APA Style Quiz - Fairfield Area School District



APA Style Quiz Study Guide

This study guide is set up in the same format as your APA Style Quiz. You will be given the source information in a list and will need to write the citation in the correct format. You will then need to number the citations to show alphabetical order.

Book:

1. Author – C. Brown

2. Publication date - 1999

3. Book title – Cultures of the world

4. Place of Publication: Publishing Company – Trenton, NJ: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

Citation:

Brown, C. (1999). Cultures of the world. Trenton, NJ: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.

Print Encyclopedia:

1. Author – A. Gibb

2. Publication date - 2001

3. Title of article - Culture

4. Encyclopedia title - Encyclopedia of social issues

5. Vol. and page numbers - Vol. 4, 205-212

6. Place of publication: Publishing Company - Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Co.

Citation:

Gibb, A. (2001). Culture. In Encyclopedia of social issues. (Vol. 4, pp. 205-212). Reading, MA:

Addison-Wesley Co.

Database:

1. Author – M. Donaldson, Jr. & G.H. Peterson

2. Publication date of article – May 2002

3. Title of article – How is gender related to culture?

4. Title of Publication – Journal of Sociology

5. Volume and issue number - 4(3)

6. Page numbers – 13-24

7. Retrieved from URL of website –

Citation:

Donaldson Jr., M. & Peterson, G.H. (2002, May). How is gender related to culture? Journal of

Sociology, 4 (3), 13-24. Retrieved from .

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Internet site:

1. Author – no author

2. Last updated date – none

3. Title of web site article – Different cultures of the world

4. Retrieved October 12, 2013, from

5. URL of web site -

Citation:

Different cultures of the world. (n.d.). Retrieved October 12, 2013, from

/articles/different-cultures-of-the-world/html.

Online Encyclopedia:

1. Author – C. Brown

2. Publication date - 2006

3. Title of article – Behavior patterns of cultures

4. Encyclopedia title – Encyclopedia of philosophy

5. Retrieved from URL of web site:

Citation:

Brown, C. (2006). Behavior patterns of cultures. In Encyclopedia of philosophy. Retrieved from

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This information is what will be provided to you on the quiz: the required info. for each source (author, date, title, etc.).

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This is what you will need to demonstrate on your quiz: that you know how to write the citation, with the correct order to the information, punctuation, and hanging indents for each type of source.

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Remember that titles are italicized on this study guide because they were typed; for your quiz, you will be handwriting the citation, so you will need to remember to underline these titles.

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Your quiz will include the same sources (book, database, Internet site, and encyclopedias), but the information for those sources will be different than this study guide (author’s name, date, etc.).

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Notice the numbers shown in boxes before each citation. These are showing the order that the citations would appear on a reference page based on alphabetical order. You will need to number the citations given to you on your quiz to indicate their correct order.

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