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APA Style (Archived: 6th Edition)

Your Own Class Notes

Class notes are considered personal communication and appear only as in-text citations, not in the references list.

In-text Citation

(Instructor initials. Instructor lastname, personal communication, Month Day, Year).

(A. Smith, personal communication, October 19, 2016).

Lecture Slides Posted on eCentennial

Reference

Instructors lastname, Initials. (Year). Title of presentation in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle [PowerPoint presentation]. Retrieved from eCentennial.

Jones, J. R. (2010). Taking a patient's health history: Interview skills for nurses [PowerPoint presentation]. Retrieved from eCentennial.

In-text Citation

(Instructor's lastname, Year, slide #).

(Jones, 2010, slide 6).

Handout Posted on eCentennial

Reference

Instructor's Lastname, Initials. (Year). Title of handout in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle [Class handout]. Retrieved from eCentennial.

Jones, J. R. (2010). Health history template [Class handout]. Retrieved from eCentennial.

In-text Citation

(Lastname, Year, p. #).

(Jones, 2010).

Handout Distributed in Class

Reference

Instructor's Last Name, Initials. (Year). Title of handout in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle [Class handout]. City Course is Located in, Province: College name, Course code.

Jones, J. R. (2010). Health history template [Class handout]. Toronto, ON: Centennial College, NSE-13A.

(Lastname, Year, p. #).

(Jones, 2010, p. 2).

Article from a Custom Course Pack

Treat custom course packs as edited books. You are citing and referencing an article or chapter in the course pack.

APA does not have specific recommendations for citing course packs, we have developed these recommended guidelines:

Reference

Author of the article or chapter lastname, Initials. (Year course pack published). Title of article or chapter. In Initials. Lastname of course pack editors or complilers (Comps.), Title of custom course pack in italics: Capitalize first word in title and subtitle (Custom ed. for Centennial College, pp. start page-end page). City of publication for the coursepack, State or Province code: Publisher of the course pack. (Originally published Year in Title of Journal or Book Where the Article or Chapter Originally Appeared.)

Callwood, J. (2015). Forgiveness. In F. Gavin, E. Donville, D. Vavrusa, & D. Buchanan (Comps.), Effective reading and writing for COMM 170 and beyond (4th Custom ed. for Centennial College, pp.152-155). New York, NY: Pearson Learning Solutions. (Originally published 2007 April, in The Walrus.)

In-Text Citation

(Author of the article lastname, Year coursepack was published, p. #).

(Callwood, 2015, p. 153).

 

eReserves Reading

Include the full citation information for the reading, and end the citation with the statement: Retrieved from eCentennial.

Reference

Dewey, C. (2014, November 12). The (one) simple thing fueling your social media addition. The Washington Post. Retrieved from eCentennial.

In-Text Citation

(Lastname, Year, para. #).

(Dewey, 2014, para. 2).

Open License Statement

APA Guide, 6th Edition by Centennial College Libraries is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license unless otherwise stated.

About Personal Communication

Class notes, interviews, telephone conversations and emails are all personal communication:

  • Unpublished
  • Not publicly available for retrieval

Citing Personal Communication

Only include an in-text citation in the body of your assignment.

Do not include an entry in the references list

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