Websites:
General Format:
Multimedia Sources:
Author’s Last and First name. (Year of page
or last revision or copyright or
natural date). Article or title of page.
Website title, volume or issue number. Retrieved from: http://url address (the actual page used)
Video or film
Page from a website with unknown author:
Podcast/Youtube
The Buddha. (2002-10-02). Buddhism: BBC Relig
ion. Retrieved from: http://
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/bud
dhism/history/history.shtml
Note: The title of the page is first. There are 2
POSSIBLE dates: the date of revision as used or
the copywrite date (2012). Either is correct.
Luhrmann, Baz. (Director), & Martinelli, Gabriella
(Producer). (1996). Romeo and Juliet.
[DVD]. United States: 20th Century Fox
Home Entertainment.
Frankl, Viktor. (1972, May). “Why to believe in
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others.” [Youtube]. TED talks: Best of the
web. Retrieved from:
http://www.ted.com/talks/viktor_frankl_y
outh_in_search_of_meaning.html
Note: Use the full date (year, month, day ) of the
posting if given.
Entire Website:
Health Canada Environmental and Workplace
Health. (2012-09-11). Canadian Drinking
Water Standards. Retrieved from: http://
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/water-eau/
drink-potab/guide/index-eng.php
Website with author:
Winter, Mark. (2012). Cadmium: the essentials.
References
OWL at Purdue, APA
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Clemens Library, St. John’s University
http://employees.csbsju.edu/proske/nursing/apa.htm
Red River College, Sample APA References
Paraphrasing
An effective paraphrase should
WebElements: the periodic table on the
Capture the main idea (summary)
web. Retrieved from: http://
Elaborate on ideas in a text without distorting content
www.webelements.com/cadmium/
Give important and supporting points
Image from a website:
Cite the original source
Close, Chuck. (2008). Kara Walker. The Museum
Be in your own words
of Modern Art. Retrieved from: http://q
www.moma.org/collection/
browse_results.php?criteria=O%3ADE%
3AI%3A4%7CG%3AHI%3AE%
May differ in length from the original source original
text.
Further Research:
OWL at Purdue, APA:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
owl/resource/560/01/
Ebsco Database:
http://search.epnet.com
Username:
smcdsb
Password:
Research (all lower case)
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(A mer ic a n Psy c h ol og ic a l A ss oc ia ti on) used f or S c ienc es , A r t, Re l i g i on
Title Page:
Centered on the page, double spaced: title of
the paper, author’s first and last name (yours),
the teacher/school name, course code, and the
date due. Include the page header (top of each
page) with the author’s name and/or the title
flush left and page number flush right at the top
of every page. (Title page is page 1of your
paper.)
or
No separate title page, the information above
is found on the left side flush, one line for each
item with the essay starting one spaced line
directly below
In-text Citation
Requires the author’s last name, the
page number and the date.
Paraphrase Examples:
Harrison (1997) speculates that there is more
to these police reports …
or
There is reason to believe that the police
missed another cause of the mysterious behaviour (Harrison, 1997).
or
(Harrison, 1997, p. 235) page numbers may or
may not be required by teacher
Direct Quote Example:
Include author, date, page number (p. #)
“Of all the towns west of the Nile, never has
there been a place for curses such as Argyle” (Harrison, 1997, p. 305).
No Author Example:
Use the title of the work (or shortened title) in
quotations and the date (Egyptian Life, 2004).
Reference List Resources:
> start a new page numbered in order
A Work in an Anthology or Essay
from a book:
(sequentially) with the rest of the paper
Format:
> write References centered at the top
Author’s Last name, first name of essay/
work. (Publication year). Title of
work/essay in italics. In Editor’s
First and Last Names. (Ed.), Title of
Book. (page numbers) Place of Public
ation: Publishing Company.
of page
> single space entries with a spaced line
between each entry
> list entries in alphabetical order by author’s last name or organization/title for
website with no author
> use a hanging indent for the second and
all lines after
> cite only the resources used in your work/
paper
> punctuation, spelling and order of
information in all entries is important
Sample Entries:
Anthology or Encyclopedias:
Format:
Author(s) Last and First names, A.B. (Ed.).
(Publication year). Title in italics. Place
of Publication: Publishing Company.
Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991).
Children of color: Psychological intrerentions with minority youth. San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass.
Weiss, Marcia, J. (2005). Bioethics. In John, K.
Roth. (Ed.), Ethics. (pp.137-141).
Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press.
Books:
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year of Publication) Title of
work: Capital letter also for subtitle.
Location: Publisher.
Benzina, Corona. (2008). Climate Change.
New York: The Rosen Publishing
Group, Inc.
Magazines:
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year of Publication) Title of
article in sentence case. Periodical
Title, Volume number, page numbers.
Quammen, David. (2012). Scaling a forest giant.
National Geographic, 222, no 6, 28-41.