1. AccessScience–
How to Cite
APA
How to Read an
ORIGINAL Source
Citation

2. Citing a source is like putting together
a jigsaw puzzle – each piece has to
come together just so in order for the
puzzle to make the big picture.

3. Example
Article
Locate your citation information at the end of your article.
Look for “How to cite this article.”

4. Now let’s put the pieces together …
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

5. HIGHLIGHT text as you
identify each section of the
source citation. If it is not
in your chart, skip over it.
AUTHOR(s)
of Article – List ALL
Leave BLANK if no
names are listed.
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

6. TITLE of Article –
“blah, blah”
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

7. SKIP publisher of
database
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

8. DATE of Article –
Do NOT leave blank
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

9. If you do NOT have a DOI -
AccessScience does not
include Accession #s, include
the URL to the .com
Example:
http://www.accessscience.com
How to cite this article:
Alan Longacre, R. I. Papendick, J. F. Parr, "Fertilizer,"
in AccessScience, ©McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008,
http://www.accessscience.com

10. Now you’re ready to create
your Reference List in
NoodleTools.

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for Help.
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