APA Style Citations
The information in this document is taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association 6th Edition, 2009. Don’t forget: Your reference list must be double-spaced, and entries must
have a hanging indent.
*Note: Times New Roman is the only accepted font style in APA formatting.
Entire Books:
Print version:
Author’, A.A. (1999). Title of Work. Location. Publisher.
Electronic version:
Author, A. A. (1997). Title of work. Retrieved from http://www.abc.com/123
Electronic version with DOI:
Author’, A.A. (1999). Title of Work. doi:xxxxx
Edited version:
Editor, A.A. (Ed.). (2005). Title of Work. Location: Publisher.
Book chapters, reference book entries, essays in anthologies
Print version:
Author, A.A., Author B.B. (1995). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxxx). Location: Publisher.
Electronic version:
Author, A.A., Author B.B. (1995). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxxx). Retrieved from http://www.eid.edu/e9q
Electronic version with DOI:
Author, A.A., Author B.B. (1995). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxxx). doi: xxxxxxxx
Journal article with DOI (digital object identifier)
Format:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B., (Date). Title of article. Title of Publication, volume, pages. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx
Example:
Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., & Oppler, S.H. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in
supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. doi: 76.2103820384
Journal article without DOI
Format:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B., (Date). Title of article. Title of Publication, volume, pages. Retrieved from
http://www.journalhomepage.org (if applicable)
Electronic:
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being.
Prevention & Treatment, 3(4). 38-45. Retrieved from http://journals.apa.org/
Print:
Light, M.A., & Light, I. H. (2008). The geographic expansion of Mexican immigation in the United States. Law
Enforcement Journal, 8(1), 74-88.
1/2010 cr
**For information obtained from periodical databases, provide the home page URL of the journal, or
of the book or report publisher.
Newspaper and magazine articles:
Format:
Author’s name. (Yr, Month Day). Article title. Name of Publication. Issue(vol)., page #.
Newspaper:
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.
Magazine:
Chamberlin, J. & Price, M. (2008 May). Psychologists fight back. Monitor on Psychology, 39(6). 26-30.
Electronic version:
Brody, J.E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. New York Times. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com
Multi-page document created by private organization
Format:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address
Example:
Greater New Milford Area Healthy Community 2000, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.).
Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved from http://www.familymealtime.org
*If no date, enter n.d. inside parenthesis
U.S. government report:
Format:
Agency name. (Date). Title of report. Publishing date: Publisher
Example:
National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in mental illness (DHHS Publication No.
ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
*If no date, enter n.d. inside parenthesis
Chapter or section in an Internet document:
Format:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document
(chapter or section number). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url
Example:
Engelshcall, R. S. (1997). Module mod_rewrite: URL Rewriting Engine. In Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3
Documentation (Apache modules.) Retrieved from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/
For examples of information sources not listed here, see the Publication Manual of the American
th
Psychological Association,6 ed. located at the Reference Desk at the AQ Library.
1/2010 cr