ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT
The College is committed to academic integrity in all its practices. The faculty value intellectual integrity and a high standard of academic conduct. Activities that violate academic integrity undermine the quality and diminish the value of educational achievement.
Cheating on papers, tests or other academic works is a violation of College rules. No student shall engage in behavior that, in the judgment of the instructor of the class, may be construed as cheating. This may include, but is not limited to, plagiarism or other forms of academic dishonesty such as the acquisition without permission of tests or other academic materials and/or distribution of these materials and other academic work. This includes students who aid and abet as well as those who attempt such behavior.
Lippincott Advisor:
Citation example for content retrieved from Lippincott Advisor:
Format:
Title of article. (Year, Month Date of latest update). Lippincott Advisor. Retrieved Date, from URL
Example:
Alopecia. (2020, July 10). Lippincott Advisor. Retrieved September 24, 2021, from https://advisor.lww.com/
lna/document.do?bid=4&did=909550
Format: ("First word or two of article title," Year)
Example: ("Alopecia," 2019)
The Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) publishes review books for RN and PN. List the contributers as the authors of the book. This citation is the same for a paper copy of the book and an ebook.
| Material | Format Example | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| ATI Review Book | Last name, First Inital or all contributors up to 20 names. (Year). Title in sentence case: subtitle (edition). Publisher. |
Holman, H.C., Williams, D. Johnson, J., Sommer, S., Ball, B.S., Morris, C., Leehy, P., Hertel, R. (2019). Fundamentals for nursing: review module (10.0 ed). Assessment Technologies Institute. |
(Holman, Williams, Johnson, Sommer, Ball, Morris, Leehy, Hertel, 2019) |
Refer to the APA Style website for more information on citing the DSM.
Complete work:
References Page:
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
In-Text Citation:
(American Psychiatric Association, 2022)
Individual chapters:
American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). https://doi-org.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
In-Text Citation:
(American Psychiatric Association, 2022)
Use this example anytime you are referencing a book, electronic or hard copy:
| Material | Format Example | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Book | Last name, First inital. (Year). Title of book in sentence case. Publisher. | Morris-Jones, R. (2014). Abc of determatology. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. | (Morris-Jones, 2014, p. 55) |
Use this example anytime you are referencing a chapter or section of an edited book, electronic or hard copy:
| Material | Format Example | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Book Chapter | Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of chaper in sentence case. In First initial, Last name (Editor), Title of book in sentence case (edition, pp. xx-xx). Publisher. | Haybron, D.M. (2018). Treatment of asthma in children. In K. Jones (Editor), Asthma: Causes and treatements (3rd ed., pp.25-45). Taylor & Francis. | (Haybron, 2018, p. 34) |
Use this reference example if your material is a handbook, dictionary, or other type of reference work.
| Material | Citaiton Format | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Entry in Reference Book | Title of entry in sentence case. (Year). In First Initial. Last name. (Editor), Title of work in sentence case (edition or page numbers). Publisher. | Crohn disease (regional enteritis, granulomatous colitis). (2021). In C. Tamparo (Editor), Diseases of the human body (pp.372-373). F. A. Davis Company. | (Tamparo, 2021, p. 372-373) |
An academic journal is a publication who's audience is other experts in the same field.
| Reference Example: |
Keltner, N. L. (2007). A Beautiful Mind. Ron Howard (Director). Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 43(2), 110–111. https://doi-org.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2007.00112.x |
| In-text Example: |
(Keltner, 2007, p.110) |
Use this example anytime you are referrencing an article from a website. If your article isn't from a government organization and doesn't have an author, you may want to look for another resource.
| Material | Format Example | Reference Example | In-text Example |
| Website article with an author | Last name, First initial. (Year, Month, Day). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Website. URL. | Halista, C. (2020, February, 11). Common dermatologic conditions in ambulatory care. African American Policy Forum. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/nc/handouts/nc17-derm2.pdf | (Halista, 2020) |
Use this example if your website does not have an identifible author.
| Material | Format Example | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Website article with no author | Title of web article. (Year, Month, Day). Title of Website. URL | Dermatology - Overview. (2021, September 21). Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/dermatology/sections/overview/ovc-20420526 | (Dermatology - Overview, 2021) |
Use this citation if your material is a report from a government website.
| Material | Citation Format | Reference Example | In-Text Example |
| Government Report | Government Agency. (Year). Tite of document in sentence case (Report number if known). Government department listed largest to smallest. URL. | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publicaton No. 02-2650). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Instituties of Health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf | (National Heart, Lung, and Bloog Institute, 2003) |
Use this format if you watched a movie or video using a free service such as YouTube or Vimeo, etc.
Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given of person who posted the video. [User name that posted the video]. (Year video was posted, Month, Day). Title of video [Video]. Name of website. URL.
Note: According to the APA, for citing purposes, the person who posted/uploaded the video is credited as author. If only a user name is given, that would be the author.
| Reference Example | Movieclips Classic Trailers. (2021, December 9). The Fisher King (1991) Trailer #1 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/E65wgbFGGeM |
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In-text Example Note: Because videos do not have page numbers, provide a time stamp for the beginning of the scene you are citing. |
(Movieclips Classic Trailers, 2021, 1:25) |
Using APA in discussion posts is very similar to using APA in a paper. Think of your discussion post as a short APA paper without a cover page.
You should cite each source that you read/used to inform your discussion post with both a brief in-text citation AND in an alphabetical list of references at the end of the post. If you need help with formatting these citations, check out our citation examples here.
