Question

My professor gave us a electronic handout that had different theories that she wanted us to use in our APA style paper - how do you do cite and reference that handout?

Answer 1

Electronic hand-out? Is it online or did you get it via e-mail?

Answer 2

I got it in an email but i i think she got it online.

Answer 3

I got my APA guide for this. It says: "If not author is named, mention the title of the document in a signal phrase or give the first word or two of the title in the parantheses. E.g.: "According to a BBC article, chimpanzees at sites in West Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda exhibit culture-specific patterns (cont'd) ("Chimps", 1999).

Answer 4

When the date is unknown, APA recommends using the abbreviation "n.d." (for "no date"). E.g.: "Attempts to return sign-language apes to the wild have had mixed results (Smith, n.d.).

Answer 5

* "If no author" -not "not" ^ sorry for the mistake!

Answer 6

No page numbers. APA ordinarily requires page numbers for quotations, and it recommends them for summaries or paraphrases from long sources. When an electronic source lacks stable numbered pages, your citation should include -if possible- information that will help readers locate the particular passage being cited. When an electronic document has numbered paragraphs, use the paragraph number preceded by the symbol ⁋ or by the abbreviation "para.": (Hall, 2001, ⁋ 5) or (Hall, 2001, para. 5). If neither a page nor a paragraph number is given and the document contains headings, cite the appropriate heading and indicate which paragraph under that heading you are referring to. E.g. "According to Kirby (1999), some critics have accused activists in the Great Ape Project of "exaggerating the supposed similarities of the apes [to humans] to stop their use in experiments" (Shares Path section, para. 6).

Answer 7

okay thanks!

Answer 8

For future reference: it is always good to have some writing guide at hand : ) Also, the simpler language is used in such a guide, the better for you. Good luck.