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To get an automatic citation for any article in Nursing Reference Center:
1. Click the Save link above or below your article.
2. Within the Save Manager page, go to the Citation Format drop-down menu and select APA.
3. Click the Save button on the left.
4. Your APA formatted citation for the article will appear under References.
To get an automatic citation for an article in any EBSCO database (i.e. Academic Search Premier, Masterfile Premier, etc.):
1. Click on an article title from your search results page.
2. Look for a toolbar (or list of icons) that runs down the right side of the article record screen.
3. Click CITE (gold piece of paper) from the toolbar options.
4. A pop-up window with several citation formats will appear. Find the APA citation style.
Citing webpages or documents on a website is similar to citing print sources. The following information is copied from the Purdue Owl APA website, linked below:
If the page names an individual author, cite their name first:
FORMAT:
Lastname, F. M., (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
EXAMPLE:
Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01
If the resource was written by a group or organization, use the name of the group/organization as the author. Additionally, if the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from the citation.
FORMAT:
Group name. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
EXAMPLE:
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (2019, November 21). Justice served: Case closed for over 40 dogfighting victims. https://www.aspca.org/news/justice-served-case-closed-over-40-dogfighting-victims
If the page's author is not listed, start with the title instead. Additionally, include a retrieval date when the page's content is likely to change over time (like, for instance, if you're citing a wiki that is publicly edited).
FORMAT:
Title of page. (Year, Month Date). Site name. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL
EXAMPLE:
Quantum physics (2019, May 16). New scientist. Retrieved February 13, 2020 from https://www.newscientist.com/term/quantum-physics/
If the date of publication is not listed, use the abbreviation (n.d.)
FORMAT:
Author. (n.d.). Title of page. Site name (if applicable). URL
EXAMPLE:
National Alliance on Mental Illness. (n.d.). Mental health conditions. https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions
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To view this information on the Purdue OWL site, use the following link:
In-text citations are the references to the research you consulted that support your point. These citations occur within the text of your paper or assignment.
In-text citations typically look like this:
(Author, date)
Author (date) states that.....
Research has suggested that ecological systems are more accurately represented as overlapping networks, rather than nested systems (Watling, 2013).
Notice the in-text citation is placed INSIDE the final punctuation mark (i.e. period).
According to Watling (2013), Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems (micro, meso, exo, etc.) can be redefined based on the social interactions of the child.
An in-text citation indicates two things:
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For more information including how to format in-text citations with various author types (unknown author or organization as author) or different numbers of authors (2 authors, 3-5 authors, or more), please see the following Purdue OWL sites: