Proper APA Citations
**Be sure to pay attention to the details**
When creating a reference page or the reference header for
your annotated bibliography:
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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.
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Whole books are cited as in the following example:
Lewis, H. B. (1971). Shame and guilt in neurosis. New York: International
Universities Press.
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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:
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Include all authors and the publication year in the first citation.
(Dweck & Leggett, 1988)
(Tangney, Miller, Flicker, & Barlow, 1996)
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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)
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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:
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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)
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Then for every subsequent citation use the first author’s name and ‘et al.’
(Skodol, et al., 2003)
IN-TEXT citation formats for:
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Movies:
TV Shows:
Newspaper or Magazine Article:
Lecture Material:
(“Movie Title,” Year)
(“Episode Title,” Year)
(Author, Year)
(Lecture, Chapter XX, Date of Lecture)