How to Cite an ERIC Journal Article Using the APA Writing Style

APA Citations for ERIC Documents

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  Print out hard copies while searching the ERIC database. Underline or highlight all the relevant publishing and access information.

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  Draft your paper, and come to a point where you will need to reference an ERIC document. Use the article's byline and publication year for your citation. As always, you should talk about your sources the first time you mention them in a paper. This is called using a signal. It often looks like: As B. Scholarly points out in their analysis, "This is a quote" (2010). Anytime you don't signal the author's name, you have to put the name with the year. Example: This part of my essay is a paraphrase (Scholarly, 2010).

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  Refer to an institutional author if the source doesn't list a human author. Example: As the American Psychological Association points out, "Quote," (2010). Example: Facts were borrowed in the writing of this sentence (American Psychological Association, 2010)

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  Refer to the article title in the very rare event the ERIC document doesn't have a human or institutional author. Example: As "Suicide Rates Among Teens" points out, "Quote," (2010). Example: This paraphrases facts and ideas ("Suicide Rates Among Teens," 2010).

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  Include an entry for the document in your reference list.

Citing ERIC in an APA Refence List

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  Insert a fresh space in your reference list.

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  Write out the reference citation for the ERIC document. It should follow this order.

  Name (publication year). Document title (Report Number). Location of retrieval. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service). Retrieved Date, from Database Name.

  Example:

  Scholarly, B. (2010). ERIC as a Research Tool (Report No. XXXX-XX-XX-X). Toms River, NJ: Ocean County College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EDXXXXXXXXX). Retrieved August 10, 2010, from EBSCOHost ERIC database.

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  Use an institutional author in the event of a non-human author:

  Society for the Citing of APA (2010). ERIC as a Research Tool (Report No. XXXX-XX-XX-X). Toms River, NJ: Ocean County College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EDXXXXXXXXX). Retrieved August 10, 2010, from EBSCOHost ERIC database.

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  Use the title in the highly unlikely event of an unsigned article.

  ERIC as a Research Tool. (2010) (Report No. XXXX-XX-XX-X). Toms River, NJ: Ocean County College. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EDXXXXXXXXX). Retrieved August 10, 2010, from EBSCOHost ERIC database.