Book Title: APA Style Citations

Subtitle: 7th edition

Author: Ulrike Kestler

Book Description: The tutorial covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create reference and in-text citations based on the 7th edition APA guidelines. This tutorial can also be used a reference resource.

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Book Description

APA Style Citations covers why it is important to use citations, elements of common source types, and how to create reference and in-text citations based on the 7th edition APA guidelines. The sources and activities throughout the tutorial focus on educational content. This tutorial can also be used as a reference resource. This tutorial is adapted from APA Style Citation Tutorial by Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst (University of Alberta Library), which in turn was based on the Introduction to APA Library Tutorials by NorQuest College Library.

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This book is a cloned version of APA Style Citation Tutorial by Sarah Adams and Debbie Feisst, published using Pressbooks by University of Alberta Library under a CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike) license. It may differ from the original.

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Ulrike Kestler

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APA Style Citations Copyright © 2021 by Ulrike Kestler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Educational material

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Title
APA Style Citations
Author
Ulrike Kestler
Contributors
NorQuest College Library; Alissa Droog; Sarah Adams; and Debbie Feisst
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

APA Style Citations Copyright © 2021 by Ulrike Kestler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

APA Style Citations is adapted from the APA Style Citation Tutorial by © 2020 Sarah Adams and Debbie Feist (University of Alberta Library), which in turn was based on the Introduction to APA Library Tutorials by NorQuest College Library. Both are licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The following changes and additions were made © 2021 Ulrike Kestler (Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library) and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

  • Added new Chapter “What is a Citation”
  • Chapter “Why we Cite” expanded
  • Chapter “Why Apa”: renamed “What is Apa” and revised
  • Chapter “Exploring Source Types” info expanded; subchapter headings changed (to “How Do I Know The Source Is…”)
  • Chapter “How Do I Know The Source Is A Webpage?”: changed the CAST webpage example to UNESCO example
  • Added new Chapter “Activity: Which Source Type is This?”
  • Chapter “Two Types of Citation”: replaced image with own image and updated content
  • Chapter “Creating Reference List Citations”: divided into four separate chapters:
    • Creating Reference List Citations: Journal Articles
    • Creating Reference List Citations: Trade Articles
    • Creating Reference List Citations: Webpages
    • Creating Reference List Citations: Books/ebooks
      • added H5P activity “The 4Ws” for trade articles, webpages, books/ebooks chapters
      • added two new H5P activities for each of the four chapters (Exercise 1: Find the elements needed for a reference list citation; Exercise 2: How do you write each citation element in APA Style?)
  • Chapter “Creating Reference List Citation Activity”: Removed activities 1 and 3, added new activity
  • Created separate chapter for the Overview of the four Ws infographic
  • Chapter “What is an In-Text Citation”: added own content; removed image of crumpled paper and of corresponding references
  • Chapter “How it All Works Together”: replaced corresponding references image
  • Chapter “APA and Writing Support”: updated to reflect KPU resources
  • Chapter “Conclusion”: created own Feedback form using LibWizard
Primary Subject
Educational material
Publisher
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Publication Date
February 1, 2021