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APA In-text Citations

Within the text of the paper, you acknowledge the use of another author's material by using parenthetical references.

These references should give enough information to enable the reader to find the full citation in the List of References at the end of the paper.

The full citation for each parenthetical reference must be documented in the List of References.

Examples:

The global debt crisis is having a strong impact on women and children in developing nations (Bronstein, 1982, p. 277).

--OR--

Bronstein (1982) contends the global debt crisis is having a strong impact on women and children in developing nations (p. 277).

For electronic sources that have no page number, give the paragraph number.

 
 

APA (American Psychological Association) List of References - Examples

 

The List of References goes at the end of your paper. Items should be listed alphabetically.

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Book, No Author:
World development report. (1989). New York: Oxford UP.

Book, One Author:
Berry, W. (1981). The gift of good land. San Francisco: NorthPoint.

Book, Two or More Authors:
Winston, B. L., Reinhart, M. L., Sacker, J. R., Gottlieb, W., Oscar, B., & Harris, D.P. (1980). Nepal in crisis: Growth and stagnation at the periphery. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Book, with Editor:
Del Castillo, A. R. (Ed.). (1990). Between borders: Essays on Mexicana/Chicana history. Encino: Floricanto.

Essay or Article in a Collection or Anthology:
Gonzalez, R. (1987). Distinctions in western women's experience: Ethnicity, class, and social change. In S. Armitage (Ed.), The women's west (pp. 237-252). Norman: University of Oklahoma.

Scholarly Article, from Library Database:
Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E.D., & White, L. A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78 (3), 443-449. Retrieved from PsycARTICLES database.

Scholarly Article, from Journal with Continuous Pagination:
Mivedev, Z. (1990). The environmental destruction of the Soviet Union. The Ecologist, 20, 24-29.

Scholarly Article, from Journal with Separate Pagination:
Ayoade, J. (1989). The culture debate in Africa. The Black Scholar, 20(2-3), 2-7.

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Magazine Article:
Ferguson, S. (1990, September/October). America's frustration with the homeless. Utne Reader, 41, 50-55.

Magazine Article, from Library Database:
Berry, P. (2008, March 29). Doing your part, digitally. Billboard, 4. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.

Newspaper Article:
Lohr, S. (2004, December 3). Health care technology is a promise unfinanced. The New York Times, p. C5.

Newspaper Article, No Author:
Environmental audits being considered by EC. (1991, February 11). Wall Street Journal, p. A8.

Newspaper Article, from Library Database:
Nikesh, A. (2008, May 18). Online revolution: Adapt or die. Sunday Times. Retrieved from Proquest Newstand database.

Encyclopedia Article
Madden, E. H. (1973). Civil disobedience. In Dictionary of the history of ideas (Vol. 3, pp. 25-37). New York: Scribner's.

Encyclopedia Article, Online:
Graham, G. (2005). Behaviorism. In E.N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Retreived from http://plato.stanford.edu.

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Web Page:
Nunley, K. (2001). The caffeine craze of youth. Retrieved from http://help4teachers.com/caffeine.htm.

Web Page, No Author:
Globalization and clothes. (2006). Retrieved from the Women and the Economy: A Project of UNPAC Web site: http://unpac.ca/economy/g_clothes.html.

Audio Podcast:
Van Nuys, D. (Producer). (2006, October 13). Understanding autism [Show 54]. Shrink Rap Radio. Podcast retrieved from http://www.shrinkrapradio.com.

Blog posting:
bfy. (2007, January 22). Re: The unfortunate prerequisite and consequences of partitioning your mind. Message posted to http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula.

Wiki:
Psychometric assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved January 28, 2007, from The Psychology Wiki: http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Psychometric_assessment.

Video/Movie:
Soderbergh, S. (Director). (2000). Traffic [Motion picture]. United States: USA Home Entertainment.

Video/Movie, Online:
Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs.

 

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