Los Medanos College Library
GUIDE TO APA REFERENCES
Electronic Sources -- Library Databases, Web Sites
Author’s Last Name, Initial/s. (Year, Month or Date of Issue). Title of article. Name of Magazine, Journal,
or Newspaper, Volume (for magazine and journal), pages (include section for newspaper). Retrieved Month
Day, Year (date site was accessed), from Name of Database.
Examples:
Article from
Atran, S. (2003). Genesis of suicide terrorism. Science, 299, 1534.
Retrieved September 25, 2003, from InfoTrac Expanded Academic
ASAP database.
Article from
Gibbs, N. (2003, September 15). Life during wartime. Time, 162, 32.
Retrieved September 25, 2003, from InfoTrac Expanded Academic
ASAP database.
Article from
Rosen, R. (2003, July 30). Gambling on terror. San Francisco
Chronicle, p. A23. Retrieved September 25, 2003, from NewsBank
database.
Article from
Slackman, M. (2003, September 15). A day of quiet remembrance at
ground zero. New York Times, Late Edition (East Coast), p. B3.
Retrieved September 25, 2003, from ProQuest database.
Article from
Borum, R. (2003, July). Understanding the terrorist mind-set. FBI Law
Enforcement Bulletin, 7-10. Retrieved September 25, 2003, from
SIRS Government Reporter database.
Article from
U.S. response to terrorism. (2001, October 12). Issues and Controversies.
Retrieved September 25, 2003, from FACTS.com database.
eBook from
Oliverio, A. (1998). The State of Terror. Albany, NY: State University of
New York. Retrieved September 25, 2003, from netLibrary database.
Format for
Author. Date published last update (if known). Title of Site. Retrieved Month Day, Year
(date you accessed the site), from: electronic address (URL)
Example:
Central Intelligence Agency. (June 9, 2003). The war on terrorism. Retrieved
September 25, 2003, from: http://www.cia.gov/terrorism/
INFOTRAC
(journal)
INFOTRAC
(magazine)
NEWSBANK
PROQUEST
SIRS
FACTS.com
netLibrary
WEB SITES
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Print Sources and Videos
Books:
Author’s Last Name, Initial/s. (Date). Book title: Subtitle. Place of Publication: Publisher.
Articles:
Author’s Last Name, Initial/s. Issue Date. Article title. Periodical Title, Volume, Page/s.
Video:
Distributor (Director or Producer). (Year of Release). Title. [Type of Media]. Location: Publisher.
Examples:
One Author
Netanyahu, B. (1995). Fighting terrorism: How democracies can
defeat domestic and international terrorists. New York: Farrar,
Straus, Giroux.
Multiple
Authors
Cline, R. S., & Alexander, Y. (1984). Terrorism: The Soviet connection.
New York: Crane Russak.
Book with an
Editor
Merkl, P. H. (Ed.). (1986). Political violence and terror: Motifs and
motivations. Berkeley: University of California.
Article from
Edited Book
Rubin, B. (2002). The truth about U.S. Middle East policy. In B. Rubin &
J. C. Rubin (Eds.), Anti-American terrorism and the Middle East:
A documentary reader (pp. 81-106). New York: Oxford University.
Encyclopedia
Article
Crenshaw, M. (2001). Terrorism. Encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 26, p. 523).
Danbury, CT: Grolier.
Journal
Article
Enserink, M., & Ferber, D. (2003). Report spells out how to fight biocrimes.
Science, 299, 1164-1165.
Magazine
Article
Robertson, L. (2003, April). High anxiety. American Journalism Review,
25, 18-25.
Newspaper
Article
Lichtblau, E. (2003, September 11). Counterterror proposals are a hard sell.
New York Times, p. A19.
Video
ABC News, Inc. (Producer). (1989). Terrorism: the new world war
[Videotape]. [S.l.]: MPI Home Video.
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For more information consult the following book located in the
LMC Library’s Reference Collection:
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (BF 76.7 .P83 2001)
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