«APA Cita directa 2020»

This video introduces you to creating a direct citation in APA 7th edition format. For your monograph, only the simple direct citation (text citation) is required which presents the credit to the author and year or title and year. Use parenthesis, be sure you write the bibliography in the References.

For other citations you can search CAI de Aguadilla webpage in section Investigación/Instrucción: https://aguadilla.inter.edu/elcai/?page_id=3328 

 

APA 7th edition and MLA 8th edition

Todo cambia y así también los formatos, en el siguiente enlace encontrarás un documento que  muestra los requisitos básicos para presentar las bibliografías en ambos formatos MLA y APA, según las directrices más recientes (dic. 2019). Espero te sea útil en tu investigación para lograr tus tareas correctamente, asi evitarás plagio.

Saludos de Mrs. Amelia

APA-7th-and-MLA-8th

 

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New! APA 7th ed. References

New APA 7th ed. References

This is a list with the basic elements to write an APA 7th ed. reference:

Book

Encyclopedia

Web document

Journal

Video

See 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual, for more information.

Or visit Reference list basic rules APA 7th edition from Purdue University

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

 

APA Manual 7th edition: the most notable changes

«The American Psychological Association anticipates that most people will start using the 7th edition in the spring of 2020 or thereafter.» (Streefkerk 2019).

 

  1. Summary document:

APA Manual 7th edition

https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/

 

2. Another interesting comments:

https://apastyle.apa.org/Blog/transition-seventh-edition

 

Avoiding Plagiarism (video) to students: 6th – 8th grade

Avoiding Plagiarism

6-8th grade EAVIA’s students:

Guide questions:
What is plagiarism?
Plagiarism is «the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.» (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).

Our school forbids plagiarism.

How to avoid?
Avoid it by: writing the same as other person idea or write and create a citation (Author, year), paraphrasing, and write a list of references at the end of the project.

How to paraphrase?
Paraphrase is a «rewording of something written or spoken by someone else». Restatement, rewriting or a new version. (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).

How citing sources? 

Copy the information using quotation marks » » and create the citation using parenthesis, if it is less than 40 letters. Indent whole information when there are more than 40 letters.

Basic citation formats:
MLA format: (Author Last Name, page where your found the information). (Title, page).
APA format: (Author Last Name, Year). (Title, Year).

 

Write the bibliography at the end of the document.

APA = References or Bibliography

MLA = Works Cited

 

Getting help from the librarian! 

Plagiarism: Guide questions and video «If Technology Could Talk- Academic Dishonesty»

If Technology Could Talk- Academic Dishonesty & Plagiarism

9-12th grade EAVIA’s students:

Guide questions:

  • What is plagiarism?
    Plagiarism is «the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.» (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).

Our school forbids plagiarism.

  • How to avoid?
    Avoid it by: writing the same as other person idea or write and create a citation (Author, year), paraphrasing, and write a list of references at the end of the project.
  • How to paraphrase?
    Paraphrase is a «rewording of something written or spoken by someone else». Restatement, rewriting or a new version. (Oxford Dictionary, 2019).
  • How citing sources? 

Copy the information using quotation marks » » and create the citation using parenthesis, if it is less than 40 letters. Indent whole information when there are more than 40 letters.

Basic citation formats:
MLA format: (Author Last Name, page where your found the information). (Title, page).
APA format: (Author Last Name, Year). (Title, Year).

Write the bibliography at the end of the document.

APA = References

MLA = Works Cited

Getting help from the librarian!