APA Referencing

Guides to APA Referencing, Turnitin and Academic Integrity

EIT APA Referencing Guides

Referencing Journal Articles: Database citation tools
This guide provides information on how to use databases citation tools.

In-Text Citations - Examples
This guide provides information on how to use in-text citations in your assigment.

Incorporating APA Referencing into your writing

APA Referencing Information
This guide contains an overview of APA referencing, discussing why referencing is important, the steps involved in referencing, in-text citations and the reference list.

APA Referencing FAQs
This guide provides answers to frequently asked questions about APA referencing.

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarising
This guide provides instructions on how to incorporate a quote, or to paraphrase or summarise someone elses research or ideas into your assignment.

Paraphrasing self-check
This guide explains how to use Turnitin to self-check your paraphrasing.

Developmental Stages in the Integration of Literature into Academic Writing Skills
This guide discusses the four developmental stages of academic writing: repetition, patching, plagiaphrasing, and appropriate citation.

Incorporating a citation in your writing
In academic writing we need to refer to the research and ideas of others. This guide provides alternative to "say" or "write".

How do I Reference?

A Book
This guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to reference a book.

An Article from a Journal
This guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to reference an article from a journal.

A Webpage
This guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to reference a website.

ChatGPT and other Generative Artificial Intelligence
This guide provides an example of how to reference ChatGPT-3.

How do I Reference a Figure, Artwork, or Table?

Figure or Artwork
This guide gives step-by-step instructions on how to reference a figure or artwork.

Table
This guide gives you step-by-step on how to reference a Table.

Formatting your References

Reference List Formatting
This guide provides instruction on how to format your APA referencing list using MS Word.

Format your APA Reference List using Word (1:17)

Video - step-by-step instructions on how to format your APA referencing list using MS Word.

Useful APA Referencing Links

APA Referencing Website
Link to the official APA referencing website.

APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Link to the APA style guide to electronic references

EndNote

EndNote
Install ENDNote20 on your computer.

Academic Integrity

Academic Integrity (3:16)

Academic Integrity
This guide describes the academic integrity values that are practised at EIT.

Breaches of Academic Integrity
This guide describes the breaches of academic integrity.

Breaches of Academic Integrity - some examples
This guide gives examples on breaches of academic integrity.

Academic Integrity
Quiz - improve your knowledge of academic integrity

Copyright
The Copyright Act 1994 exists to protect the rights of copyright owners in New Zealand. This guide explains what you can safely copy as a student of EIT.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of taking and using someone else’s work or ideas as one’s own without proper acknowledgement. This guide further explains plagiarism and provides advice on how to avoid plagiarising.

A Beginner's Guide to Plagiarism - Ako Aotearoa
Link to Ako Aotearoa's beginners' guide to plagiarism.

Plagiarism
Quiz - test your knowledge of plagiarism.

APA Referencing Quizzes

APA Referencing - Short Quiz
Quiz - test your knowledge of APA Referencing.

APA Referencing - Long Quiz
Quiz - test your knowledge of APA Referencing.

Referencing a Book
Quiz - test your knowledge of referencing books.

Referencing a Website
Quiz - test your knowledge of referencing websites.

Referencing an Article from a Journal
Quiz - test your knowledge of referencing articles from a journal

Turnitin Guides

Using Turnitin
An EIT guide to using Turnitin.

Is it a Plagiarism Checker?
Link to a Turnitin article on Plagiarism

Viewing an Originality Report
Video - viewing an originality report

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