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Constructing Citations 101 – APA Style

Constructing a citation involves gathering all the elements (or details) of that source together.

For example for a BOOK, you need the following:

Author. Year of publication. Title (Edition). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Ruscio, J., & Beyerstein, B. L. (2010). 50 Greats of popular psychology: Shattering widespread misconceptions about human behavior. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell.

Voiceover:

“Here is the information we need to find the book: the title, the authors, publisher and the year and place of publication. These details are known as the citation. You need this information for your reference list.”

To do this exercise correctly, you must rewrite each citation by combining the various elements in a citation in the correct order.

Four reference examples are used: book, journal article, webpage and e-book.

Hint: Remember that APA style is an ‘Author-Date’ system so your citation will start with the Author, then the Year of Publication....

Activity

1. These are the citation elements for a book:

Title: Becoming influential: A guide for nurses

Edition: (2nd ed.).

Author(s): Sullivan, E. J.

Publisher: Pearson.

Year: (2013).

Place of publication: Boston, MA:

Rewrite the citation by combining the elements in there correct order:

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2. These are the citation elements for a web page:

URL: Retrieved from

Title of page: Pertussis.

Author/s: World Health Organization.

Year: (2014).

Rewrite the citation by combining the elements in there correct order:

_______________________________________________________

3. These are the citation elements for an ebook:

Title: Community health and wellness: Primary health care in practice

Edition: (2nd ed.).

Author(s): Sullivan, E. J.

Year: (2011).

Database name or URL or DOI: Retrieved from Ebrary.

Rewrite the citation by combining the elements in there correct order:

_______________________________________________________

4. These are the citation elements for a journal article:

Journal name: Journal of Clinical Nursing,

Page numbers: 1413-22.

Volume: (20)

Author/s: Huntington, A., Gilmour, J., Tuckett, A., Neville, S., Wilson, D. & Turner, C.

Year: (2011).

Issue number: 9‐10,

DOI: doi: 1413-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03602.x

Title of article: Is anybody listening? A qualitative study of nurses’ reflections on practice.

Rewrite the citation by combining the elements in there correct order:

_______________________________________________________

Answers

1. Sullivan, E. J. (2013). Becoming influential: A guide for nurses (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

2. World Health Organization. (2014). Pertussis. Retrieved from



3. McMurray, M. & Clendon, J. (2011). Community health and wellness:

Primary health care in practice (4th ed.). Retrieved from Ebrary.

4. Huntington, A., Gilmour, J., Tuckett, A., Neville, S., Wilson, D. & Turner, C.

(2011). Is anybody listening? A qualitative study of nurses’ reflections on practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, (20)9‐10, 1413-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03602.x

You have now learnt the correct order of the citation elements.

Try References Punctuation and Spacing: APA Style to learn how important the spacing and punctuation between each element is in the reference.

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