Author Guidelines
Issue
Reference List Format
(at end of paper)
2 authors
Arthur, N., & Achenbach, K. (2002). …
3-5 authors
Atkinson, D. R., Wampold, B. E., Lowe,
S., Matthews, L., & Aye, H. (1998). …
6-7 authors
6 or 7 authors – Padilla, A. M., Lindholm,
K. J., Chen, A., Duran, R., Hakuta, K.,
Lambert, W., & Tucker, G. R. (1991).
8 or more
authors
Miller, F. H., Choi, M. J., Angeli, L. L.,
Harland, A. A., Stamos, J. A., Thomas, S.
T., . . . Rubin, L. H. (2009).
Group as
author
(association,
agency…)
Use full names of organizations:
Graduate Centre for Applied
Psychology
A parent organization precedes a
department or division:
University of Calgary, Division of
Applied Psychology
Use editors in place of authors and
include Ed. or Eds.:
Nott, J., & Bell, A. (Eds.). (2003). …
Editor(s)
instead of
author(s)
Both author
and editor
Different
articles with
authors with
same
surname
No author for
article or
chapter
No author for
periodical,
book,
report…
Two different
citations
shorten to the
Citation Format
(in paper)
Each use:
(Arthur & Achenbach, 2002)
or
1st use in paragraph – Arthur and
Achenbach (2002)
2nd use, same paragraph - Arthur and
Achenbach
First use:
(Atkinson, Wampold, Lowe, Matthews, &
Aye, 1998)
Subsequent use:
(Atkinson et al., 1998)
or
1st use in paragraph – Atkinson et al.
(1998)
2nd use, same paragraph - Atkinson et al.
Each use:
(Padilla et al., 1991)
or
1st use in paragraph – Padilla et al. (1991)
2nd use in paragraph – Padilla et al.
Each use:
(Miller et al., 2009)
or
1st use in paragraph – Miller et al. (2009)
2nd use in paragraph – Miller et al.
Use abbreviations for subsequent citations
only if the name is long and the abbreviation
familiar:
(Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology
[GCAP], 2007), then (GCAP, 2007).
Do not abbreviate:
(University of Calgary, 2005)
Use editor names in citation:
(Nott & Bell, 2003)
APA
Source
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List the editor following the title:
Riley, A. (2003). Forging ahead (R.
Bailey, Ed.). …
No change to normal format:
Jerry, M. I. (2006)…
Jerry, P., & Strong, T. (2003). …
Use the author name(s) only in the citation:
(Riley, 2003)
Include first author’s initials in all citations:
M. I. Jerry (2006) and P. Jerry and Strong
(2003)…
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Title moves to the author position:
Preparing students for the 21st century.
(2004). …
Use first words of the reference (usually title):
(“Preparing Students,” 2004)
Title moves to author position:
Encyclopedia of APA challenges.
(2006). …
Use first words of the reference (usually title):
(Encyclopedia, 2004)
No change in format:
Jorge, R., Miles, J., & Paget, S. (2003).
…
Retain as many of the other authors as
required to distinguish them.
(Jorge, Miles, & Paget, 2003).
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same format
Same author,
same year
Anonymous
sources
Suffixes on
names (e.g.,
Jr.)
Jorge, R., Robertson, S., & Miles, J.
(2003). …
Identify by a b c… in alphabetical order by
title:
Pederson, P. (1995a). Adopting…
Pederson, P. (1995b). The nature…
Only if clearly identified as anonymous,
use:
Anonymous. (1996). …
Subsequent use:
(Jorge, Miles et al., 2003).
Identify by a b c to match reference list:
(Pederson, 1995a, 1995b, in press-a, in
press-b)
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Only if clearly identified as anonymous, use:
(Anonymous, 1996)
Include the suffix after the name:
Andrews, N., Sr., & Lenny, R., Jr.
(2001). …
Do not include suffixes (e.g., Jr.)
(Andrews & Lenny, 2001)
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