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SOCORRO ANNE R. ZALUAGA
HNU-CAS
July 24, 2013
DOCUMENTATION
Outline of the Presentation
What Documentation is
Why is Documentation important
APA Format
- Citations
- Bibliography
Sample exercises
References
What is Documentation?
The act or an instance of supplying the documents or
supporting references or records.
 It is also the collation, synopsizing and coding of
printed materials for future purposes.
It is the practice of providing notes and
bibliographies which allow readers to trace ideas to
their sources and, if interested, to learn about the
subject in greater detail. It also protects the writer
from any appearance of plagiarism.
Why is Documentation important?
The general principle of intellectual honesty in
research requires proper documentation of sources.
Documentation allows your reader to locate your
sources whether they are found in local libraries,
whether private or institutional, or via the internet.
Undocumented use of others' ideas (not just
others' phrasing) can put you in the embarrassing
position of appearing to have intended to commit
plagiarism.
 Academic scholarship is a system in which authors
publish their opinions so that they can be read by a
community of scholars.
These scholars evaluate an author's arguments and then
write new works to support or refute what they have read.
Your work is also a part of this system: your research and
writings will become available to the community.
This is why it is so important for your readers to be able
to check your sources and fully evaluate the strength of
your arguments.
Papers with thorough and correct citations make your
work appear thoughtful and well-researched.
American Psychological Association Format
Dauer, F. W. (1996). Critical thinking. New York:
Barnes and Noble.
The immediate reference to the year of publication in
the APA style is attributed to the need in the social
and natural sciences to emphasize the date of the
idea’s formal dissemination in published form.
Ashe, D. D., & McCutcheon, L. E. (2001). Shyness,
loneliness, and attitude toward
celebrities. Current Research in Social Psychology, 6,
124-133. 2013, July 23. Retrieved from
http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp.html
Because web pages can change any time, two
dates are needed in the entry: the date the
web page was created or last updated and the
date you accessed the page.
Basic format for a quotation
  Ordinarily, introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that 
includes the author’s last name followed by the year of publication in 
parentheses. Put the page number preceded by "p." (or "pp." for 
more than one page) in parentheses after the quotation.
    Example: Critser (2003) noted that despite growing numbers of 
overweight Americans, many health care providers still “remain 
either in ignorance or outright denial about the health danger to the 
poor and the young” (p. 5).
 If the author is not named in the signal phrase, place the author’s 
name, the year, and the page number in parentheses after the 
quotation: (Critser, 2003, p. 5).
Basic format for a summary or a
paraphrase
 Include the author’s last name and the year either in a signal 
phrase introducing the material or in parentheses following it. 
Give a page number to help readers find the passage. For 
online sources without page numbers, see No page 
numbers in item 12.
Example: Yanovski and Yanovski (2002) explained that 
sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of 
the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the 
brain (p. 594).
or
Sibutramine suppresses appetite by blocking the reuptake of 
the neurotransmitters serotonin and norepinephrine in the 
brain (Yanovski & Yanovski, 2002, p. 594).
Work with two authors
Name both authors in the signal phrase or the 
parentheses each time you cite the work. In the 
parentheses, use “&” between the authors’ names; in 
the signal phrase, use “and.”
Example: According to Sothern and Gordon (2003), 
“Environmental factors may contribute as much as 
80% to the causes of childhood obesity” (p. 104).
Obese children often engage in limited physical 
activity (Sothern & Gordon, 2003, p. 104).
Work with three to five authors
 Identify all authors in the signal phrase or the parentheses the first 
time you cite the source.
Example: In 2003, Berkowitz, Wadden, Tershakovec, and Cronquist 
concluded, “Sibutramine . . . must be carefully monitored in 
adolescents, as in adults, to control increases in [blood pressure] 
and pulse rate” (p. 1811).
 In subsequent citations, use the first author’s name followed by “et 
al.” in either the signal phrase or the parentheses.
As Berkowitz et al. (2003) advised, “Until more extensive safety and 
efficacy data are available, . . . weight-loss medications should be 
used only on an experimental basis for adolescents” (p. 1811).
Work with six or more authors
5.  Use the first author’s name followed by “et al.” in 
the signal phrase or the parentheses.
Example: McDuffie et al. (2002) tested 20 
adolescents, aged 12-16, over a three-month period 
and found that orlistat, combined with behavioral 
therapy, produced an average weight loss of 4.4 kg, 
or 9.7 pounds (p. 646).
