from http://www.philipallan.co.uk/sociologyreview /index.htm
This journal article includes both a volume number and an issue number. Only the volume number appears in italics; but the issue, never the volume number, appears in parenthesis.
Besides the page number, (and possible running head), what 5 pieces of information does the title page include in student APA paper?
1-2 line title, centered and capitalized
Author’s name (first, middle initial, last)
Institutional affiliation of the author
Instructor of course
Date
When exactly do you use parenthetical citations to ensure that you have avoided plagiarism?
For direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.
BONUS QUESTION:
Using the information below, create the References entry:
Title: “Stop the Energy Insanity” pg. 322-25
Author: Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Editors: Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen
Title: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum
Published in New York City, 11th edition
by Pearson Longman in 2011
Zuckerman, M. B. (2011). Stop the energy insanity. In L. Behrens and L. J. Rosen (Eds.), Writing and reading across the curriculum (11th ed., pp. 322-325). Pearson Longman.
Bower, B. (2008, Feb. 9). “Dawn of the city: Excavations prompt a revolution in thinking about the earliest cities.” Science News, 173(6), 90-92. Retrieved from http://www.sciencenewspagazine.org/
The title of the article does not appear in quotes & you don’t need “Retrieved from”:
Bower, B. (2008, February 9). Dawn of the city: Excavations prompt a revolution in thinking about the earliest cities. Science News, 173(6), 90-92. http://www.sciencenewspagazine.org/