Criminal Justice – GE 100: Cite Sources

In-Text & Parenthetical Citations

• In-text and parenthetical citations appear in the content of your paper.  They identify your use of an idea or quotation from one of your sources.  The APA Handbook uses the author-date citation system for in-text and parenthetical citations.
• Use the author(s) last name only, for the in-text citation.  If you cannot find a date for a source, be sure to check on "About" pages, Copyright pages, and the bottoms of pages.

Reference Citations

• Information about your sources you use in your work are included as a separate list at the end of the paper.  The APA Handbook suggests using the title "References" for the list.
• Any source information that you provide in an in-text citation MUST correspond to a source in your Reference page.
• If a source does not have a date use "n.d."" for "no date" in place of the year in the reference list citation, but not for the in-text citation.

• Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style 

• Tutorial on the Basics of APA Style   

• APA Formatting and Style Guide  [OWL at Purdue]