1. Objectives
1.1 Objectives
2. Plagiarism
2.1 What is Plagiarism?
2.2 How to Avoid Plagiarism?
3. Citation Styles
3.1 Citation Styles
3.2 APA Style
4. Citing Information in APA Style
(Reference List)
4.1 Printed Materials
4.1.1 Book
4.1.2 Book Chapter
4.1.3 Periodical (Journal Article)
4.1.4 Newspaper Article
4.2 Electronic Resources
4.2.1 Online Periodical
4.2.2 Online Document
4.2.3 Online Newspaper Article
5. Citing Information in APA Style
(In-text Citation)
  5.1 In-text Citation
 
6. Additional Resources (APA Style)
6.1 Library Resources
6.2 Online Resources
 
7. 引証中文資料
7.1 引証中文資料

3.1 Citation Styles

There are a number of different styles or formats for citations. Which style you use depends upon the subject discipline you are working in.

Some commonly used citation styles:

  • APA
  • MLA
  • Harvard System
  • Chicago Manual of Style
  • ...

* Students and staff of HKIEd are required to use APA style for their reference list or bibliography

Each style includes the same basic parts of a citation, but may organize them slightly different.

A citation provides the bibliographic information of a publication:

  • Name of author
  • Publication year
  • Book title
  • Place of publication
  • Name of publisher
A reference list is arranged in alphabetical order by author's family names.