APA citation basics

What information shouldshould be included in an in-text citation in APA format?

• Author's last name

• Date of publication

• Author's last name and date of publication

• Author's last name, date of publication, and title of article.

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

• use the title of the article, and PUT IT IN ALL CAPS
• use the title of the article instead, and put it in quotes
• use the URL
• just skip it and do nothing

When you paraphrase, you are using someone's ideas, and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source? 

• yes
• no
• only sometimes

Which is the correct in text citation for a letter to the editor?

• According to a letter to the editor from James Smith (2019), student lunches should be nutritious.

• According to a letter to the editor from Smith (2019), student lunches should be nutritious.

• According to Smith, student lunches should be nutritious.

• Student lunches should be nutritious.

Which of these entries would be an appropriate reference section entry for a magazine article?

• Smith, J. (2019, November 10). Everything should be illegal. Time 156(21), 70-71.

• Smith, J. (2019). Everything should be Illegal. Time 70-71.

• Smith (2019). Time.

• Smith

Which is a correct in text citation for an article titled The world is melting, written by Jane Brown in the Journal of Science, Volume 129 Issue 8, pages 3420-35?

• Jane Brown. The World is Melting. Journal of Science 129(8)

• Brown, J. (2019). The world is melting. Journal of Science pg 3420+.

• Brown, J. (2019). The world is melting. Journal of Science

  129(8), 3420-35.

• Brown the world is melting.

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True
• False

Which of the following is the correct in-text citation for APA?

• This phenomenon is best referred to as a “cumulative collaboration of evidence” (Pepper, 1961, p. 49).

• This phenomenon is best referred to as a “cumulative collaboration of evidence” (Dr. Pepper, 1961).

• This phenomenon is best referred to as a “cumulative collaboration of evidence” (Pepper, Evidence is Life 1961, p. 49).

• This phenomenon is best referred to as a “cumulative collaboration of evidence” (CITATION Ste19 \l 1033).

Do I need to reference a quotation if I put it in my own words (paraphrase it)?

• No, this is a paraphrase and it doesn't need a citation.

• Yes, but you should only include an in-text citation. Paraphrases do not need to be referenced fully, so there is no need to include the source in the reference list.

• Yes. If you put a quotation in your own words you must acknowledge the original source. As a paraphrase, you must insert an in-text citation and include the full reference in your reference list to avoid accusations of plagiarism.

Which is the correct way to cite an idea by January Jones within the text of the paper?

• According to Jones (2019), sea lions sleep only one hour a day (p. 75).

• According to Jones, sea lions sleep only one hour a day (Jones, 2019, p. 75).

• According to Dr. Jones (2019, p. 75), sea lions sleep only one hour a day.

• According to Jones, sea lions sleep only one hour a day (75).