PSYC 111 005: Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes

In APA, the algorithm changes slightly based on the type of source you are working with. 

Pay attention to punctuation and font (italicization) in the APA example. 

In-Text Citation

Paraphrase (Author Last Name, Date)

Direct Quotation (Author, Date, Page) Page format = p.# for a single page, or pp. #-# for a range of pages. 

No Date available is entered as n.d. {no date} format is (n.d.). 

No Author information is available? 

If no author or creator is provided, start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details.

Sometimes, the author's information will not be a person's name. It may be an organization or corporation, such as Health Canada, or a username on a site such as YouTube.

DOI (doi)  Digital Object Identifier is a unique identifier to a journal, article, book, etc. If DOI has been assigned it will be displayed on the information source and in the OCtopus detailed record display.

No DOI leave it out.

If you are citing a digital (Web) without a DOI is the Browser URL Addess of the Webpage. Remember that some URLs are created dynamically and may expire after a short period of time . Write down bibliographic information such as Author, Title, search terms used to locate the webpage ect. After 24 hours test the inital URL to see if it is still working. 

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