... should be reproduced word for word and use the full reference and exact page number of the quote. Do not use a quote from a quote, always go back to the original citation and check for accuracy. All direct quotes must have a page number where the quote can be found immediately after the author and year in the reference. Reference Citations Within the ... the paper by citing the author and date of his/her research used in the paper. APA journals use and encourage the use of the author – date method of citation. When writing use the author, year at the beginning of the sentence rather t...

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... them to make decisions as a method of reasoning (Taylor et al., 2010). These are examples of citing "ideas" from a source in two different ways. Notice in the first citation the names of authors are included; then in subsequent references with three or more authors et al., is used. However, if there are 6 or more authors, et al., is used ... ...

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... just been read from somewhere else. The person needs to be extra careful when paraphrasing, by using his or her own words. When writing something you think is common knowledge, citation is not essential. People do get penalized for plagiarizing. Every school has its own rules for plagiarizing. The most common types of penalties for plagiarizing is receiving a zero for a class ... ...

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