LibGuides: CTVA 475: Audience Analysis: Citing Sources

APA Style Guides, 7th edition

APA 7th edition Quick Guide
This guide provides examples of how to cite common sources such as articles, books, websites, newspapers, and even ChatGPT.

American Psychological Association Publication Manual 7th Edition
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2020

APA stands for American Psychological Association and is the citation style most commonly used in social and behavioral sciences, inclduing fields like psychology, education, sociology, and business.

Basic APA Formatting Guidelines

Reference list entries are alphabetized by author’s last name or equivalent.
Reference lists are doubled spaced with a hanging 1/2 inch indent after the first line of each entry
References (in bold) should appear at the top center of the page.
When referring to books, chapters, articles, or webpage titles, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns
Cite up to the first 20 authors. Separate the authors name with a comma, and place the & symbol prior to the last name.
- Example: Last, F. M., Last, F. M., & Last, F. M.
In-text citations are placed directly after the quote or paraphrase. Information needed: (Author's Last Name, Year, page number).
- Parenthetical citation: “Direct quote” (Furlong, 2015, p.25).
- Narrative citation, if the author is mentioned in the sentence, place the year after the last name and the page number after the quote. Example: Furlong (2015) found that “direct quote” (p. 25)

APA 7 for Business This is a continuously updated document created by business librarians across the US to give citation examples for common business databases (Mintel, Business Source Premier, IBIS, etc.) and documents (reports, analysis, etc.).
Sample Student Paper 7th edition: From APA Style Blog

View the APA Style website for additional style and grammar guidelines.

Citing your sources (MLA and Chicago)

OWL Purdue MLA 9
A straightforward guide showing what has changed in the new (9th) edition of MLA. Hosted by Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.
Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9
Chicago Manual of Style (online) Full e-version of the Chicago Manual of Style with links to the style blog. Log in with CSUN credentials to access.
OWL Annotated Bibliography guide
Annotated bibliography
The library's guide to annotated bibliographies, including MLA and APA examples.

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using facts or ideas from another source without attribution, thereby presenting it as original work.

Adapted from CSUN Policies and Procedures

Best Practices to Avoid Plagiarism:

Plan in advance your research assignments.
Be 100% scrupulous in your note taking.
Cite your sources scrupulously.
Understand good paraphrasing.
Learn how to cite in different citation style.

Adapted from: Vega García, S.A. (2012). Understanding plagiarism: Information literacy guide. Iowa State University. Retrieved from http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/content.php?pid=10314. [Accessed February 8, 2018]