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How to Cite Using the APA Style

Note: These are examples of commonly cited entries.

Citations vary depending on the information available.

If you have questions, ask a librarian.

 

Author's name. Last name, initials of first and middle names.
Date of publication (in parentheses).
Title, in italics. Capitalize only first word & proper names.
Place of publication and publisher. 

Example:

Schaef, A.W. (1996). Meditations for people who worry too much. New York: Ballantine.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: Author.

Author's name. (Last name, initials of first and middle names).
Date of publication (in parentheses).
Title of article. Capitalize only first word & proper names.
Title of encyclopedia, in italics.
Volume and pages (in parentheses).
Place of publication and publisher.

Example (Print)

Bayron-Toro, F. (2001). Puerto Rico. In World book encyclopedia (Vol.15, pp. 872-885). Chicago: World Book.

(Online, no author)

Title of article.
Date of publication (in parentheses).
Title of encyclopedia in italics, followed by volume and pages (in parentheses & if available). Capitalize only first word & proper names.
U.R.L.

Puerto Rico. (n.d.). In Funk & Wagnalls new world encyclopedia. Retrieved from http:// search.ebscohost.com

Author's name . Last name, initials of first and middle names.
Date of publication (year, month and day in parentheses).
Title of article, capitalize only first word & proper name.
Title of magazine, in italics. Capitalize first letter of the words & proper names. Example: Journal of Marketing
Volume number, in italics.
Issue, if mentioned & if journal is paginated by issue (each issue starting on p.1), in parentheses .
Pages.

DOI, if available.

Example:

Rodger, E. J., D'Elia, G.,Jorgensen,C. (2001,May). The public library and the Internet: is peaceful coexistence possible? American Libraries, 32, 58-61.

 

Author's name.
Last name, initials of first and middle names.
Date of publication (Year, Month and Date in parentheses).
Title of article. Capitalize only first word & proper names.
Title of magazine/journal, in italics. Capitalize first letter of the words & proper names.
Volume number,in italics.
Issue, if mentioned & if journal is paginated by issue (each issue starting on p.1), in parentheses.
Pages.
 DOI, if available. If not, URL of database.

Example: 

Vogels, T. (1999). AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior: A comparison of Dutch students and dropouts. 


          Adolescence, 34(2), 369-380. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com


[If the article is written by up to 7 authors, mention all of them, separating the last one with an ampersand (&). 
If there are more than 7 authors, follow the example below.]
	
	Franke, A., Balschun, T., Karlsen, T. H., Hedderich, J, May, L.T., Dorthe, E., ...Schreiber, S. (2008).
             
	           Replication of signal from recent studies of Chron's disease identifies previously  
                       
	           unknown disease loci for ulcerative colitis.  Nature Genetics, 40, 713-715. 
                                        
	           doi:10.1038/ng.148

 Kim, W. (2005, July 24). Texas noir [Review of the book No country for old men, by C. McCarthy]. New York Times Book Review. 

                Retrieved from http://infoweb/newsbank.com

Author's name, last name, initials of first and middle names.
Title of magazine or journal, capitalize first word & proper names.
Title of magazine/journal,in italics. Capitalize first letter of the words & proper names. For example: Journal of Marriage and the Family
Volume number, in italics.
Issue , if mentioned & if journal is paginated by issue (each issue starting on p.1), in parentheses
DOI, if available. If not, U.R.L.

Example 

Block, M.(2001, July). Messing with cash cows. ExLibris,105. Retrieved from http://marylaine.com/exlibris/index.html
Web Document

Author (Last name, initials)
Date of document
Title of document
U.R.L.

Example 

Gardner, K.A. (2003). Designing Web pages for people with disabilities. Retrieved from http://www.epcc.edu/vvlib/weada.htm

APA Tips

  1. Titles of articles - Capitalize first word only & proper names.
  2. Titles of books- Capitalize first word only & proper names.
  3. Titles of journals, magazines & newspapers- Capitalize first letters of words. (Example: New York Times)
  4. If no date if available, write n.d. in parentheses (n.d.)
  5. If no author is available, start with the title, then date.
  6. Include journal issue if each issue is paginated separately (each starting on p.1)
  7. If the publisher is an university and name of the state is part of the name of the university, do not include the publisher's location.
  8. Omit terms such as Inc, Publishers, Co., but retain the words Press and Books
  9. If multiple locations, list the location listed first.
  10. When author is the publisher, do not repeat authors name as publisher. Just use the word Author to indicate publisher.
  11. When DOI is available, you most include it. This is the most important retrieval information.
  12. If no DOI is available, then provide URL.
  13. No retrieval date is necessary.
  14. Give all page numbers for discontinuous pages. (pp. 3, 5, 8, 28)
  15. Include in brackets description of supplemental material or any non routine information. (letters to the editor, maps, podcast,etc.)
  16. Place information about the book edition in parentheses (Vol, rev. ed., etc.)
  17. If book is online, the electronic retrieval statement takes the place of the publisher and the location. For example:

Enelow, W.S. (1997). 100 Winning resumes for $100, 000 + jobs: Resumes that can change your life. Retrieved from http://www.netlibrary.com

18. For reviews, identify in brackets the type of medium being reviewed (DVD, book, motion picture).

 

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