Sociology Research Guide
How to Cite Sources
Some citation examples in APA style:
Journal article from a print journal
Draper, R. J., & Hall, K. M. (2006, Summer). The Possibility
of Democratic
Educational Research to Nuture Democratic
Educators. Action in Teacher
Education, 82(2), 66-72.
Journal article from one of the Library databases
Sidener, T. M. (2006, November/December). An evaluation of strategies
to
maintain mands at practical levels. Research in Developmental Disabilities
, 27(6), 632-644. Retrieved December
19, 2006, from ScienceDirect database:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDN-4HKCYVM-1/2/
bcb08f42d7ca5333b21c893e2c40ad61
Web Site
Alternative Assessment. (n.d.). The Educator's Reference Desk.
Retrieved December
19, 2006, from Information Institute
of Syracuse Web site:
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Evaluation/
Alternative_Assessment.html
Selection from a Book
Kuhn, D. (2005). What are Inquiry Skills? In Education for Thinking (pp. 40-42).
Cambridge, MA: Havard University Press.
The following websites provide a simple way to create a citation. Fill in the information about the item, then copy and paste the citation into your bibliography or footnote.
Easy Bib
MLA and APA
Citation Machine
APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian
NoodleBib
Express
MLA and APA
Also Important:
Plagiarism - what is it? how to avoid it.