After completing the section on researching your topic, you will be practicing in-text citations and how to properly cite your sources.
It’s important to cite sources used in your research for several reasons:
- To show your reader you’ve done proper research by listing sources you used to get your information.
- To be a responsible scholar by giving credit to other researchers and acknowledging their ideas.
- To avoid plagiarism by quoting words and ideas used by other authors.
- To allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately in your work by way of in-text citations and/or a reference list.
Part 1: Quoting (3 Points)
Select one of the sources found in Part 2A Researching your Topic.
List one of the facts you will be using from this source in your work by directly quoting the information in APA format.
Part 2: Paraphrasing (4 Points)
Take the sentence above and write it in your own words via paraphrasing. Imagine you are trying to explain the information you found to a friend or family member as you are trying to write this sentence in your own voice without plagiarizing the material. You will place an in-text citation into your paraphrase.
Helpful Resources:
Purdue Online Writing Lab:
To add an in-text citation, you will place the source at the end of your sentence: (Kernis, 1993)
- Two authors: (Wegener & Petty, 1994)
- Three or more authors: (Kernis et al., 1993)
- If the author is an organization or a government agency, mention the organization in the signal phrase or in the parenthetical citation the first time you cite the source, just as you would a person. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving [MADD], 2000)
2. Paraphrase your sentence here with your in-text citation:
Part 3: Reference List (3 Points)
The final step is to create your reference list citation.
Helpful Resources:
Purdue Online Writing Lab:
or chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.occc.edu/wp-content/legacy/writingcenter/APA%20Style%20Guide.pdf
Be careful using citation generators, as they are not always correct!
Your General Psychology Text:
King, L.A. (2023). The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View. (6th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
- A website with the author:
- Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
- A website without an author:
- Title of page. (Year, Month Date). Site name. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL
3. Cite your source for your reference list here:
One final note: all in-text citations must appear in the reference list and any sources cited in the reference list must be cited as an in-text citation in the body of the work
