This is a great presentation with a very quick introduction to APA Style. However, I added a little more detail in the comments and am highlighting the presentation now because of your Employer assignment. –GML
F21 Research Methods in Informatics
INF 405 Fall 2021
This presentation is well done. I’ve always struggled with the different styles of citations. It was enjoyable to see it explained in one place. I was always under the impression that reference pages were in the order of appearance in the paper. So I’ll have to correct that in the future.
@Jack Rice I think that is true for some styles, and I know that is true for Chicago, which uses endnotes for references. But, as Dalton noted, it is not true for APA.
This is well presented. All of us using the different style guides to write the research paper (I guess mostly APA and MLA) but it is good to have some knowledge about different types of writing styles. Thank you for presenting this and good to learn about-Citation is the system that academic writing uses to acknowledge sources. It typically consists of two parts. First, the author provides a shorthand version of the source information within the flow of the writing. This may be incorporated into the sentence itself by referring to the author or study directly, or more commonly, it appears in parentheses or as a footnote following the information from the source. Second, the bibliography, which appears at the end, allows any reader to connect the shorthand information in the citation to the complete source information.
I know someone in this class will struggle with plagiarism this semester. If not, I’ll be very happy to finish the semester without writing a single academic sanction report. To make sure you’re not one who misunderstands plagiarism, utilize all the tools in this course to ensure you understand. And, try this quiz: https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-quiz/
Also, before you depend upon ANY type of citation generator, I strongly suggest you review this article at Purdue’s OWL: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/using_citation_machines_responsibly.html
Finally, one update to APA style that is out of date in your text:
*Alway use “et al.” for in-text citations with three or more authors. Even on the first reference. (See https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/author-date)
Always check your citations at APAstyle.apa.org.
The presentation is very good. This has also helped me in siting for my research thanks again.