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Instructor's Notes
Tutorials are available at the end of this chapter.To download handouts of the Learning by Doing activities, Take Action charts, and checklists that appear in this unit, and to access lecture slides, teaching tips, and Instructor's Manual materials, go to the "Instructor Resources" folder at the end of this unit.
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APA Style for Documenting Sources
For a brief overview of APA style, see section E in the Quick Research Guide.
The American Psychological Association (APA) details the style most commonly used in the social sciences in its Publication Manual, Sixth Edition (APA, 2010). For advice and updates, visit apastyle.org, purchase the manual, or use a library copy.
APA style uses a two-part system to credit sources.
To help you figure out how to improve the citation style in your draft, use the chart Take Action: Citing and Listing Sources in Ch. 36. Turn also to section A in the Quick Format Guide.
To review how to find details about sources, see the Source Navigators unit in Ch. 33.
Briefly cite or identify the author and date of the source in your text, either by mentioning them in your discussion or by noting them in parentheses right after you refer to the information drawn from the source. In many cases, you also supply the page number or other location in the original source.
Lead from this brief identification, through the author’s name, to a full description of the source in your concluding list, called “References.”