Power Hour
APA Style
September 29, 2011
Important to be familiar with APA Style
Citation generators and suggested citations are
not always correct.
You need to be able to identify errors.
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From the “Closed Web”
APA Rules
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Begin at the left margin
Double space between lines and within
citations
If you need more than one line, indent the
second and subsequent lines
Begin with Author Statement
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E.
Add Date of Publication
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008).
(include days and months for articles from
newspapers or magazines only)
Add Title of Article
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization
among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, consequences, and considerations in assessment and
intervention.
(capitalize first letter of first word in main title and any subtitles, as
well as proper nouns)
Add Journal Title and
Volume Number
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization
among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, consequences, and considerations in assessment and
intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23
(all in italics)
Add Page number(s)
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization
among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, consequences, and considerations in assessment and
intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23, 451-461.
Add doi number (if available)
Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization
among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, consequences, and considerations in assessment and
intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23, 451-461.
doi:10.1037/a0012769
What is a doi number?
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Stands for Digital Object Identifier.
“…is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a
registration agency … to identify content and
provide a persistent link to its location on the
internet” (APA, 2010, p. 189).
Usually located near the top of page one of an
article and on the longer view of the database
entry.
More About the doi.
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Don’t confuse the DOI with an ISSN
number or an accession number. If you do
not see the letters doi before a number, it is
not a doi number.
If an article does not have a DOI, then use
the URL for the periodical’s home page.
For Articles without a doi
Kelly, S. (2008). What types of students
efforts are rewarded with high marks?
Sociology of Education, 81, 32-52.
Retrieved from http://www.asanet.org/
cs/journals/soe
From the “Open Web”
Date available at the bottom
of the page—August 24, 2010
Mayo Clinic. (2010, August 24). Bullying: Help
your child handle a school bully. Children’s
Health. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.
com/health/bullying/MH00126
Parenthetical Documentation
Authors not named in
the text.
Authors named in the
text.
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