1.

In-Text Referencing

Correct the mistakes in the following references and compile a list of references for
the end of an essay.

1.According to Wong (2001) the Internet is a useful research tool.

2.Longet (1999) states that the Internet is a useful research tool.

3.Porter (2003) states that “the Internet is very valuable for research” (p. 76).

4.Wong (2001) states that the Internet is a useful research tool.

5.“The Internet is very valuable for research”, (Porter, 2003, p. 99).

6.Porter (2003) claims that the Internet is a useful research tool.

Reference list:

Longet, D. (1999). How to Survive the Internet. Thomson in New York.

Porter, R. (2003). Home Uses for the Internet. Heinle and Heinle.

Wong, P. (2001). The Internet and Your Health. Penguin in London.

2. Find the Correct In-Text Referencing

In the following extract from a student’s assignment, the student uses a quote from
page 18 of Writing the Empirical Journal Article, written by Daryl Bem and published
by Cornell University in 2001 at:
http://www.psych.cornell.edu/dbem/writing_article.html It was accessed on 8th
October, 2001.

Bem discusses grammatical sentence structures which improve the clarity of writing
and he advises: “Repetition and parallel construction are among the most effective
servants of clarity. Don't be creative, be clear”.

Choose which one of the following in-text references would be correct for this quote:

a. Bem discusses grammatical sentence structures which improve the

clarity of writing and he advises: “Repetition and parallel construction are
among the most effective servants of clarity. Don't be creative, be clear”
(Cornell University, 2001, p.18).

b. Bem discusses grammatical sentence structures which improve the

clarity of writing and he advises: “Repetition and parallel construction are
among the most effective servants of clarity. Don't be creative, be clear”
(http://www.psych.cornell.edu/dbem/writing_article.html , 2001, p18).

c. Bem discusses grammatical sentence structures which improve the

clarity of writing and he advises: “Repetition and parallel construction are
among the most effective servants of clarity. Don't be creative, be clear”,
(Bem, 2001, p.18).

Adapted from: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/WritingConfPaper/New-exercises.htm

d. Bem discusses grammatical sentence structures which improve the
clarity of writing and he advises: “Repetition and parallel construction
are among the most effective servants of clarity. Don't be creative, be
clear”, (Online, accessed 8th October, 2001).
3.Choosing When to Give Credit
Situation
1. You are writing new insights about your own
experiences.
2. You are using an editorial from your school's newspaper
with which you disagree.
3. You use some information from a source without ever
quoting it directly.
4. You have no other way of expressing the exact meaning
of a text without using the original source verbatim.
5. You mention that many people in your discipline belong
to a certain organization.
6. You want to begin your paper with a story that one of
your classmates told about her experiences in Bosnia.
7. The quote you want to use is too long, so you leave out
a couple of phrases.
8. You really like the particular phrase somebody else
made up, so you use it.
Y/N If yes, what do you do? If not, why?
N Because when you writing about your own
experiences, you need to document.
Y Making reference to the author and year of
publication.
Y Making reference to the author and year of
publication.
Y Making reference to the author and year of
publication and including the page number at
the end of the parenthetical citation.
N You are using "common knowledge" ,so no
need to document
Y Making reference to your classmates’ names
and year of when she told you.
Y Starting the quotation on a new line,
indented 1/2 inch from the left margin, i.e., in
the same place you would begin a new
paragraph.
Y Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase
that includes the author's last name followed
by the date of publication in parentheses.
4. APA Formatting Examples for Articles with One Author (IELP Level 4)
Format the following examples using the correct APA writing convention
1.The Fall of the Euro by Bernard Gordonson. Journal of Economics, 2009. Volume 4, issue 2.

Pages 40-50.

Gordonson, B. (2009). The Fall of the Euro. Journal of Economics, 4(2), 40-50.

2.The Left Brain versus the Right Brain by Howard Strumboli. Educational Psychology, 2012

Volume 5, issue 6. Pages 34-46.

Strumboli, H. (2012). The Left Brain versus the Right Brain. Educational Psychology, 5(6),

34-46.

3.Video Games Are Harmful to a Child’s Development by Henry Fordman. Gaming for

Amateurs, 2011. Volume 1, issue 1. Pages 60-65.

Fordman, H. (2011). Video Games Are Harmful to a Child’s Development.

Gaming for Amateurs, 1(1), 60-65

4.Too Much Fast Food Is Bad for You by Ronald Kinship. The Journal of healthy Living, 2012.

Volume 7, issue 2. Pages 90-120.

Kinship, R. (2012). Too Much Fast Food Is Bad for You.

The Journal of healthy Living, 7(2), 90-120.