Workshops: 4. Cite Sources with APA

Read or view the materials listed below and then take the quiz (link located further down the page). There is an optional section on the quiz to alert a mentor or instructor, that you name, that you satisfactorily completed the quiz (you won't be able to answer the quiz questions without doing the readings/tutorials).

Questions to consider as you work through the materials below:

• What are some practical reasons professors ask me to cite my sources?
• When do I need to include citations in my paper?
• What's the difference between an in-text citation and an end-of-text citation on the References Page?
• What are narrative in-text citations and how can I use them?
• How are References Page citations ordered and formatted?
• What is a paraphrase and what is the advantage of doing that as opposed to a direct quote?

For practice, the best method is to actually create some citations. Refer to to the APA OWL Guide and APA Examples page for help doing this. Also note that any citations generated by a library database, generative AI or other tool should be checked for accuracy - they often contain errors (especially in the capitalization of article titles):

1. Given the following quote and source, use Microsoft Word to write out 2 APA in-text citations - one using a parenthetical citation and another using a narrative citation:
   • "lying and leaking have an equilibrium relationship...seeding and smearing involve...using Internet trolls or botnets on social media, deep fakes, or spoofing websites to facilitate keeping the source of disinformation hidden."
   • from page 669 of: Arce, D. (2024). Disinformation strategies. Defence and Peace Economics, 35(6), 659–672. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2024.2302236
2.  Create a brief APA References page for the following 2 sources (these are real world examples so they will likely require you to look up formatting details and examples as described in the main video above, which you'll need to do for your assignments anyway):
   • https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-spread-of-synthetic-media-on-x/
   • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-misinformation-spreads-and-why-we-trust-it/

Work through the video above and take this quiz:

• APA Workshop Quiz


• [Note that without carefully watching the video tutorial and doing the practice exercises you will probably not be able to answer many of the questions]