Full citations which are listed in your Reference List at the end of your assignment. The citations includes all the required information about your sources, such as the author's name, source title, and URL.
These are short citations found in your paragraphs. They often include the author's last name, publication year, and sometimes page number. For example: (Lee, 2020, p.13)
Example of two parts of citing: in-text citation and reference list citations
Your reference list will contain all the sources that you have cited in your assignment. The reference list citations contain important details about your source, such as the author's name, source title, date of publication, and URL. See the APA Citation Guide for tips on formatting reference lists and learn how to cite different sources.
You can reference sources in your text by quoting directly or paraphrasing.
Quoting is copying a selection from someone else's work, phrasing it exactly as it was originally written. When quoting place quotation marks (" ") around the selected passage to show where the quote begins and where it ends. Remember to add an in-text citation after the quote.
Example: “Social cognition includes self-knowledge, your knowledge of other people, others’ knowledge of themselves, and their knowledge of you" (Bosacki, Varnish, & Akseer, 2008, p. 190).
Consider quoting a source if (University College, 2022):
The language of the passage is particularly elegant, powerful, or memorable that it can't be expressed any other way.
You wish to confirm the credibility of your argument by enlisting the support of an authority on your topic.
The passage is worthy of further analysis.
Paraphrasing is used to show that you understand what the author wrote. You must restate the passage, expressing the ideas in your own words, and not just change a few words here and there. It's useful when describing short passages from a source. Remember to add an in-text citation after the paraphrase.
Example: Developing self-awareness is a lifelong process that requires continual work (Mohr, 2003).