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How to Cite Paraphrases in APA

American Psychological Association style was created in 1929 by a group of psychologists, anthropologists and business managers. The set of style rules was created for consistency and to credit sources in social scientific writing. The style covers aspects such as headings, punctuation, abbreviations, citation of references and presentation of numbers and statistics. When conducting research, it is important to give credit to any sources you use, to avoid plagiarism. Credit is given through in-text citations and at the end of a paper in a reference list.

Instructions

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  Conduct your research using credible sources such as scholarly journals, books and articles.
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  Make note of the author, year of publication and page number if there is one.
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  Cite the author's last name, year of publication and page number at the end of the paragraph you are paraphrasing. The author can either be mentioned within the sentence followed by the year in parenthesis: "According to Jones (1998), " or at the end of the sentence: "APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners (Jones, 1998, p. 199). Be sure to place the period of the sentence outside the parenthesis at the end of the sentence.
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  Give the full citation of the source that was paraphrased at the end of the paper in the reference list. Any other in-text citations should also appear in the reference list.

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