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Citing Print Sources (APA)
Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition, Chapter
7. Pages 180-224.
General rules for APA citation
1. In APA citation, the reference page is double-spaced and alphabetized.
2. On the reference page, when a citation takes up two or more lines, the second line and every
line after that is indented five spaces (hanging indent).
3. All direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries must be cited parenthetically and listed on
the reference page.
4. On the reference page, invert the name of all authors in each entry, and use initials for the first
and middle names of all authors.
5. On the reference page, capitalize only the first word of book or article titles, the first word of
subtitles (if any), and all proper names.
6. When compiling the reference page, if it is unclear where the city of publication is located, also
list the state of publication. Examples: Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS or Springfield, IL
and Springfield, MO
APA Reference Page Documentation
A Book by a Single Author
Feifer, G. (2009). The great gamble: The Soviet war in Afghanistan. New York: Harper.
A Book with No Author or Editor Listed
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2006). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
.
A Book with Two to Six Authors
Beck, C. A. J., & Sales, B. D. (2001). Family mediation: Facts, myths, and future prospects.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
An Edited Book with No Author(s)
Rampersad, A. & Herbold, H. (Eds.). (2006). The Oxford anthology of African-American poetry.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
An Article or Chapter in an Edited Book (Work in an Anthology)
Selzer, R. (1994). A mask on the face of death. In N. R. Comley, et al. (Eds.), Fields of writing:
Readings across the disciplines (4th ed., pp. 135-146). New York: St. Martin’s Press, Inc.
A Self Published Work
McBee, S. (1994). To lead is to serve. Publisher: Author.
Article in a Magazine
Kandel, E. R., & Squire, L. R. (2000, November 10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific
barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science, 290, 1113-1120.
Article in a Newspaper
Zeidner, R. (2005, September 27). Yoga as Therapy: Some findings suggest benefit
but they fall short of proof. Washington Post, F06.
An Entire Encyclopedia or Dictionary
Gianoulis, T. (Ed.). (2000). St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (Vol. 1).
Detriot: St. James Press.
An Entry in an Encyclopedia or Dictionary
Bergmann, P. G. (2005). Relativity. In The new encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508).
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Journal Article
Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Psychology Bulletin,
126, 910-924.
Journal Article with Two to Six Authors
Saywitz, K. J., Mannarino, A. P., Berliner, L., & Cohen, J. A. (2000). Treatment for sexually
abused children and adolescents. American Psychologist, 55, 1040-1049.
A Publication with More than Six Authors or Editors
Note that this format works for all types of print sources with more than six authors:
Xin Shen, Gui-bin Hu, Si-jing Jiang, Feng-rong He, Wei Xing, Li Li, …Guan-xin Shen (2009).
Engineering and characterization of a baculovirus-expressed mouse/human chimeric
antibody against transferrin receptor. Protein Engineering and Design and Selection, 22,
723-731.
Brochure
(Treat a brochure as you would a book. The only addition is to identify the publication as a
brochure.)
Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and
writing about people with disabilities (4th ed.) [Brochure]. Lawrence, KS: Author.
Book Review
Mroczek, D. K. (2000). The emerging study of midlife [Review of the book Life in the middle:
Psychological and social development in middle age]. Contemporary Psychology: APA
Review of Books, 45, 482-485.
Motion Picture
Zaentz, S., & Douglas, M. (Producers), & Forman, M. (Director). (1975). One flew over the
cuckoo’s nest [Motion Picture]. United States: Fantasy Films.
Personal Communications
Personal Communications may be letters, memos, e-mails, personal interviews, telephone
conversations, and the like. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal
communications are not included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in-text only.
D. Sager (personal communication, November 23, 2002).
B. Foster, (personal communication, September 12, 2009).
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