UNLV WRITING CENTER GUIDE:
APA STYLE WORKS CITED
APA STYLE WORKS CITED
Here are samples and explanations for the most common citations. Samples on this handout are from
various true sources. For citations that are not on this sheet, refer to a manual, APA’s website, or
another trustworthy source such as the website http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc. Remember that
your works cited page must be titled as “References” and double-spaced with hanging indents.
BOOK CITATIONS
Example
Formula
One Author
Goldstein, J. E. (1960). In a word. New York: Harper &
Row.
Last name, Initials. (Year Published). Title in Italics.
City Published: Publisher.
Two or More Authors
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of
style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillian.
Last name, Initials., Last name, Initials. (Year
Published). Title in Italics. City Published:
Publisher.
Edited
Griffith, J. W., & Frey, C. H. (Eds.). (1996). Classics of
children’s literature (4th ed.). Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
No Author or Editor
Last name, Initials. (Ed/Eds.). (Year Published). Title
in Italics. City Published: Publisher.
American collegiate dictionary (4th ed.). (1995).
Indianapolis, IN: Huntsfield.
Title in Italics. (Year Published). City Published:
Publisher.
Article or Chapter in an Edited Book
Riesen, A. H. (1991). Sensory deprivation. In E. Stellar &
J. M. Sprague (Eds.), Progress in physiological
psychology (pp. 24-54). New York: Academic
Press.
Translation
Zhou, W. (2001). Shanghai Baby (B. Humes, Trans.). New
York: Simon & Schuster. (Original work
published 1999)
Last Name of Article Author, Initials. (Year
Published). Article Title. In Initial. Last Name
of Book Editor (Ed./Eds.), Title of book in
Italics (pp. pages of article in book). City
Published: Publisher.
Original Author’s Last Name, Initials. (Year
Translation Published). Title in Italics.
(Initials, Translator’s Last Name). City
Published: Publisher. (Original work
published YEAR)
Article in a Reference Book
Terusami, H. T. (1993). Relativity. In The new handbook of
science (Vol. 12, pp. 247-249). Chicago: Modern
Science Encyclopedia
Last Name of Article Author, Initials. (Year
Published). Article Title. In Title of reference
book (Vol. #, pp. page-page). City Published:
Publisher.
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PERIODICAL CITATIONS
Example
Formula
Article in a Journal Paginated by Volume
Morawski, J. (2000). Social psychology a century ago.
American Psychologist, 55, 427-431.
Last name, Initials. (Year Published). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Journal Title in Italics,
Volume#, Page-Page.
Article in a Journal Paginated by Issue
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the
hiring process in organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research,
45(2), 10-36.
Last name, Initials. (Year Published). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Journal Title in Italics,
Volume#(Issue#), Page-Page.
Article in a Journal Paginated Continuously
Schaubroeck, J., Sime, W. E., & Mayes, B. T. (1991). The
nomological validity of the Type A personality.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 76, 143-168.
Article in a Newspaper
Last name, Initials. (Year Published). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Journal Title in Italics,
Volume#, Page-Page.
Leftlow, B. S. (1993, December 18). Corporate take-overs
confuse stock market predictions. Wall Street
Journal, pp. A1, A14.
Letter to the Editor
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Newspaper Title in Italics, pp.
#.
Carter, R. (2000, July). Shot in the dark? [Letter to the
editor]. Scientific American, 283(1), 8.
Review
Gleick, E. (2000, December 14). The burdens of genius
[Review of the book The Last Samurai]. Time,
156, 171.
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month). Title of Article in
Plain Text. [Letter to the editor]. Journal Title
in Italics, Volume#(Issue#), Page-Page.
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of Article
in Plain Text [Review of the book Title of the
Book in Italics]. Journal Title in Italics,
Volume#, Page.
ELECTRONIC CITATIONS
Example
Formula
Article from an Online Periodical – Article also in Print
Gefen, D., Straub, D. W. (1997, December). Gender
differences in the perception and use of E-mail: an
extension to the technology acceptance model
[Electronic version]. MIS Quarterly, 21(4), 389400.
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month). Title of Article in
Plain Text [Electronic version]. Journal Title
in Italics, Volume#, Page-Page.
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Article from an Online Periodical – Online-only
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the
hiring process in organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research,
45(2), 10-36.
Chapter or Section in a Web Document
Last name, Initials. (Year Published). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Journal Title in Italics,
Volume#(Issue#), Page-Page.
Heuer, R. J., Jr. (1999). Keeping an open mind. In
Psychology of intelligence analysis (chap. 6).
Retrieved July 7, 2001, from http://www.cia.gov/
csi/books/19104/art9.html
Last name, Initials. (Year of Article). Title of Article
in Plain Text. In Title of Online Periodical in
Italic (chap. #). Retrieved Month Day, Year,
from http://address
Online Newspaper Article
Berke, R. L. (2001, July 14). Lieberman put Democrats in
retreat on military vote. New York Times.
Retrieved July 18, 2001, from
http://www.nytimes.com
U.S. Government and Other Organization Reports
Available on the Web (Nonperiodical)
National Institutes of Health. (n.d.). Stem cells: Scientific
progress and future research. Retrieved July 19,
2001, from http://www.nih.gov/news/stemcell/
scireport.htm
Electronic Database
Center for Public Policy Study. (1994). Survey of public
response to terrorism abroad: 1992-93. Retrieved
October 20, 1994, from USGOV database.
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month Day). Title of Article
in Plain Text. Newspaper Title in Italics.
Retrieved Month Day, Year, from
http://address
Note: (n.d.) means No Date
Last name, Initials. (Year, Month). Title of Article in
Plain Text. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from
http://address
Note:
Here there is no individual as an author.
Instead, the author is marked as a group.
Last name, Initials. (Year). Title of Article in Italics:
Year. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from
Database Name.
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