APA CITATION STYLE

APA Citation Style

Academic writing is presented in a clear and consistent way in order to ensure and achieve reliability to the audience.  APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in research papers which require both in-text citations and a reference list. For every in-text citation there should be a full citation in the reference list and vice versa. Within this blog you will find different formats of the most common types of sources used in academic research.

Books

Important Elements:

·         Author (last name, initials only for first & middle names)

·         Publication date

·         Title (in italics; capitalize only the first word of title and subtitle, and proper nouns)

·         Place of publication

·         Publisher

·          

Source	Example Citation
Book by a single author	Rollin, B. E. (2006). Science and ethics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Book by two authors	Sherman, C., & Price, G. (2001). The invisible web: Uncovering information sources search engines can’t see. Medford, NJ: CyberAge Books.
Book by three or more authors	Goodpaster, K. E., Nash, L. L., & de Bettignies, H. (2006). Business ethics: Policies and persons (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
Book by a corporate author	American Medical Association. (2004). American Medical Association family medical guide (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Article or chapter within an edited book	Winne, P. H. (2001). Self-regulated learning viewed from models of information processing. In B.J. Zimmerman & D.H. Schunk (Eds.), Self-regulated learning and academic achievement (2nd ed., pp. 160-192). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Articles from Print Periodicals (magazines, journals, and newspapers)

Important Elements:

·         Author (last name, initials only for first & middle names)

·         Date of publication of article (year and month for monthly publications; year, month and day for daily or weekly publications)

·         Title of article (capitalize only the first word of title and subtitle, and proper nouns)

·         Title of publication in italics (i.e., Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Newsweek, New York Times)

·         Volume and issue number

·         Page numbers of article

·          

Source	Example Citation
Article in a monthly magazine (include volume # if given)	Swedin, E. G.  (2006, May/June). Designing babies: A eugenics race with China? The Futurist, 40, 18-21.
Article in a weekly magazine (include volume # if given)	Will, G. F. (2004, July 5). Waging war on Wal-Mart. Newsweek, 144, 64.
Article in a daily newspaper	Dougherty, R. (2006, January 11). Jury convicts man in drunk driving death. Centre Daily Times, p. 1A. Rimer, S. (2003, September 3). A campus fad that’s being copied: Internet plagiarism seems on the rise. New York Times, p. B7.
Article in a scholarly journal	Stock, C. D., & Fisher, P. A. (2006). Language delays among foster children: Implications for policy and practice. Child Welfare, 85(3), 445-462.

 

Web Sites

Important Elements:

·         Author (if known)

·         Date of publication, copyright date, or date of last update

·         Title of Web site

·         Date you accessed the information (APA recommends including this if the information is likely to change)

·         URL (Web address) of the site

Source	Example Citation
Web site with author	Kraizer, S. (2005). Safe child. Retrieved February 29, 2008, from http://www.safechild.org/
Web site with corporate author	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). (2008, February 15). Stop underage drinking. Retrieved February 29, 2008, from http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov
Web site with unknown author	Penn State myths. (2006). Retrieved December 6, 2011, from http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/myths.html
Page within a Web site (unknown author)	Global warming 101. (2012). In Union of Concerned Scientists. Retrieved December 14, 2012, from http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/global_warming_101/