APA citation and quotations
I need some help regarding Zotero and rules for APA citations. I turned in an APA paper, and got dinged for the following:
(“Narcotics Bureau,” 2015). (In-text citation)
Narcotics Bureau. (2015, February 18). Retrieved from https://dojmt.gov/enforcement/narcotics-bureau/ (Reference page).
My professor informed me that I needed to remove the quotations out of the in-text citations. I have been using Zotero for five years now, and I have always trusted in this program, and those individuals who constructed and continuously maintain this Zotero. My question is, is he correct on this? or is there a rule for why there a quotations in the in-text citation. I would research this myself, but I am in the middle of a semester and am crazy busy with school work.
Thanks for any help or suggestions that I can get! I usually get A's on my paper, but this teacher is out for blood, dinging me on skipped lines, to incorrect font.
Lisa. I.
(“Narcotics Bureau,” 2015). (In-text citation)
Narcotics Bureau. (2015, February 18). Retrieved from https://dojmt.gov/enforcement/narcotics-bureau/ (Reference page).
My professor informed me that I needed to remove the quotations out of the in-text citations. I have been using Zotero for five years now, and I have always trusted in this program, and those individuals who constructed and continuously maintain this Zotero. My question is, is he correct on this? or is there a rule for why there a quotations in the in-text citation. I would research this myself, but I am in the middle of a semester and am crazy busy with school work.
Thanks for any help or suggestions that I can get! I usually get A's on my paper, but this teacher is out for blood, dinging me on skipped lines, to incorrect font.
Lisa. I.
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I think your citation is fine, but one can certainly argue about this (and about whether you should have tried to find a proper author for the page).
(Btw., while we try our best to be accurate with citations, you really shouldn't rely on Zotero-generated citations to be 100% accurate, especially as they're sensitive to poor data input)
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There is nothing on the MBN webpage to indicate an author -- even that the state agency is the author. Indeed, I helped a student who (unsuccessfully) protested a lower grade because she used an agency as the author of a webpage -- the prof said that she should cite the webpage name (as you did) or the entity [other broader state agency or a web developer] that produced the page. This same professor still --in 2017-- demands that students use APA 5th ed. (citation based upon the 6th ed aren't accepted).