Question

How to I site information gained from a lecture?

Answer 1

HI svonlehman,

If the info is ONLINE Lecture Notes and Presentation Slides, follow this:
taken from APA 6th ed :

"When citing online lecture notes, be sure to provide the file format in brackets after the lecture title (e.g. PowerPoint slides, Word document)."

Examples:
Hallam, A. Duality in consumer theory [PDF document]. Retrieved from Lecture Notes Online Web site: http://www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ501/Hallam/
index.html
Roberts, K. F. (1998). Federal regulations of chemicals in the environment [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://siri.uvm.edu/ppt/40hrenv/index.html

Here is an additional guideline taken from a newsletter at Purdue June 2004, which covers the circumstance of citing something a Professor says during a class lecture you attended:

"Answer MLA style (section 5.8.11) says, "In a citation of an oral presentation, give the speaker's name; the title of the presentation (if known), in quotation marks; the meeting and sponsoring organization (if applicable); the location; and the date. If there is no title, use an appropriate descriptive label (Address, Lecture, Keynote speech, Reading/), neither underlined nor enclosed in quotation marks.

So it would be something like:

Smith, Bob. Lecture. Maryville University, New York. 17 May 2003.

APA style does not give a specific example for lectures, but I would cite it as an unpublished paper:

Smith, Bob. (2003, May). Title of lecture (if any). Lecture presented at Maryville University, New York, NY."

Best wishes ! Hope this helps.