Proper APA Citations
**Be sure to pay attention to the details**
When creating a reference page or the reference header for
your annotated bibliography:
Articles are cited as in the following example:
Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to
motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95, 256-273.
Authors. (Year). Title. Journal Name, Journal Volume #, Page #s.
**Note: Do NOT reorder the authors so that they are in alphabetical order!
You should leave them in their original order of authorship.
Whole books are cited as in the following example:
Lewis, H. B. (1971). Shame and guilt in neurosis. New York: International
Universities Press.
Book chapters (when a book is made up of chapters by different authors) are cited
as in the following example:
Morizot, J., Ainsworth, A. T., & Reise, S. P. (2007). Toward modern
psychometrics: Application of item response theory models in personality
research. Handbook of research methods in personality psychology. New
York: Guilford Press.
** For the References for Assignment 1 (The Stigma of Mental Illness) and for
Assignment 3 (PD Project), use the in-text citation style for movies, shows, and
lectures.
When citing an article or book IN-TEXT:
For articles or books with 6 or fewer authors:
Include all authors and the publication year in the first citation.
(Dweck & Leggett, 1988)
(Tangney, Miller, Flicker, & Barlow, 1996)
If there are more than two authors, then for every subsequent citation use the first
author’s name and ‘et al.’
(Tangney, et al., 1996)
If you are using a direct quote, add the page number to either of the above
citations.
(Tangney, et al., 1996, pg. 322)
For articles or books with more than 6 authors:
Include the first 6 authors and ‘et al.’ along with the publication year in the first
citation.
(Skodol, Grilo, McCloskey, Morey, McGlashan, Smith, et al., 2003)
Then for every subsequent citation use the first author’s name and ‘et al.’
(Skodol, et al., 2003)
IN-TEXT citation formats for:
Movies:
TV Shows:
Newspaper or Magazine Article:
Lecture Material:
(“Movie Title,” Year)
(“Episode Title,” Year)
(Author, Year)
(Lecture, Chapter XX, Date of Lecture)
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