Citing References: APA Style
Books:
Last name, First Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Place: Publisher.
One author:
Komisar, L. (1991). The new feminism. New York: Franklin Watts.
Two authors:
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E.B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.
Articles:
Last name, First Initial. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume
number(issue number), pages.
Magazine Article:
Chamberlin, J., Novotney, A., Packard, E., & Price, M. (2008, May). Enhancing worker wellbeing: Occupational Health psychologists convene to share their research on work,
stress, and health. Monitor on Psychology, 39(5). 26-29.
Online Magazine Article:
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/
Newspaper Article:
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The
Washington Post, pp. A-1, A4.
No author:
Title of article. (Year). Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
Amazing Amazon region. (1989, January 12). New York Times, pp. D11, D14.
Websites:
Author, Institution, Company, or Organization Responsible for the Website (if
available). (Year, Month Day website was last updated). Title or description of
page. Retrieved Month Day, Year you visited the website, from: URL (address of
website)
Thaller, M. (2007). Cool cosmos. Retrieved August 27, 2007, from
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/
No author:
History. (2010). Fireworks Capital of America: New Castle, PA. Retrieved September 11,
2012, from http://fireworkscapitalofamerica.com/history-of-fireworks-in-new-castlepa/
Organization as the author:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. (2010). Geocaching avian adventure.
Retrieved September 10, 2012, from http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/
geocaching/avian/index.html
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