Citation Resources

Librarian: Elizabeth Torres

etorres@hpu.edu

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Today's Session

Citing Sources (APA 7th) the American Psychological Association (How)

Databases to Search (Where)

Identify Terms to Search With   (What)

Remember that citing is part of the scholarly conversation on a topic. 

Sources cited

in the article

Sources that

cited the article

Filter Your Results

Access

Electronic Content

Type of Source

Type of Source

Citing or documenting the sources used in your research serves three purposes:

1. It gives proper credit to the authors for the words or ideas you incorporated into your paper.
2. Citing your sources consistently and accurately helps you avoid committing plagiarism in your writing.
3. It allows those reading your work to locate your sources to learn more about the ideas you include in your paper.

Citation Purposes

No matter the citation style, there are a few basics you need to know about each source, including:

• Title of the work
• Author(s)
• Publisher/Source
• Year of publication
• Type (book, journal, tweet, interview, film, etc...)

The rules differ depending on the type of source.

What do you need to cite? 

 Databases Citation Tools 

https://hpu.libguides.com/az.php

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

• Gale Databases (GALE)

• Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary)

• Google Scholar

• CQ Researcher

Most databases have citation help tools in their platforms. Look for tools such as Cite or Source Citation. Note: They are not without errors, sometimes it is not the latest edition of the citation style or the citation style you need.  Always check citation style handouts and manuals to make changes.

 Databases Citation Tools 

HPU Discovery  

 Databases Citation Tools 

eBook Central

 Databases Citation Tools 

Any EBSCO database  

 Databases Citation Tools 

Any GALE database  

 Databases Citation Tools 

Google Scholar @ HPU

 Databases Citation Tools 

PsycNET

It only provides citation information in APA style, but it is really accurate as this database is from the American Psychology Association.

• BOOKS & EBOOKS
• CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS
• ARTICLES IN ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
• ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES
• ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS
• ERIC RESOURCES
• INTERNET RESOURCES
• GOVERNMENT SOURCES
• UNPUBLISHED SOURCES
• CONFERENCE PAPERS
• DISSERTATIONS & THESES 

 Types Sources

It is important to identify properly the type or format of the source.

 Types Sources

Skim the information of the source. Is there anything that indicates what kind of source it is? Sometimes the source will outright say. Other times there may be clues. Look for where was the source publish and the actual full document to know more about the source.

Magazine Article

The following examples are all books

Access Electronic Content Outside HPU Discovery

Type of Source Clues

Citation Styles Handouts

There are numerous handouts on all the different styles available online, these handouts are short guidelines to help you understand the actual rules in the citation style manuals.  Look for handouts published by univeristies like the Purdue OWL. 

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines

https://hpu.libguides.com/styleguides/apa

Reference Citation 

Do not include database information for works obtained from most academic research databases. This includes journal articles, books, and book chapters from academic research databases.

•  Do not include the database or platform name in the reference list entry unless the work falls under one of the exceptions described next (databases with original, proprietary content and results of limited circulation).
• Likewise, do not include URLs from these academic research databases in reference list entries because these URLs will not resolve for readers.(unless your instructor ask you to add them)
• Instead, use a DOI if the work has one. 
• If there is no DOI, the reference will end as the reference for print work.

Reference Citation 

Note: APA 7 advises writers to include a DOI (if available), even when using the print source. The example above assumes no DOI is available. 

Reference Citation 

Note: If no DOI, use stable URLs that function similarly to DOIs. These are preferable to ordinary URLs copied and pasted from the browser's address bar.

Reference Citation 

Note: APA 7th edition no longer requires “Retrieved” before URLs. Only in websites that content is designed to change over time.

General copyright dates are not sufficient to use as the publication date. If no creation or publication date is given, use n.d. If the author and website are the same, omit the website.

Website Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of page. Website. http://xxxxx

Author no date

Corporate author

Content changes

over time

In-text Citation

  Citation Management Tools 

• www.zotero.org

• https://www.mendeley.com/

• http://www.myendnoteweb.com/ 

Management citation tools are more sophisticated tools to store all your sources bibliographic information so you create your own library of sources.

Then you can easily create bibliographies or sync to your documents and input the citations you need from your own library.  Always check the proper citation style handout and manual to make changes in citations.

ZOTERO

Zotero is a Free management citation tool. That works by speaking to your internet browser and identifying references using icons. 

Example of a Zotero Library

Organize in folders

Sources in a particular folder

Bibliographic information of one source. Use to create citations!

Creating a bibliography from a folder in Zotero.

Learn more about ZOTERO at https://hpu.libguides.com/zotero

Selecting the citation style you want the bibliography to be.

Dropping note

citations in Word.

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