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Citation Practice

 

APA Book Format:

Author(s) or Editor(s) (last name, first initials). (Year of publication). Title of book. City of publication: Publisher.

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Example:

Bidlack, J. E. (2013). Stern’s Introductory Plant Biology. New York: Mc-Graw-Hill. 



APA Web Citation

http://www.plantsrescue.com/tag/peperomia-obtusifolia-variegata/

 

Format:
Author(s) of article. (Date Published, Copyright Date or Last Revision). Title of document. Name of Website. Retrieved (Date accessed online), from URL of website

Example: 

Peperomia Obtusifolia. (n.d.). PlantsRescue.com. Retrieved March 29, 2016 from http://www.plantsrescue.com/tag/peperomia-obtusifolia-variegata

 

Pro Tip: No author? Lead with the page title.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Citation Parts:

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PEOB2

Author_____________________________(skip or no?)

Date of copyright or last revision __________________(n.d.?).

Title of Document____________________________________.

Name of Website

_____________________________________,

Retrieved Date accessed online_______________________________, 

From _________________________________.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Advanced APA Website Citation!

http://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Pepeobtu

Write out this citation:

Pro Tip: APA requires that all author’s names are included in the citation unless there’s more than seven names.

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