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COMPETITIVE EFFECTIVENESS VSB 2020 SPRING 2011
LINDA HAUCK, BUSINESS LIBRARIAN
APA Citations for Business Research
Agenda
Why, what, where & whenTools for APA StyleReference List
Method to the madness Examples Your problems
In Text CitationsGraphs & Tables
APA for Business
Why: Academic Integrity, Intellectual Property law, Your audience
What: Books, Articles, published data, unpublished data or results, Reports, Web blogs, pages
Where: Reference List, In-text, Tables & Graphs
When: Included in report or presentation, fact, object, another’s idea, quote, don’t include background research not directly included in report
APA Resources
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.1
APA Style Online TutorialAPA Style BlogResearch & Documentation OnlineCiting Business Sources Using APA1. All citation and formatting rules found in this presentation are from this source. Check this area of each slide for a page reference.
Reference List: Formatting
List references in alphabetical order. Order several works by same author by year of
publication Order works by same author in same year by title Space evenly throughout. The first line of a citation should be flush left
Indent all subsequent lines (5 spaces).
References
Berelson, B. (1966). Content analysis in communication research. In B. Berelson,
and M. Janowitz (Eds.), Reader in Public Opinion and Communication (2nd ed.),
pp.260-266. New York, NY: Free Press.
Severin, W. J., and Tankard, J. W. (2001). Communication Theories: Origins,
Methods, and Uses in the Mass Media. New York, NY: Addison Wesley Longman.
Shyles, L. (2002). Deciphering Cyberspace. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
•DATABASE CITATION UTILITIES•REFWORKS/SON OF CITATION MACHINE•BY HAND•RESOURCE TYPE
• Article, report, web page, blog, data, video•ALWAYS EDIT/REVIEW CITATIONS
Reference List Methods
Last, N. (2011). Title of the work. Publication Information. Electronic location DOI or home URL or database
Newspaper Article from Database
Report with Corporate Author Online
Report with Named Author
Report Corporate Author Online
Web posting, press release
Web posting, blog
Online magazine article
Newspaper Article Online
Data set
Interview Survey
If unpublished cite as personal communication in text only.
If posted to class wiki or blog, cite in reference list.
Team Reagle. (2011). [Student survey of attitudes toward American Eagle fashion at Villanova conducted January 10-14]. Unpublished raw data.
Unpublished Sources
In-TextAuthor-Date
The United States is becoming older and more diverse (Pew Social Trends Staff, 2008).
According to Mintel (2010), social media is the best way to reach millennials.
Graphs & Tables
Graphs & tables that you make.
Headings, labels, number consecutively
Graphs & tables found in other’s work.
Block Quote rules, indented, page noted
Number consecutively
Conclusion
There are many more types of documents that you may need to cite in APA style.
There are unusual situations you may encounter when preparing your reference list.
When in doubt, check a trustworthy APA resource, or the publication manual itself.
Reference librarians are available to help with APA citations.
The Writing Center can help throughout the writing process, including APA formatting.