Geology

Citation Format: APA

Citations are important for the following reasons:

They give credit to the original creator of the information

They organize your information

They solidify your research by making it more credible

They allow for other researchers to track back to other sources of related information and cite specific authors

What exactly is included in a citation? All the important details of the source! Depending on the citation format and source type, they will be organized uniquely. 

Information typically included in a citation: (Not in order)

Author, Title of source, Title of container, Other contributors, Version, Number, Publisher, Publication date, Location

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Remember - this to get started, you do not want to copy and paste! It is a tool to help you build the bones of your citation - always edit before turning in your work!

Examples

APA:

Basic Form

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)

Journal Articles

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

GSA:

Articles

Author(s), Year of Publication, Title: Subtitle (if applicable): Publication, Volume number, Page numbers, doi (if applicable).

Books

Author(s), Year of Publication, Title: Place of publication, Publisher, Number of pages.

Maps

Author(s), Year of publication, Title: Publisher, Series number (if available), Scale (if available), Number of sheets (if available), Number of text pages (if applicable).

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*Don't forget to add a hanging indent to your citations!