Speech: Citing Sources in APA

A good speech should be well-researched, and many times you will be using facts, statistics, quotes, or opinions from others throughout your speech. This applies to direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing. You must orally cite. Citations also give you credibility as a speaker.

To orally cite something, you will need to give sufficient information about the source. Typically, this is the author, title, and date of a source. By including this information, you allow your listeners to find your original sources, as well as allow them to hear that your sources are recent and are credible.

Source: Santa Fe College Library. (2023). Reading Scholarly Papers. https://sfcollege.libguides.com/speech/oral-citations

APA citations give proper credit to the authors and creators of the works you use. This acknowledgment of their  contributions promotes ethical scholarship and encourages further research and creativity. You must cite to the resources you used in your speech when submitting your outline. 

The first thing you want to figure out when you are creating a reference is what type of material you are referencing. Depending on what your item is, the reference will look slightly different. Check out the tabs for examples of how to cite. 

Your Reference page should include the following:

• At the top, it should have the word  References centered and in bold.
• References will be in alphabetical order by the first author's last name.
• The references will be  double spaced and have hanging indentation. Hanging indentation means that the first line of the reference is all the way to the left, and the rest of the lines of the reference are indented.