Gerald D. Diana and Charmaine Obra Engl25-a BEED – Generalist 3 08/26/14

“APA Citation”

(Charmaine walks toward Gerald)

C: Hi kuya Gerald!

G: Hi Charmaine, how can I help you?

C: I just finished making my research paper. Can you check if there’s still lacking in it?

G: Sure, can I have the paper?

C: Here it is.

G: Alright…give me a moment to scan this. Hmm, everything’s well construct, Charm. But there’s still one part that you missed.

C: What was it?

G: You forgot to put citations for your reference.

C: What is citation? Is it important?

G: A citation should contain all the necessary information to identify your source and lead your readers to it. It’s basically a reference page in your research paper.

C: What will happen if I don’t put a citation?

G: Well, putting citations means that you are giving credit to the ones who actually quote a statement made the material. If you don’t cite, it means you own the statement and because of that you will be accused of plagiarism.

C: Oh, now I understand. So how do make a citation?

G: Before you make a citation, you must list down all the quotations, material, websites or article sources which contain your research. Then, in writing a citation, you must follow a certain format depending on the kind of sources you have. Among the most commonly used format is the APA style.

C: APA?

G: Yes. It stands for American Psychological Association, Charm. Meanwhile, let’s look at your list of resources. Where was the first source taken?

C: The statement was taken from a Book “College Psychology”

G: Ah, I see. As I was saying earlier, there are varying formats for different kinds of sources. So with the book as your reference, we need to follow the format: First, write the author/s then the publication date of the book in parenthesis, next is the title of the book, following the place of publication and ends with the name of the publisher.

C: Okay, kuya. How about my second source? It was taken from an article in a magazine.

G: For journals, news or magazine articles. We use the format by writing first the Author, the date published, then the title of the article, followed by the name of journal, volume number, issue number, and the pages.

C: I see. One more kuya, I have a resource material taken from the Internet. How do it make citation out of it?

G: It’s simple. Just write the title of the article, the author and the date published then followed by the URL or the universal resource locator. However, many webpages do not include author information or the date of publication. If there is no author, the title of the page is listed first, followed by the date, in parentheses. If there is no date, then use n.d. (no date). Do not include the date the webpage was visited unless the information is likely to change, as a blog or a wiki.

C: Wow, that helped me a lot. Thank you, kuya! I will make citations right now. Goodbye!

G: Your welcome, charm! God bless on your research, see you around!

(Charmaine walks away)

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