APA FOR KENDALL COLLEGE: ELECTRONIC

You don’t need to become an APA master in order to cite correctly, you simply need to become familiar with this style of citing.

There is a general pattern (format) for citing different types of sources. Depending on the additional information that you need to include, there are particular places where the information needs to be inserted.

Take a quick look at the slides below: 

Please note the following:

• You can and you should cite discussion board posts from class when you refer to them.
• Be aware that Wikis and sources like Wikipedia are works created by groups online. Anyone can add or delete information in these sources, even high school students playing a prank.
• When citing a video game, use the Computer/Downloaded Software format. To cite Mobile Apps, see Other Sources.

The ASC does not recommend the use of Wikipedia as an academic resource. However, not citing your source or citing incorrectly is considered plagiarism.

There are many sources out there with free citation tools, however, these tools may not cite or differentiate between small details correctly.

Anytime you use a free tool like the one above, double check that the formatting is done correctly. I am talking about hanging indents, italics, and order of details.

GENERAL RULES:

1. Author’s last name and initials of first name (and middle name)

2. Date of publication or last update inside parenthesis. Use n.d. inside a parenthesis if the date is unknown.

3. Title of the website you are citing in italics; this can be the name of the website.

4. Use the phrase Retrieved from (no colon) and insert the complete URL where you found the document.

WHOLE CITATION:

Galasso, M. (2016). Introduction to APA: home. Retrieved

from http://harrison.libguides.com/apa

IN-TEXT CITATION:

(Galasso, 2016)