General Guide to Citing

Basics of Citing

4. AMA and APA

3. Parts of a Citation

2. Why do we cite?

1. What Is a Citation?

Topics

A formal and structured acknowledgement in your paper or work to the sources that have helped inform your thoughts or support your findings.

A citation is...

WHY DO WE CITE?

• When you use someone else's ideas.
• When you quote another's words.
• When you use images or graphs from another work.

Give Credit

To Avoid plagiarizing!

To Show You Did Your Research

So readers can double check our interpretation of what we cite.

Parts of a Citation

What is expected from citations in a paper or publication?

Citation Styles used for writing papers usually call for an in-text citation in the body of the paper and a full citation in a references/bibliography area.

Citations are like a map. They give you directions about where to go.

Shows a reader where to find

Shows a reader where to find

The Full Document/Resource

The Full Citation

The In-Text Citation

Full Citation`

In-Text Citation

• Usually at the end of the article in an alphabetical or numerical reference list.
• Contains all the information needed to locate the full text such as journal title, article title, date and volume published.
• May also be in footnotes.(Chicago Style)

• In the paper next to the information being cited.
• Can be a number1 (AMA style)
• Can be other information like author's last name and date (APA style/MLA style)
• The in-text citation tells the reader where to find the full citation in the reference list.
• Defense against plagiarism.

Common Parts of a CitationAuthor: Rules may change depending on how many authors there are.Date Published: Year or full date depending on source type.Article Title/Chapter Title (if only citing a chapter)/Web Section Title.Journal Title/Book Title/Web Page Title: Journal titles may require abbreviation.Volume & Issue Number: For journals.DOI=Digital Object Identifer: For Online Resources like ejournals or ebook chapters.URL: For web pages.Location of Publication & Publisher: Some styles require this for books.

Parts of a Full Citation

Each citation style has its own rules about what information to include and how to include it. It's important to consult a reliable citation guide while creating citations even if you are using a citation generator like Mendeley, Word...etc.

APA & AMA

Citation Styles at NWHSU

This section will offer an overview of characteristics of the citation styles. You should be able to recognize the important parts of a citation in order to track down an original source. Online guides will be provided on how to create citations from scratch. It is recommended that you bookmark them for reference when it comes time for you to create citations. The best way to learn citations is to create citations. It's important to double check your citations, even when using a citation generator, to make sure the format is right and the citation contains all the necessary information.

American MEdical Association

AMA

APA

American Psychological Association

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• Popular in medicine
• Numerical in-text citations using superscripts
• References in numerical order of their first appearance in the paper at the end of the paper

• Popular with Behavior and Social Sciences
• Parenthetical in-text citations (Author, Date and sometimes page #)
• Reference list in alphabetical order at the end of the paper

AMA

APA

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Mendeley

Excelsior OWL

MORERESOURCES

APA

AMA quick guide

official ama guide

purdue OWL

MORERESOURCES

AMA

Any questions? Email library@nwhealth.eduOr consult our writing & citing guide

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