APA Citation refers to the citation and manual of style from the American Psychological Association. Use the information and examples provided on this page to properly format in-text and reference list citations.
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Reference List |
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Book - print, single author |
Author. (Year). Title of Book. Publisher. Flanagan, O.J. (2007). Really hard problem: Meaning in a material world. MIT Press. |
Book - print, multiple Authors |
Author(s). (Year). Title of Book (Edition). Publisher. Strunk, W., Jones, T., & White, E.B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd ed.). Macmillian. * Include up to 6 authors. If over 6 authors list all six, then insert three ellipsis points, and dd the last author's name. |
Book - with editors |
Author(s). (Eds.). (Year). Title of Book. Publisher. Duncan, G.J., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (Eds.). (1997). Consequences of growing up poor. Russell Sage Foundation. |
Book - chapter |
Author(s). (Year). Chapter Title. In Book Author(s) (Eds.)., Title of Book (pp. page numbers). Publisher. Haybron, D.M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R.J. Larsen (Eds.)., The Science of subjective well-being (pp.17-43). Guilford Press. |
Book - editions |
Author. (Year). Title of Book (Edition.). Publisher. Rottenberg, A.T. (2003). Elements of argument: A text and reader (7th ed.). Bedford/St. Martin's. |
Book - online |
Author(s). (Year). Title of Book. Publisher. URL Samanez-Larkin, G.R. (Ed.). (2019). The aging brain: Functional adaptation across adulthood. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000143-000 *Only provide the URL or DOI if you have an open access eBook. If not, then cite like a print book. |
Entry Type |
Reference List |
Journal - print, single author |
Author. (Year). Author Title. Journal Title, Vol(Issue), page number(s). Edmondson, J. (2002). The will of the people. The Reading Teacher, 55(5), 452.454. |
Journal - print, multiple authors |
Author(s). (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Vol(Issue), page number(s). Husain, A.N., Colby, T.V., Ordonez, N.G. Krausz, T., Borczuk, A., Cagle, P.T. & Wick, M.R. (2009). Guidelines for pathologic diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 133(8), 1317-1331. |
Journal - online, DOI |
Author(s). (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Vol(Issue), page number(s). DOI as URL. Martens, S. & Valchev, N. (2009). Individual differences in the attentional blink: The important role of irrelevant information. Experimental Psychology, 56(1), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169.56.1.18 * Do not include the name of a database, except on occasion where the content is exclusive to the database. |
Journal - online, URL |
Author(s). (Year). Article Title. Journal Title, Vol(Issue), page number(s). URL Royce, W.S. Gebelt, J.L., & Duff, R.W. (2003). Female athletes: Being both athletic and feminine. Athletic Insight, 5(1), 56-62. http://www.athleticinsight.com/VOL5Iss1/FeminineAthlete.htm |
Journal - Cochrane Library |
Author(s). (Year). Article Title. Cochrane Database Title. URL Butterworth, A.D., Thomas A.G., & Akobeng, A.K. (2008). Probiotics for induction of remission in Crohn's disease. Cochran Database of Systematic Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006634.pub2 |
Journal - ERIC database |
Author(s). (Year). Article Title (ED number). ERIC. URL Asio, J.M.R., & Gadio, E.D. (2019). Awareness and understanding of college students towards teacher bullying: Basis for policy inclusion in the student handbook (ED595107). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED595107 *Use this example for non-periodical ERIC documents. |
Entry Term | Reference List |
Podcast |
Author(s). (Publication Date). Episode Title (No. episode number) [Audio podcast episode]. In Podcast Title. Publisher. URL Mars, R.(Host). (2019, September 30). The help-yourself city (No. 375) [Audio podcast episode]. In 99% invisible. Radiotopia. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-help-yourself-city/ |
Website |
Author(s). (Year). Page Title. Website Title. URL Corcodilos, N. (2010). Keep your salary under wraps. Ask the Headhunter. http://asktheheadhuner.com/hasalary.htm |
Website - no author, no date |
Page Title. (n.d.). Website Title. URL Appeal to authority. (n.d.). Logical Fallacies. https://www.logicalfallacies.org/appeal-to-authoirty.html |
Blog Post |
Author(s). (Publication date). Post Title. Website Title. URL Headsman. (2009, August 17). 1909: Madanlal Dhingra, Indian revolutionary. ExecutedToday.com. http://www.executedtoday.com/2009/085/17/1909-mandnlal-dhingra-indian-revolutionary./ |
Government Report |
Author(s). (Year). Report Title (Working Paper No. Number). Publisher. URL Haugen, S.E. (2009). Measures of labor underutilization from the current population study (Working Paper No. 424). Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://bls.gov/osmr/pdf/ec090020.pdf |
Online Video |
Author(s). [Screenname]. (Publication date). Video Title [Video]. Publisher. URL Jones, P. [patrickJMT]. (2009, October 24). Easily memorize the unit circle [Video]. YouTube. http://youtube.com/watch?v=03McKEg9ASA |
Photograph Online |
Photographer. (Year). Photograph Title [Photograph]. Website Title. URL Zemlianichenko, A. (2009). Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert [Photograph]. The Pulitzer Prizes. https://www.puliter.org/winners/alexander-zemlianichenko |
Thesis/Dissertation |
Author. (Year). Title [Doctoral Dissertation/Master's Thesis, University]. Publisher. URL Chang, S. (2009). Relationship between active leisure and active vacations [Doctoral dissertation, University of Florida]. University of Florida Collections. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0024249/00001 |
Drug Monograph - print |
Author. (Year). Drug: Article TItle. Publisher. Shionogi Pharma. (2010). Ulesfia Lotion: Highlights of prescribing information. Shionogi Pharma. *Replace publisher with website if online. |