Even though I’ve used APA (American Psychological Association) style previously, it can be difficult to remember all of the rules. I mostly rely on Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) when I’m not sure how to format in-text citations or sources for the reference list. This website is very helpful and easy to use. It is pretty simple to find the answers you are looking for in the sidebar on the left.
Interesting…
The one thing I find surprising about APA style is that it does not require you to mention the article title within the text. I figured, the more information about the source, the better. In this case, I guess less is more. Come to think of it, and article can be found in database using only the author and year of publication (hence the previous Scavenger Hunt assignment).
Questions
After using Purdue OWL and refreshing my memory during the first few weeks of this course, I still get confused about citing electronic sources:
- The “retrieved from” line should always be included when adding a database source to the works cited page, correct?
- When should a source doi be included, and where can I find it?
Things to Remember
Some of the small formatting things I will need to remind myself of are:
- Title page
- Page header
- Abstract
These are all important pieces of the APA format, and I will tackle them first when starting my final draft so that I don’t forget!
Tierra Thomas 