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APA citations

You will need to use APA style to properly cite your chosen sources within the text of your paper and on your References page. The college offers several resources designed to help you with this task, including:

          -APA Style Guide (templates, sample references, and in-text citation guidance)

          -Allied health APA Guide (similar to the general guide above, but targeted towards health resources)

          -APA Checklist (list of most common APA errors)

          -APA tutorial (hands-on demonstration of common APA issues)

Please remember that you must cite all sources when referencing them within your paper! Page 1 of the APA Style Guide describes how to do this for resources with and without a personal author. Be especially mindful of direct quotations, which require quotation marks around the cited passage and the page number you found the text (if available). As an example, see the direct quotation and corresponding APA reference entry below.

 

In-text citations

Parenthetical

The study authors found that "yoga intervention has proven to be effective in enhancing self‑esteem, emotional regulation, and positive feelings among the students practicing yoga" (Janjhua et al., 2020, p. 3383).

Signal Phrase

Janjhua et al. (2020) state that "yoga intervention has proven to be effective in enhancing self-esteem, emotional regulation, and positive feelings among the students practicing yoga" (p. 3383).

 

References entry

Janjhua, Y., Chaudhary, R., Sharma, N. & Kumar, K. (2020). A study on effect of yoga on emotional 

          regulation, self-esteem, and feelings of adolescents. Journal of Family Medicine & Primary Care, 9(7),

          3381-3386. 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_153_20

 

Web sites may either have a personal author, corporate, or government author, and the citation style for each situation differs slightly. Please see page 5 of our APA guides for specific templates for each situation. Consider using NoodleBib to build your citations and reference list. Contact Robert at rkrzanowski@carrollcc.edu or 410-386-8337 for assistance with this program.

You should also consider using the library's citation check service. Librarians will review your citations at the reference desk or via e-mail (contact ref_desk@carrollcc.edu and attach a Word document, as librarians cannot access SharePoint links) and show you where you need to make corrections. We will only review final drafts, and all submissions must abide by our citation check policy.