Exercise: Documenting sources (APA)

Each of the following items shows a passage containing an in-text citation. Click on the choice that shows the correct APA-style reference-list entry for the source in the in-text citation.

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EXAMPLE

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Source: a printed book with two authors

Dwyer and Patel (2002) used the term “public culture” to describe “the complex and fluid interaction that exists between the categories of high/elite and low/mass culture in India” (p. 9).

A. Dwyer, R., and Patel, D. (2002). Cinema India: The visual culture of Hindi film. London, England: Oxford University Press.

B. Dwyer, R., and D. Patel. (2002). Cinema India: The visual culture of Hindi film. London, England: Oxford University Press.

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Source: an article from a print magazine

As Wallace (2006) pointed out, “most archaeologists who have studied [it] say there is not enough evidence to support assertions that the Hebron site is really Abraham’s tomb” (p. 64).

A. Wallace, J. (May 2006.) “Shifting ground in the Holy Land: Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament.” Smithsonian 37, 58–65.

B. Wallace, J. (2006, May). “Shifting ground in the Holy Land: Archaeology is casting new light on the Old Testament.” Smithsonian 37, 58–65.

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Source: an article from a database

Weist (2005) noted that “educators in the U.S. generally do not receive adequate training about mental health and mental health problems of youth” (“Training Needs”).

A. Weist, M. D. (2005). Fulfilling the promise of school-based mental health: Moving toward a public mental health promotion approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(6), 735–741. Retrieved June 1, 2006.

B. Weist, M. D. (2005). Fulfilling the promise of school-based mental health: Moving toward a public mental health promotion approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(6), 735–741.

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Source: an online journal article

Owen (2002) argued, “Since the 1980s, major advances in computer technology have seen a corresponding increase in speculative talk about the ways in which people are alleged to process, store, and retrieve discrete pieces of data” (Methodological Paradigms section).

A. Owen, J. L. (2002). A retrospective on behavioral approaches to human language—and some promising new developments. American Communication Journal, 5(3).

B. Owen, J. L. A retrospective on behavioral approaches to human language—and some promising new developments. American Communication Journal, 5(3). (Spring 2002).

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Source: an online journal article

Janning and Menard (2006) argued that today’s do-it-yourself home decorating shows reinforce traditional female stereotypes, promoting the idea that women “are to maintain the domestic sphere [and] be in charge of the aesthetic presentation of the home for men” (Conclusions section).

A. Janning, M., & Menard, L. (2006). I would never do that in my own home: Gender, audience reflexivity, and the decorating television viewing culture. Electronic Journal of Sociology.

B. Janning, M., & Menard, L. (2006). I would never do that in my own home: Gender, audience reflexivity, and the decorating television viewing culture. Electronic Journal of Sociology. Retrieved May 31, 2006.