LibGuides: Practical Nursing: Citation Help

ProQuest Research Companion

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ProQuest Research Companion is a new, intuitive and self-guided product that effortlessly guides students through the research process, helping them develop their critical thinking skills to more effectively find, evaluate and use information. Created by writing instructors and librarians, it supports information literacy instruction and practical application through tools and learning videos.

APA Citation Style Resources

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association : The official guide to APA style by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2020
Chapters of particular interest are chapters 8-10 that deal with in text citations, creating a reference list and examples of references.

American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guideline Overview (Purdue University)
Poster presentation overview of APA Style Guidelines prepared by Purdue University OWL Writing Lab.
Student Paper Checklist (APA Style)

APA Citation Style 7th ed. - More resources

APA Style: Style and Grammar Guidelines
7th ed.
APA Style 7th Edition Reference Guide for Journal Articles, Books and Edited Book Chapters.
APA Style: In-Text Citations
APA 7th edition video (Florida Gateway College)
This 14 minute video provides a quick overview of the 7th edition of APA and key practices for writing a paper using APA citation style.
Changes in the 7th edition
Prepared by the Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue University).
APA Interactive (7thed.)
Select the type of resource and then check out what the pattern would be for it.
APA 7th Edition Guide (Fanshawe College)
Provides an overview of formatting a paper, in text citations and a reference list.
Basic in-text citation style format by author type
Put together by the College of St. Scholastica Library, Minnesota.

Streaming Videos on APA

APA Style (VCC LIbrary)
APA 7th in minutes: In-text citations (Humber College)
While this video refers at the end to Humber College Resources, the content of the video has very useful information with examples.
APA 7th in Minutes: Websites
While this video refers at the end to Humber College Resources, the examples used illustrate the steps to take when citing a website.

Copyright & Plagiarism

Library Resources:

The Copyright library guide contains information and links on copyright and fair dealing.

To learn more about plagiarism, consult the library website.

Article:

Price, B. (2014). Avoiding plagiarism: guidance for nursing students. Nursing Standard, 28(26), 45-51.

Booth, Y. (1996). Writing an academic essay: a practical guide for nurses. British Journal Of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing), 5(16), 995-999.

Tools for Reference Lists

VCC Library's Guide to Zotero
This guide will introduce you to Zotero, a free software for organizing your research and creating citations and reference lists.

APA Format template (Word) and Sample Papers

APA Format template (7th ed.) - Word 365
Template comes from the National American University Online Library. https://national.libguides.com/apa_7th/template_sample_paper
*Old Style!* APA Format template (6th ed.) - Word 2016
Download template to create a document in MS Word that conforms to APA style, 6th Edition.

Below are links to documents on APA formatting rules and a sample paper that highlights formatting.

APA Citation Style 7th ed.

The Practical Nursing department requires students use the APA Citation style for their research papers. Here are some helpful guides to APA:

VCC Style Guide to APA 7th ed.
APA Formatting and Style Guide: General Format (Purdue University)
7th ed.
APA Citation Style
(Concordia University)
APA Style Blog (American Psychological Association)
Searchable website to find out how to cite a resource using APA Style Manual.
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Check out the Using APA, MLA... link on the VCC Library website for additional resources. Many of the article databases will do the work for you by putting your selected articles into APA Style when you save or email them. However, some databases are still doing the APA citation using the 6th edition. Review and compare the suggested citation format against the VCC Style Guide to APA 7th ed.

APA Style - Hanging Indents

Hanging Indents Demo (YouTube)

APA and PowerPoint

APA Formatting in PowerPoint
Published in January, 2019 by the Academic Success Center, Purdue University.
APA Style PowerPoint Slide or Lecture Note References

APA and Video Citations

APA and Secondary Sources

Nontraditional Sources: Secondary Sources
A short 2 minute video from Walden University Writing Center that shows how to cite within a paper a secondary source as well as in a Reference list.
APA Style Secondary Sources

APA Reference List

New reference examples on the APA Style Website
APA Style Reference Examples
Provides examples not only for textual works but also social media, audiovisual and online resources.
Reference List: Electronic Resources (Purdue University, OWL)
How do you reference a web page that lists no author ? (APA Style)
APA Style (7th ed.) References Checklist (Royal Roads University)

APA Citation exercises

APA Tutorial : Test Your Knowledge (University of Southern Mississippi University Libraries)
Quick multiple choice questionnaire with the correct answers once you submit the completed quiz..
General APA Exercise (APA Style 7th ed.)
Prepared by Royal Roads University. There are ten questions in this quiz that test your basic knowledge of the 7th ed. Correct responses are provided once you have submitted your answers.
In-text citations (APA Style 7th ed.)
Quiz developed by Royal Roads University with the correct answers provided after each response submission..
Matching a reference to resource type (APA Style 7th ed.)
Prepared by Royal Roads University.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab : APA Activity
APA 7th Referencing: Quiz
Quiz is available through the library at Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia).

Subject Guide

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Resources on Academic Writing

Success in Academic Writing by Trevor Day
Call Number: LB 2369 D39 2018
ISBN: 9781352002041
Publication Date: 2018
2nd ed.
Advance in Academic Writing by Steve Marshall
Call Number: LB 2369 M27 2017
ISBN: 9782761341509
Publication Date: 2017
Healthcare writing : a practical guide to professional success by Michael Arntfield and James Johnston
ISBN: 9781554812295
Publication Date: 2016
Academic writing, real world topics by Michael Rectenwald
Call Number: LB 2369 R43 2016
ISBN: 9781554813308
Publication Date: 2016
Writing Critically by Mark Feltham; Whitney Hoth; WM. P. Meahan
Call Number: PE 1408 F45 2015
ISBN: 9780199006809
Publication Date: 2015
Academic Writing by Stephen Bailey
Call Number: PE 1413 B25 2015
ISBN: 9781138778504
Publication Date: 2015

Learning Centre Worksheets on Writing

Plagiarism and Plagiarism Quizzes

How well do you know plagiarism? ( Writecheck)
10 questions testing your knowledge of plagiarism.
Paraphrasing ( Eastern Institute of Technology, NZ)
Quick quiz that tests your knowledge on plagiarism through descriptive scenarios. Prepared by Library and Learning Services, Eastern Institute of Technology.
APA Style: Paraphrasing
Quiz: Plagiarism (University Of Guelph. Academic Integrity))
Ten thought provoking questions that address the subtleties of plagiarism.

To get an overview on plagiarism, watch this VCC library streaming video:

Plagiarism (VCC Library)