APA (7th ed.) Citing Guide: Index

Overview

• Why cite
• APA workshop materials
• What is APA? (video)
• Academic integrity (on Writing Centre guide)

Formatting

• APA formatted student paper
• Student paper elements & format
• Capitalization, fonts, and Italics
• Tables and figures in your text
• Shortened journal titles
• Annotated bibliographies
• Formatting other types of assignments

Reference List Entry Structure

• Reference list elements & punctuation
• Structure of authors
• Multiple authors
• Sample textual work with explanation
• Sample audiovisual work with explanation
• Sample online media with explanation
• Missing information

In-text Citations

• Key terminology
• Webpage quote (Block, paragraph number)
• Signal phrases
• Multiple authors
• Secondary source reporting on primary source
• Quotation containing citation from other works
• Personal communications
• Parenthetical in-text sample vs. reference list
• Narrative in-text sample vs. reference list

Online Media - Examples

• What is online media
• What is social media
• What are webpages or websites
• Twitter
• Instagram
• Instagram highlight
• Facebook page
• Facebook post
• LinkedIn profile
• Online forum
• Webpage on a Website (with a retrieval date)
• Open Educational Resources (OERs)
• Webpage on a news website
• Webpage on Website With Group Author (organization or association)

Data Sets, Software, and Tests - Examples

• What are data sets, software, and tests
• Mobile app - Whole app
• Mobile app - Entry in a work app
• Artificial intelligence generators
• Data sets
• Data sets (Vividata example)

Games, Puppets & Manipulatives (Program Resources)

• What are games, puppets & manipulatives (Program resources)
• Games
• Kit

Specialty Databases

• 211ontario.ca
• Cochrane (Collaboration and database of systematic reviews)
• Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS) (formerly RxTx)
• DSM (Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders)
• Grant Connect
• IEEE Conference Proceedings (Book example)
• IEEE Conference Proceedings (Journal example)
• Joanna Briggs Institute
• Lexicomp Online
• LinkedIn Learning
• QuickLawPlus and WestLawNext Canada (Legal cases)
• TechStreet
• Vividata

Textual Works - Examples

• What are textual works?
• Key terminology / definitions
• What are journals?
• What are magazines?
• What are news articles?
• What is a blog?
• What is a book or reference work?
• What are reports and gray literature?
• Journal articles with a DOI (up to 20 authors)
• Journal articles with a DOI (21 or more authors)
• Journal articles (open access)
• Journal articles without a DOI (from library database or print article)
• Journal articles without a DOI
• Journal articles with article number or e-locator
• Journal articles in specialty database (Cochrane example)
• Magazine with a DOI
• Magazine without a DOI
• Magazine article online
• News article from a print newspaper
• News article from a library database or print
• News article from a website with print equivalent
• Blog post
• Blog comment
• eBook with a DOI
• eBook without a DOI (from a website)
• eBook without a DOI (from a library database)
• Audiobook
• Print book
• Book with 3 or more authors
• Book with edition
• Book with editor(s)
• Chapter in an edited book without a DOI
• Chapter in an edited book with a DOI
• Essay or short story in a book
• Print dictionary
• Entry in a print dictionary
• Electronic dictionary
• Entry in an electronic dictionary
• Wikipedia and other wiki type sites
• IEEE Conference Proceedings (journal example)
• Reference work (DSM)
• Reference work (LexiComp Online)
• Reference work (RxTx)
• Vital Signs report
• Annual report
• Government report (with authors)
• Government report (without personal authors)
• Organization or association report
• Media or Press release
• Code of ethics
• Dissertation or theses

Audiovisual Media - Examples

• What is audiovisual media
• DVD or film
• News videos (Global News)
• YouTube
• TedTalk from Ted website
• TedTalk from YouTube
• Webinar
• Whole TV series (Netflix, Crave, Shomi)
• Single episode (Netflix, Crave, Shomi)

Audio Works - Examples

• What are audio works
• Music CD (entire album)
• Music CD (single song)
• Podcast
• Podcast episode

Visual Media - Example

• What are visual media
• Artwork or Sculpture in a Museum or Museum Website
• Image Taken or Created by Yourself
• Clip art or stock image
• Image from Flilckr
• Image with Creative Commons license
• Photograph from a website
• Infographic
• Map (Google example)
• PowerPoint slides (publicly available)
• Lecture notes on PowerPoint slides