APA Citation Style - Library - Temasek Polytechnic
APA Citation Style - Library - Temasek Polytechnic
APA Citation Style - Library - Temasek Polytechnic
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Formatting<br />
- 6 -<br />
� all lines after the first of each entry in the reference list should be indented<br />
Journals & Magazines – the Difference<br />
Magazine Journal<br />
o popular o scholarly*<br />
o author usually a journalist or<br />
professional writer, sometimes not<br />
even named<br />
o author usually an expert<br />
o often no references o references cited<br />
o often many colorful images and<br />
pictures<br />
o charts and tables<br />
o short easy-to-understand articles o longer articles with more jargon<br />
o goal is to entertain and inform o goal is scholarly* communication<br />
Notations<br />
*scholarly = containing a serious detailed<br />
study of a subject<br />
[Abstract] [Letter to the editor]<br />
[Audio podcast] [Monograph]<br />
[Brochure] [Motion picture]<br />
[Bronze sculpture] [Painting<br />
[CD] [Special issue]<br />
[Computer software] [Special section]<br />
[Data file] [Supplemental material]<br />
[Fan page] [Video webcast]<br />
[Group page] [Web log message]<br />
[Lecture notes]<br />
Publishers<br />
o do not include words like Publishers, Publishing, Co., Inc.<br />
o do not include publishers first names, e.g. for John Wiley, use Wiley<br />
o if there are two publishers, use only the first one listed<br />
o if there are two places of publication use only the first one listed<br />
o no publisher or place of publication included when citing an eBook<br />
o give the name and location of the publisher – include city and state or, outside the<br />
United States, city and country. E.g. London, England<br />
[Reference & Information Services, <strong>Temasek</strong> <strong>Polytechnic</strong> <strong>Library</strong>, Aug 2012]
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