Exploring Source Types
Learning Outcome
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
- Recognize cues within sources to identify their source type.
To identify the correct APA citation elements needed for your reference list citation, you first need to know what type of source you have. Looking at a source’s visual cues and descriptions from a library catalogue or database can help you figure this out.
Now that so many sources are online, it can be a bit confusing figuring out a source’s type. To help, we will go through some examples of source types and cues to look for together.
