1. Citophobia
the morbid dread of citing and
bibliographies

2. Don’t be afraid to cite!
Citing made easy doable

3. Types of Citation Styles
 APA
 MLA
 Chicago
 Others: CSE, Turabian, etc.

4. APA
 American Psychological Association
 Used as a standard for disciplines such as
the social sciences

5. Types of Sources
 Books: Reference
books, encyclopedias, anthologies, books
by one or more authors
 Periodicals: scholarly
journals, magazines, newspapers, online
journals
 Websites: government or education
websites, commercial websites, nonprofit
websites
 Sources from subscription databases

6. Types of Sources: Books
 Section title and author (if available)
 Page numbers of section
 Author (or editor) or book
 Title page of book
 Verso title page

7. Types of Sources: Periodicals
 Article title and author (if available)
 Date of article (always year, sometimes
month and day)
 Title of publication
 Volume number and issue (if available)
 Access point if available through library
database; URL if available online

8. Types of Sources: Databases and E-books
 KNOW the database you used
 Name of database is sufficient (URL is not
needed)

9. Types of Sources: Websites
 Responsible party:
author, organization, university, governme
nt org, etc.
 Title of section consulted
 Name of website
 URL

10. APA: Periodical w/DOI
Simpson, A. (2007). The impact of team
processes on psychiatric case
management. Journal of Advanced
Nursing, 60, 409-418. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04402.x

11. APA: Periodical w/o DOI
Sands, L., & Shaevitz, B. (2007). Kale in
every pot. Orion, 26(4), 12. Retrieved
from LexisNexis Academic database.

12. APA: Book
Kerrigan, W., & Braden, G. K., Jr. (1989).
The idea of progress (2nd ed.). Chicago:
Avalon Press.

13. APA: Website
Latex allergy. (2007, December 1).
Retrieved from http://mayoclinic.com

14. In-Text Citations
 Help the reader find where you got the
information from
 Alphabetical
 Do the References list first

15. In-Text Citations
 Always use the FIRST thing in your
reference list
(this may be the author, title, website
organization or other)
 Use the YEAR
 For direct “quotes” use page numbers

16. In-text Citations: APA
 Paraphrase (no quotes, no page numbers)
 Quote (include page or para. numbers)

17. Hints
• Do you have all the
information from your
source?
• What goes in text?
Whatever is first on your
works cited page.
• Webpages aren’t as
complicated as they seem:
look for an author or
responsible organization, a
title, a date of some
sort, and a URL (http…).
• No date?
- use the abbreviation n.d.
APA Hints:
• Sentence
capitalization (only
first letter and
proper names) for
titles of books and
articles
• Author-date
parenthetical in text
format
• Include DOI if
available for online
journals

18. Short-cuts

19. Short-cuts
 Online and web-based services
 RefWorks (available to St. Kate’s current
students and staff ONLY)
 Zotero
 Word 2007 and other purchased software

20. Word 2007

21. Word 2007
• Garbage in, garbage out
(enter all names and titles accurately and in correct
capitalization)
• Double-check results
• Save frequently
• Citing not available in earlier version of Word

22. Questions?
Librarians available online and via phone:
reference@stkate.edu | 651-690-6652