Don’t cite it as an online source if you haven’t viewed the text of the article/book online! Before you cite something as an online source, make sure you view the full text of the item online.
Some databases show you the full text of the article, but others only provide the title, author and a brief summary. This applies to books as well. Unless you read the book on the computer, you cite the print source and not the URL for the library catalogue record. 6.
Online Images 4. Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries The APA style manual does not cover citing encyclopedias or dictionaries, so the closest print example is given in Troyka #12-13.Online Encyclopedia Hammill, G. (1997). Saturday night live. In Encyclopedia of television.
Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. Retrieved July 21, 2006, from http://www. museum. tv/archives/etv/index.
html You must cite images like any other source. There is no APA rule on citing images, but we can create a model based on APA rules for other types of online sources. Identify: • • • • • person who created the work, and their role (Artist, Photographer, etc. ) date of creation title of the work date you retrieved it URL 2 If no title is given, include a descriptive title and place it in square brackets.
If you have other information about the image, such as the image database or collection it is available from, you could include that too. Online Image Sullivan, J. (Photographer) (2005, September). [Water gushes over New Orleans dike. ] Retrieved September 23, 2005 from http://www. cbc.
ca/news/ Available from Getty Images. How to cite this document in APA style: Anderson, J. (2006,August 1). Addendum on APA citation: Online sources. Retrieved [month day, year] from http://www.
lib. sfu. ca/researchhelp/ subjectguides/tech/apa_citing_addendum. pdf 8. The TECH 100 text Teamwork and CommunicationThis is not an electronic source, but it’s something which a number of students have difficulty citing. The textbook is a compilation of chapters from other books, so it should be treated as an “anthology or edited book” (see Troyka’s example #10).
Here’s how to cite the first chapter of your text: MacLennan, J. (2005). Understanding the nature of communication. In Teamwork and communication: Simon Fraser University, Surrey TECH 100/TECH 101 (2nd ed. ) (pp.
1-16). Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing. Use the date your text was published (2005), not the date the chapter was originally written. Final remarksIt’s very easy to get lost in all the picky details of citing, but you shouldn’t let that happen to you. Keep the big picture in mind. The goal of citing is to reflect the careful work you have put into your research.
It draws a line between the work you have done and that of other scholars. It also allows for others to locate the sources you have used in conducting your research. Gather whatever information you can find about the source –author, title, URL, etc. If you’re missing some elements, don’t worry. Follow the basic APA rules and combine the bits you’ve got into a citation.
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