APA Format - 6th edition
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| BOOKS - JOURNALS / NEWSPAPERS - RESEARCH DATABASES - INTERNET SITES |
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1. BOOK SOURCES REFERENCE LIST FORMAT: 1. Author's last name, author's first name. 2. Publication date (year only) 3. Chapter name (chapter citing only) 4. Name of editor of book (chapter citing only) |
5. Title of the Book 6. Pages (chapter citing only) 7. Place of publication 8. Name of publisher |
| If there is no author, move the title to the author position before date of publication. |
Book - one authorBandura, A. J. (2004). Social learning theory. New York: Prentice-Hall. |
Book – up to six authorsBretsch, J., Wilson, J., & Smith, N. L.(2001). Contemporary social problems. New York: |
Book – seven or more authorsPitt, A., Smith, J., White, M., Milk, L., Fox, M., Lewis, M., et al. (2000). Problems in marketing. |
Editor – no authorRosser, S. V. (Ed.). (2003). Teaching science and health from a feminist perspective. San Diego, CA: |
Entry in Reference Book – no authorLearning. (n.d.). Merriam Webster’s dictionary (10th ed.). (2002). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. |
Part of a book (chapter)May, J. M., & Egan J. (2002). Women’s gender roles. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), |
Ebrary Database for electronic booksLathe, R. (2006). Autism, brain and environment. Retrieved from |
| 2. JOURNALS, MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER SOURCES (PRINT) | |
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REFERENCE LIST FORMAT: 1. Author's last name, author's first name. 2. Date of Publication (year, month day). 3. Title of the Article. |
4. Title of the Periodical 5. Volume number 6. Page numbers. |
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More than one author, see Book format above. If there is no author, move the title to the author position before date of publication. | |
Journal or magazine article – with author:Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (2010, June). An evolutionary perspective on human |
Journal or magazine article – no authorAn evolutionary perspective on human behavior. (2010, May). Psychological Review, 100, 76-81. |
Newspaper – with authorSchwartz, J. (2009, September 30). Obesity affects economic status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4. |
Newspaper – no authorNew drug appears to sharply reduce heart attacks. (2009, July 15). The Washington Post. p. A12. |
| 3. ELECTRONIC SOURCES: Research Databases, Professional or Personal Websites. | |
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REFERENCE LIST FORMAT: 1. Author's Last Name, Author’s First Name 2. Publication date (year or n.d. for no date) 3. Title of Article. 4. Title of Original Periodical |
5. Volume number 6. Pages 7. Retrieval Date (dd mmm yyyy) 8. DOI or URL address, or name of database |
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If NO author of articles on WWW web sites, use organization name as corporate author. Title of article is in italics if the source is a corporate author. There is no period after a URL address in a citation. DOI (digital object identifiers) are sometimes assigned to articles instead of URL. | |
Journal article from a database – with authorBorman, W.C. (2003). Role of early supervisory experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. |
Reference article from a database – with authorSmith, A. (2005). Diabetes. In The Encyclopedia of Science, Retrieved from Science |
Online Journal article with DOI assignedStulz, J. (2006). Exposure therapy in trauma treatment. In American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(4), |
Newspaper article on the Internet – with authorHilts, P. J. (2005, February 16). Forecasting emotions. New York Times. Retrieved from |
Journal article from the Internet – with authorShanahan, M. (2004). Turning sensor data into meaningful representation. Cognitive Science. Retrieved |
Journal article from the Internet – corporate author (no author)Greater New Milford Area Healthy Community Task Force. (2006). Who has time for a family meal? |
Online reference article with an authorGraham, G. (2006). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. |