APA Style
Referencing in Text
Acknowledgement of sources used, written in your Rmd just as you would in a Word doc:
| Authors | In-text Citation | Parenthetical Citation |
|---|---|---|
| One Author | Evans (2020) | (Evans, 2020) |
| Two Authors | Evans and Field (2020) | (Evans & Field, 2020) |
| Three+ Authors | Evans et al. (2020) | (Evans et al., 2020) |
Reference List
List of all sources used, in alphabetical order
For articles, the journal name & volume are italicised
For books, the title is italicised
Getting References: Google Scholar
Search for the source on Google Scholar, use the Cite button & copy the APA style reference into the list in your report
Make sure to proof read the citation, they can sometimes be inaccurate/missing key information!
It is possible to use .bib files that you can export directly from a reference manager, but this is somewhat more complicated, look at the slides from Level Up Week 01 if you're interested!
Formatting References in R Markdown
Even when copying over APA style references from Google Scholar, the italic formatting will be missing when we knit
But we can easily italicise text by enclosing it in * or _ (either is fine - personal preference)
Hanging Indentation in Word
Indented references can be automatically generated when working with pdf documents, but we can't do this with Word so we have to do it manually after any final changes have been made
