APA Templates
Reference List Rules
Capitalization Rule for APA: Capitalize only the first word of the title, the first word of a
subtitle (if there is one), and all proper nouns.
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Cite a Printed Book:
Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials: _______________________
Date of Publication:________________
Title of Book:___________________________________________________________
City and State or Province:_______________________________________________
Publisher’s name:________________________________________________________
Example:
Scott, D.M. (2005). Cashing in with content: How innovative marketers use digital information
to turn browsers into buyers. Medford, NJ: Information Today/CyberAge Books.
2. Cite a Chapter from an Edited Book:
 Chapter Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle
Initials:____________________________________________
 Year of Publication:_____________________
 Title of the Chapter: _______________________________________________
 Editor’s or Editors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials: (Ed.) or
(Eds.)_________________________________________
 Title of the Book: __________________________________________________
 Page Range of the Chapter: pp. ___________
 City and State or Province: _________________________________
 Publisher’s name: _________________________________________________
Example:
Duck, D. (1964). Duck discrimination. In S. McDuck & L. Duck (Eds.), Why does Mickey get all the
attention? (pp. 24-36). Los Angeles, CA: Why Not Publishing, Inc.
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Cite an E-Book:
Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials: _______________________
Date of Publication:________________
Title of Book:___________________________________________________________
URL of E-Book Provider:__________________________________________________
(no period at the end)
Example:
Robert, M., & Racine, B. (2001). E-strategy pure and simple: Connecting your Internet strategy
to your business strategy. Retrieved from http://www.ebscohost.com
4. Cite a Journal Article from a Scholarly Journal:
 Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials:
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 Year of Publication:______________
 Title of the Article:_________________________________________________________
 Title of the Journal:________________________________________________________
 Volume(Issue):_______________
 Page or Page Range:________________
Example:
Howell, R.A. (2004). Turn your budgeting process upside down. Harvard Business Review,
82(7/8), 21-22.
5. Cite a Journal Article from a Database:
Not required, but it is often requested to include the Database where the article was found.
This is the same as #4 above except add Retrieved from Database Name. Do not put the
vendor’s name. In this example, the database is Academic Search Premier. The vendor is
EbscoHost. The automated citation generator might tell you to use EbscoHost. It is wrong.
Examples:
Howell, R.A. (2004). Turn your budgeting process upside down. Harvard Business Review,
82(7/8), 21-22. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier.
If the online article has a DOI assigned to it, use the DOI as follows (no period at the end):
Howell, R.A. (2004). Turn your budgeting process upside down. Harvard Business Review,
82(7/8), 21-22. doi: 10.1108/03090560710821161
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Cite a Magazine, Newspaper or Trade Magazine Article:
Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials:_______________________
Exact Date of Publication:______________
Title of the Article:__________________________________________________
Title of the Magazine/Newspaper:______________________________________
Page or Page Range: p. or pp._______________
Example:
Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country
Today, pp. 1A, 2A.
7. Cite a Website or Webpage:
 Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials: _________________
 Date it was created or of last update:_______________
 Title of the Page you are using: ____________________________________
 Homepage’s URL: _______________________________________________
Example:
ONeal, D.M., & ONeal, H.L. (1982). DIY cargo trailer conversion. Retrieved from
http://www.fake.org
If you do not know the author(s), use the Organization’s name that created the site.
In-Text Citations Rules
For your in-text cites, make sure to collect three items:
1. The Author’s or Authors’ full last name(s) & first/middle Initials.
2. The year of publication.
3. The page number where the quote or paraphrase can be found.
You may use either a running text (RT) style of citation or a parenthetical (P) style.
One AuthorRT – Smith (2007) said in his article “……..” (p. 34).
P – “………..” (Smith, 2007, p. 34).
Two authorsRT- According to the article by Smith and Wagner (2007) “………..” (p. 34).
P- “…………..” (Smith & Wagner, 2007, p. 34).
Three to five AuthorsRT – Not recommended in this case, but it is allowed.
P- “……………..” (Wolfe, O’Neal, Aquila, Baker & Bracewell, 2015, p. 55).
Note: Use this full in-text for only the first time you use the source. For all additional
uses in-text, use “……….” (Wolfe et al., 2015, p. 64).
Six or more AuthorsRT- Wolfe et al. (2001) argued “...........” (p. 99).
P- “………….” (Wolfe et al., 2001).
Note: If you do not have an author and instead you must use the title of the source or the
organization that created the source, the capitalization rules for in-text citations are different
from the Reference List’s rules. Please visit Purdue University’s OWL for more details on this
and other APA Style rules.
Online Resources
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab – OWL
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
The American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org/
Plagiarism.org
http://www.plagiarism.org/
The Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Site
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Delos O’Neal, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Athens State University 2015 Workshop Handout