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CITING SOURCES FROM THE PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION (APA) STYLE (6th Edition)
The REFERENCES page is alphabetized according to the author’s last name. Each reference usually has the following: author, year
of publication, title of book or article (Capitalize only the first word of the title, subtitle, or proper nouns 1), and publication data.
If the work has a digital object identifier (doi)2, use it. You must have a reference for every source used in your paper. In the examples
below, the references are single spaced. For your references, be sure they are double spaced and if the citation is more than one line
indent the remaining lines by ½ an inch. If a periodical does not use volume numbers, include p. or pp. before the page numbers.
This is so the reader will understand that the numbers refer to pages 3. Also, don’t use a period at the end of a web address.4
SOURCES
BOOKS
One author
Two to seven authors
Eight or more
authors5
Editor
No Author
E-BOOK
ESSAY OR
CHAPTER IN AN
EDITED BOOK
PRINT
BROCHURE
ONLINE
BROCHURE
REFERENCE
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Year of publication). Title of book. City, State of
Publication: Publisher.
Goldsworthy, A. (2010). How Rome fell: Death or a superpower. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press.
Fairholme, E. & Pain, W. (1924) A century of work for animals. London, England: J. Murray.
Thatcher, J., Waddell, C., Henry, S., Swierenga, S., Urban, M., Burks... Bohman, P. (2002).
Constructing accessible web sites. Berkeley, CA: Peer Information Inc.
Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority
youth. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2005). Springfield, MA: Merriam Webster.
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Year of publication). Title of book. Retrieved from and use
the homepage Web Address
Cohen, D.H., Stern, V. & Balaban, N. (1997). Observing and recording the behavior of young children.
Retrieved from http://www.netlibrary.com/Reader/
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Year of publication). Title of essay. In Editor’s First
Name Initial Last Name (Ed.), Title of book (pages). City, State of Publication: Publisher.
Labajo, J. (2003). Body and voice: The construction of gender in flamenco. In T. Magrini (Ed.), Music
and gender: Perspectives from the Mediterranean (pp.67-86). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago
Press.
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial or Name of Organization. (Year). Brochure title
[Brochure]. City, State of Publication: Publisher.
Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and writing
about people with disabilities [Brochure]. Lawrence, KS: Research and Training Center on
Independent Living.
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial or Name of Organization. (Year). Brochure title
[Brochure]. Retrieved from Web address
First5 Oral Health. (2005). Healthy teeth begin at birth [Brochure]. Retrieved from
http://www.first5oralhealth.org/page.asp?page_id=439
ARTICLE FROM
AN ONLINE
MAGAZINE
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Date). Title of article. Title of Magazine. Volume
number(issue number). Retrieved from Web address
Clay, R. (2008, June). Science vs. ideology: Psychologists fight back about the misuse of research.
Monitor on psychology, 39(6). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/monitor/
WEB PAGE
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial or Institution, Company, or Organization Responsible for
the Web Page (Date). Title of article. Retrieved from Web address
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2008). Biofuels. Retrieved May 6, 2010, from
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
ARTICLE
Title of article (Date). In Editors Last Name, First Name initial (Ed.), Name of Encyclopedia
(Volume, page numbers) City, State of Publication: Publisher.
Alcohol. (2005). In D. W. Jacobs (Ed.), World book encyclopedia (Vol. 1, pp. 334-335). Chicago, IL:
World Book, Inc.
PRINT
PERIODICAL
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Date of publication). Title of essay. Title of Periodical,
Volume number(issue number), pages.
Journal Article
Miklowitz, D., Alatiq, Y., Geddes, J., Goodwin, G., & Williams, J. (2010). Thought suppression in
patients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(2), 355-365.
Magazine Article
Walsh, B. (2010, June 21). The climate war: True believers, power brokers, and the fight to save the
earth. Time, 175(24), 22.
Newspaper Article
Meyerson, H. (2010, June 23). Centrist and clueless. The Washington Post, p. A17.
ONLINE
DATABASES
Journal Article with
a doi6
Journal Article
without a doi
Magazine Article
Newspaper Article
MOVIE
Author’s Last Name, First Name initial. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal,
Volume number(issue number), pages. doi: and/or Retrieved from Name of database.
Harlé, K., Allen, J., & Sanfey, A. (2010). The impact of depression on social economic decision making.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119(2), 440-446. doi:10.1037/a0018612 Retrieved from
ProQuest Nursing Journal database.
Bouch, D. C., Thompson, J. P., & Damian, M. S. (2008). Post-cardiac arrest management: More than
global cooling. BJA: The British Journal of Anaesthesia, 100(5), 591. Retrieved from Academic
Search Premier database.
Colvin, G. (2008, July 21). Information worth billions. Fortune, 158(2), 73-79. Retrieved from Business
Source Premier database.
Gorman, S. (2010, May 27). The job nobody wants. Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition, A3.
Retrieved from Wall Street Journal database.
Producers Last Name, First Name initial (Producer), & Director’s Last Name, First Name initial
(Director). (Year). Title of film [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio.
Pakula, A. (Producer), & Mulligan, R. (Director). (1991) To kill a mockingbird [Motion Picture]. United
States: MCA/Universal.
PODCAST
Producers Last Name, First Name initial (Producer). (Date). Title [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from
Web address
Moore, P. (Producer). (2010, April 8). Psychoanalysis in Ireland with Paul Moore [Audio podcast].
Retrieved from http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/
YOUTUBE
VIDEO
Screen Name (Date). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from Web address
peakdavid (2009, October 30). APA format citations-sixth edition [Video file]. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY
If there is a conflict between these instructions and your professor’s instructions, always follow your professor’s
instructions.Your professor is the person grading your paper.
1
Proper nouns are the words which name specific people (Barack Obama), places (Baltimore) or organizations (American Medical Association).
A doi (Digital Object Identifier) is a number that provides a persistent link to online content. Don’t include a period at the end of the doi as it may
be interpreted as part of the doi. A doi can be looked up at http://www.crossref.org.
3 If the reference includes the volume number, do not use p. or pp. when listing the pages.
4
Do not include a period at the end of the citation as it may be interpreted as part of the Web address.
5
Type in first 6 authors, an ellipse, and then the last author.
6
Although not required by the APA, the BCCC Library recommends including the statement Retrieved from and the name of the database used in
you citation even if you have the doi number.
2
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