Assignment #4

WORKSHEET: APA STYLE

Directions: Use the information provided and your LIBRARY HANDBOOK to practice your APA style
for citing sources.
BOOK
Author: Fulcan, Mary J.
Title: The Beginning Teacher
Date: 1989

Publisher: Bobbs-Meril
Place: New York

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Authors: Samuel Robertson & Jane Nelson
Title: Language and Thinking in Young Children
Date: 1987

Publisher: Mott Media

Place: Milford, Michigan

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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Author: Janet Currie & Duncan Thomas
Title: Does Head Start make a difference?
Source: American Economic Review June 1995 v85 n3 p341 365
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Authors: Joanne R. Nurss, Yolanda E. Upkins, & Jacqueline E. Brown
Title: More than baby-sitting: a homeless childrens day shelter program
Source: Children Today March-April 1996 v22 n2 p7 10
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Author: Estelle Maxwell
Title: More than somewhere to leave the kids
Date: June 2, 1995
Source: Times Educational Supplement n4118 p6A
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INTERNET SOURCE
Authors: Danielle Houser & Cathy Osborne
Title: Developmentally Appropriate Practices: Right for All Kids
Source: Early Childhood Educators and Family Web Corner
http://www.nauticom.net/www/cokids/dapei.html
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TIPS TO HELP YOU!!!
Never use authors first or middle namesjust use initials.
Use & instead of and if there is more than one author.
Underline only titles of books, journals, and volumes.
Capitalize ONLY the first word in the title and subtitle UNLESS its a proper noun.
Only use p for page in citing a newspaper article, never for journal or periodical articles.
Use issue number instead of month.

Note: The Library has a one-page handout on APA; it is available online and in the Reference Area.
For complete information on APA see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association REF PN147 .P83 1994.