Work with unknown author 
If the author is unknown, mention the work’s title in the signal 
phrase or give the first word or two of the title in the 
parenthetical citation. Titles of articles and chapters are put in 
quotation marks; titles of books and reports are italicized. (For 
online sources with no author, see item 12.)
Example: Children struggling to control their weight must 
also struggle with the pressures of television advertising that, 
on the one hand, encourages the consumption of junk food 
and, on the other, celebrates thin celebrities (“Television,” 
2002).
NOTE: In the rare case when “Anonymous” is specified as the 
author, treat it as if it were a real name: (Anonymous, 2001). 
In the list of references, also use the name Anonymous as 
author. 
Organization as author
 If the author is a government agency or another organization, name the 
organization in the signal phrase or in the parenthetical citation the 
first time you cite the source.
Example: Obesity puts children at risk for a number of medical 
complications, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, 
and orthopedic problems (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2004, p. 
1).
 If the organization has a familiar abbreviation, you may include it in 
brackets the first time you cite the source and use the abbreviation 
alone in later citations.
 FIRST CITATION
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2009)
 LATER CITATIONS
(CDC, 2009)
Two or more works in the same
parentheses
 When your parenthetical citation names two or 
more works, put them in the same order that they 
appear in the reference list, separated with 
semicolons.
   Example: Researchers have indicated that studies of 
pharmacological treatments for childhood obesity are 
inconclusive (Berkowitz et al., 2003; McDuffie et al., 
2002).
Electronic source
 When possible, cite electronic sources, including 
online sources, as you would any other source, giving 
the author and the year.
Example: Atkinson (2001) found that children who 
spent at least four hours a day watching TV were less 
likely to engage in adequate physical activity during 
the week.
Electronic sources sometimes lack authors’ names, 
dates, or page numbers.
Unknown author
If no author is named, mention the title of the source 
in the signal phrase or give the first word or two of 
the title in the parentheses (see also item 6). (If an 
organization serves as the author, see item 7.)
Example: The body’s basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is 
a measure of its at-rest energy requirement 
(“Exercise,” 2003).
Unknown date
When the date is unknown, use the abbreviation 
“n.d.” (for “no date”).
Example: Attempts to establish a definitive link 
between television programming and children’s 
eating habits have been problematic (Magnus, n.d.).
No page numbers
 APA ordinarily requires page numbers for quotations, summaries, and 
paraphrases. When an electronic source lacks stable numbered pages, 
include paragraph numbers or headings to help readers locate the 
particular passage being cited.
 If the source has numbered paragraphs, use the paragraph number 
preceded by the abbreviation “para.”: (Hall, 2008, para. 5). If the source 
contains headings, cite the appropriate heading in parentheses; you 
may also indicate the paragraph under the heading that you are 
referring to, even if the paragraphs are not numbered.
Example: Hoppin and Taveras (2004) pointed out that several other 
medications were classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as 
having the “potential for abuse” (Weight-Loss Drugs section, para. 6).
 NOTE: Electronic files in portable document format (PDF) often have 
stable page numbers. For such sources, give the page number in the 
parenthetical citation. 
Indirect source
 If you use a source that was cited in another source (a 
secondary source), name the original source in your 
signal phrase. List the secondary source in your reference 
list and include it in your parenthetical citation, preceded 
by the words “as cited in.” In the following example, 
Satcher is the original source, and Critser is the 
secondary source, given in the reference list.
Example: Former surgeon general Dr. David Satcher 
described “a nation of young people seriously at risk of 
starting out obese and dooming themselves to the 
difficult task of overcoming a tough illness” (as cited in 
Critser, 2003, p. 4).
Let’s try these: 
Eleonor Walters and James Treece published The 
Elements of Research in CV Mosby Company in 1973. 
 This publishing house is located at St. Louis.  From 
this book comes the statement:  Research 
encompasses all fields of specialization.
The article entitled “The problem in Research has
made Kevin King famous as a research specialist. He
submitted the said article to the Western Journal of
Research in 2001, Vol. 23, pages 334-337. Here he
commented the lack of interest among professionals
in the intellectual activity which is research.
Completed in 2005, a book entitled Health
Promotion Practices was released. This is initiated
by the Department of Health in the Philippines. It
says that physical health is only one factor of the total
well-being of an individual.
References
http://www.academia.edu/1749798/Importance_of_Do
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_c
h09_s1-0002.html
Malicsi, M. (2002). The ELP Research &
Presentation Strategies. Quezon City: The Classics
Foundation.
What you know
grows up into
what you think you know
which leads to
what you’d like to know
from which grows
what you didn’t even know
you wanted to know.
-Discovery Channel
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