Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
Your teachers want to know what you read and used to write your reports.
It shows your teacher that you did a lot of work for your report. It is honest and good scholarship.
It automatically writes both In-text Citations and the Bibliography (also called Reference List or Works Cited) at the end of your projects or reports.
It is a students new best friend. It is fast and you dont have to remember each little dot etc.
Fill in info
Book (in print): Author, Title, Year, City, Publisher. Careful with spelling; there is no spell check. Careful with capital letters; it will not change them. Only capitalize the first word of a book title or proper nouns.
Last name first, then comma, then first name and/or initials. Word will process the name with initials only. If there is no author, leave it blank- the title will appear first. If there is more than 1 author, put a comma between the names and & before the last author. If there are more than 6 authors, write the first 6 names and then et al.
Details: Title
Use capital letters for the first word & proper nouns.
If there is a subtitle with a colon, capitalize the first word after the colon.
Be careful with capital letters; it will not change them. The ultimate chocolate cake book The house of the spirits Rom: The story of the gypsies
Examples :
2 choices : Journal Article- use only for academic journals with volume and issue numbers as part of the title. Article in a Periodical- use for magazines with a month-day-year date or newspapers. For newspapers, put the section as part of the page, i.e. A5 = Section A, page 5.
Before you click OK, put the cursor at the exact place in your report where you want the citation to appear.
Reference List, Works Cited, Bibliography (at the end of your report)
Put the cursor on the page that you want your Bibliography, usually at the end of your report. Word will put all references in alphabetical order. Check the spacing and indentation. Delete the in-text citation from your Reference List.
But . . . You dont have to remember any of this because Word does it automatically ! ! !
Name of Web Sitename of the general site, not the page Use this form for an online newspaper.
Birds. (2005, June 4). Retrieved September 6, 2009, from Animals: www.animals.com
But . . . You dont have to remember any of this because Word does it automatically ! ! !
For example . . .
Dome of the Rock. [Photograph]. Retrieved October 4, 2009, from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/File:Dome_of_the_Rock1.jpg
Month, date, comma, year, comma. Space. Month is written as a full word. Word from then name of general website. URL. Include hyperlink if requested by your teacher. No dot at end.
I hope this helps you understand how to write APA references in MS Word and use copy & paste features of online resources. Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you have any questions.
Happy Writing !