APA Citation Activity

Instructions

If you are unfamiliar with APA citation styles, you may find it helpful to review the material inside the
"Citing sources using APA citation style" folder before beginning this assessment.

Question 1

Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation format for a book.

a. Jenkins, Henry. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory cultures. New York:
New York University Press, 2006.
b. Jenkins, H. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory cultures. New York
University Press, New York. 2006.
c. Jenkins, H. (2006). Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory culture. New
York: New York University Press.
d. Jenkins, Henry. (2006). Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. New
York UP: New York.

Question 2

Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation for a chapter from a book (no named author of
chapter).

a. Cook, V.J.(2004). "Flava'N Gorillaz: Pop Group Names." In Accomodating Brocolli in the
Cemetary, (pp. 21-22). Simon and Schuster: New York.
b. Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. (2004). In V.J. Cook, Accomodating Brocolli in the
Cemetary (pp. 21-22). New York: Simon and Schuster.
c. Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. In Cook, V.J. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary
(pp. 21-22). New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004.
d. V.J. Cook. 2004. "Flava'n Gorillaz: Pop group names." In Accomodating Brocolli in the
Cemetary, pp. 21-22. Simon and Schuster: New York.

Question 3

Choose the correct APA citation for a newspaper article.

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 a. Yonke, D. (2008, September 13). Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring
message that 'happiness is an internal event'. The Blade (Toledo, OH), p. B7.
b. Yonke, David. (2008). "Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring message
that 'happiness is an internal event'." The Blade (Toledo, OH), pp. B7.
c. Yonke, David. Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring message that
'happiness is an internal event'. The Blade, September 13, 2008. p. B7.
d. Yonke, David. "Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring message that
'happiness is an internal event'." The Blade 13 Sept. 2008: B7.

Question 4

Choose the correct APA citation for an article from a library research database.

a. Weickgenannt, Nicole. (2008). The Nation's Monstrous Women: Wives, Widows and
Witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. In Journal of Commonwealth
Literature. 43.2, pp. 65-83. Retrieved October 31, 2008, from Humanities International
Complete http:// 0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32541323&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site

b. Weickgenannt, Nicole. "The nation's monstrous women: Wives, widows and witches in
Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children." Journal of Commonwealth Literature 43.2 (June
2008): 65-83. Humanities International Complete. EBSCO. Bowling Green State
University Libraries, Bowling Green, Oh.. 31 Oct. 2008 <http://
0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32541323&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehost-live&scope=site>.

c. Weickgenannt, N. The Nation's Monstrous Women: Wives, Widows and Witches in

Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 43.2:
pp.65-83. Retrieved October 31, 2008, from Humanities International Complete. (2008,
June).

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 d. Weickgenannt, N. (2008, June). The nation's monstrous women: Wives, widows and
witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Journal of Commonwealth Literature,
43(2), 65-83. Retrieved October 31, 2008, from Humanities International Complete.

Question 5

Create an APA citation for this publication:

Article Title: Truly, Madly, Depp-ly

Author: Frank DeCaro

Publication: Advocate

Volume number: 906

Date: January 20, 2004

Pages: 76-77

Source: Gender Studies Database

Date of access: October 31, 2008

hyperlink: <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?

direct=true&db=fmh&AN=GSD0048

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