VCS 495: Grand Rounds

Most style manuals are written with papers and research articles in mind--not PowerPoint presentations. Thus, they do not specify how to format and style presentation slides. For your Grand Rounds presentations, the following guidelines are recommended if you decide to use APA style for your presentation. These tips are based on the 7th edition APA Publication Manual. Remember, it is not important which style you choose (APA or AMA) for this presentation, just consistently use the same style throughout.

Some things to note about APA citations:

• Author names do not include first name in full; they are in format Author, A. A., Author, B. B., etc.
• For article titles, only the first letter of the first word of the title is capitalized. Exceptions to this general rule include capitalizations for proper nouns and words that follow certain punctuation. See the APA Publication Manual or the Purdue Owl: APA Overview for more details.
• The journal title is Italicized and capitalized. Do not abbreviate the journal title.
• The volume number is Italicized.
• Include a DOI if one is available. Every DOI begins with https://doi.org/. If the article does not have a DOI then a URL is acceptable. If the article is not available online then do not include a link.

At the end of your presentation there should be a reference list. This list should include a complete citation for every resource that you cited in your presentation. The following are some of the guidelines for reference lists included in the 7th edition APA Publication Manual.

• Reference lists should be alphabetized.
• Each entry should be presented with hanging indentation; i.e., all lines after the first should be indented.
• For multiple articles by the same author--or authors listed in the same order--arrange the articles in chronological order.
• Include references for images or graphics used in your presentation that came from outside of PowerPoint.

For more guidelines, see the 7th edition APA Publication Manual or the Purdue OWL: APA Overview.

It is not necessary to include a full citation in the body of your presentation when referencing others' work, however it is important to include a brief in-text citation so people will be able to easily identify the full citation from your references list.

Dogs with transitional cell carcinoma are useful models for humans with invasive bladder cancer (Mutsaers et al., 2003).

The following entry would then appear in the list of references at the end of the presentation.

Mutsaers, A. J., Widmer, W. R., & Knapp, D. W. (2003) Canine transitional cell carcinoma. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 17(2), 136-144. https://doi.org/10.111/j.1939-1676.2003.tbo242.x

Citations for images and figures used in your presentation that were taken from other sources can simply be cited several ways. A brief citation can be included with the image and a full citation listed on the references page. Or you can include the full citation with the image. Note that images sourced from PowerPoint clipart or charts you create do not need a citation.

Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash

The full citation would be:

Du Preez, P. (2020). [Black pug wearing recovery cone] [Photograph]. Unsplash. https://unsplash.com/photos/2hc6ocDAsNY

This could be included directly with the image in place of the brief citation or it could be included in the reference list. Note that this image did not have a given title so a created title is included in brackets. The tag "Photograph," placed in brackets, is added following the title.

The ISU Library supports several bibliographic management tools. These tools are very helpful in organizing your citations and preparing reference lists. The following guides can help you learn how to use these tools.

• Mendeley Guide
• EndNote and EndNote Web Guide
• Zotero Guide

Many databases, library catalogs, citation software, and other online services provide options to automatically generate citations for you. These can be useful tools in preparing your list of references. However, it is important to review each reference generated in this manner to ensure that it includes the correct information and that it is properly formatted.