LibGuides: Environmental Public Health / Health Inspector: Citing

APA Citing -- 7th edition

A citation or reference is the information given in a bibliography or a database about a particular title, which often includes:

article title or chapter title
periodical title or book title
author(s) or editor(s)
date of publication
publisher name
volume/issue (articles) or edition (books)
page range
electronic access (URL or DOI)

There are many ways to format citations. The style you choose depends on your field and the requirements set by your Instructor.

Template

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of Publication). Title of article: no capital after colon. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), Page Range. URL or DOI

Examples

Print Article

Ellery, K. (2008). Undergraduate plagiarism: a pedagogical perspective. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 33(5), 507-516.

Online Article

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.225

Adapted from UWM Libraries

You can often find all the information you need for a journal article citation on the first page of that article.

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Adapted from UWM Libraries

APA Style - a BCIT guide with examples -- 7th edition
Citing Sources / Create Your Bibliography - A UTL Guide
Purdue OWL -- 7th edition.
APA Style Blog -- 7th edition
Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style

APA 6th/7th Comparison Quick Guide
APA 7th Edition Most Notable Changes
This slide presentation was presented as part of EKU's Teaching and Learning Innovation (TLI) Series. It presents info on the most notable changes in the APA's new 7th edtion of its publication manual.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 A46 2020
7th edition

1. Database Citation Tools

Many library databases have built-in citations tools that auto-create a citation. The major citation styles are available choices in the databases citation tools.

These citations tools should only be considered a starting point, as they may contain formatting errors - always review auto-created citations to ensure they are correct.

2. Citation managers are tools that can help with your research process, including:

Organize and save citations/articles.	Create in-text citations.
Share citations/articles with colleagues.	Generate Reference Lists in a wide range of styles.

with thanks to MCPHS University

Examples of free citation management tools are: Mendeley and Zotero

For full details, please read the APA blog post.

ChatGPT and other Large Language Models are useful tools for developing a research question or drafting preliminary text, but the results it produces are not reproducible or retrievable -- therefore, the "chat" produced is more analogous to a personal conversation.

When citing ChatGPT, use the same citation standard as that used for algorithms and similar software. Authors should also describe the use of ChatGPT in the introduction section of their papers.

ChatGPT may not be authoritative, even when providing "sources" upon request.

Example Citations

In-text Narrative citation
When prompted with “Is the left brain right brain real or a metaphor?” OpenAI (2013) responded with the ChatGPT generated text that, although the two brain hemispheres are somewhat specialized, “the notion that people can be characterized as ‘left-brained’ or ‘right-brained’ is considered to be an oversimplification and a popular myth”.

In-text Parenthetical citation
When given a follow-up prompt of “What is a more accurate representation?” the ChatGPT-generated text indicated that “different brain regions work together to support various cognitive processes” and “the functional specialization of different regions can change in response to experience and environmental factors” (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript).

Reference
OpenAI. (2023), ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat

From Michener Institute of Education at UHN

Plagiarism

BCIT Policy -- Academic Integrity and Appeals.
BCIT Library Guide -- Avoiding Plagiarism.
BCIT MOOC-0121 – Academic Integrity
An OWL guide on Avoiding Plagiarism, and Understanding Plagiarism.
EBSCO guide for students on How to avoid plagiarism.
Academic Integrity - The Learning Portal

Citation Managers

It's free, so you'll be able to use it forever, even after you leave BCIT.
It saves your digital files to your computer and backs them up in the cloud.
It works seamlessly with Microsoft Word.
It can also be used with Google Docs, LibreOffice, LaTeX, and other text editors.
It automates a lot of processes, like attaching PDFs, that require extra steps in RefWorks.