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1 BASIC COMPOSITION.COM APA BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS (END-TEXT CITATIONS) BOOKS/DISSERTATIONS/ENCYCLOPEDIAS/WIKI 1. Basic Books 2. Online Book 3. Edited Books (with an editor) 4. Books with an author and editor 5. Articles, Essays, or Chapters in an Edited Book (Collection or Anthology) 6. Articles, Essays, or Chapters in an Online Book 7. Dictionary or Encyclopedia (online and paper) 8. Entry in a Wiki 9. Dissertation from a Database 10. Unpublished Dissertation ARTICLES/WEBSITES 11. Website 12. Document from a Website 13. Article from a Database 14. Articles in an Academic Journal (Paginated by Issue) 15. Articles in an Academic Journal (Paginated by Volume) 16. Article in an Online Journal 17. Articles in a Magazine 18. Article in an Online Magazine 19. Articles in a Newspaper 20. Article in an Online Newspaper 21. Abstracts of a journal article 22. Letter to an editor 23. Editorial or unsigned article 24. Newsletter Article 25. Reviews OTHER MEDIA 26. Podcast 27. Audio File 28. Sound Recordings 29. Video File 30. Film or Video 31. Television Programs 32. Blog or Weblog post 33. Online Posting (Discussion Board posting) 34. Lecture or Speech 35. Presentation Slides 36. Conference Proceedings 37. Papers from Symposiums/Conferences (Unpublished) 38. Poster Sessions/Posters 39. Published Interview 40. Map/Chart

2 41. Data Set or Graphic Representation 42. Advertisement 43. Work of Art/Photograph 44. Brochures/Pamphlets 45. Computer Software/Video Games 46. Government Document 47. Reports 48. Legal Sources CITATION BASICS Bibliographic Citations are placed on a References page. Typically, the References page is always the last page of an APA document. The word, References, appears centered on the top of the page. The bibliographic citations on the References page are alphabetized by the last name of the author. In most cases, even the authors in each bibliographic citation are alphabetized as well. AUTHOR LISTING Last Name, Initials. (1 author) Last Name, Initials. & Last Name, Initials. (2 authors) Last Name, First Initial, Last Name, Initials., and Last Name, Initials. (up to 5 authors) Last Name, Initials., et al. (more than 6 authors) Corporation/Organization/Institution/Association. If you are missing a middle initial of the author, then having the first initial only is acceptable. Johnson, E. Merrick, J. Johnson, E. & Merrick, J. Johnson, E., Merrick, J., and Lewis, C. Johnson, E., et al. TITLES Titles of short works (articles, essays, etc.) and books do not require full capitalization (only the first letter of the title is capitalized). Furthermore, short titles do not require quotation marks. Titles of books appear in italics. Titles of Journals are fully capitalized and usually appear in italics.

3 When you capitalize a title, you should capitalize all of the words, except for conjunctions and prepositions (unless they appear on the beginning or the end of the title, then they are capitalized). PAGINATION p.# (for one page) pp.#,# (for broken pagination) pp.#-# (for continuous pagination) p. 67 pp. 67, 100 (starts on p.67 and restarts on p.100) pp (starts on p.67 and continues to p.100) DIFFERENT VOLUMES Volumes are listed after the title of the book in parentheses. Title (Vol. #) Title (Vols.#-#) DIFFERENT EDITIONS Editions are listed after the title of the book in parentheses. Title (Edition). TRANSLATORS Name of translators are listed after the title of the book in parentheses. The Initial then the Last Name appear with a comma and the abbreviation Trans. Title (Author, Trans). SOURCES WITH NO DATE Write (n.d.) SOURCES WITH NO AUTHOR Begin with the title and end with a period. DOI OR- URL Some online documents come with a Digital Object Identifier number (or doi). Some online documents come with a URL or web address (such as You may use either method to cite an online source. Retrieved from doi:

4 Retrieved from EXCEPTIONS (TEXTS) Classical Texts, s, and Personal Communications are not cited bibliographically. Please check the parenthetical citations handout BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION PROCEDURES :::BOOKS/DISSERTATIONS/ENCYCLOPEDIA/WIKI::: 1. Basic Books Author. (Year). Title [italicized]. City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. Elbow, P. (1980). Writing with power: techniques for mastering the writing process. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. 2. Online Book Author. (Year). Title, p. Retrieved from 3. Edited Books (books with an editor) Editor (Ed.). (Year). Title [italicized]. City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. 4. Books with an Author and Editor Author. (Year). Title of Short Work. In Editor (Ed.), Title of Edited Work. City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. 5. Articles, Essays, or Chapters in an Edited Books (Collection or Anthology) Author. (Year). Title of Short Work. In Editor (Ed.), Title of Edited Work (p). City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. 6. Chapter in an Online Book Author. (Year). Title (chap.#), p. Retrieved from 7. Dictionary or Encyclopedia If no author is provided, begin with the title.

5 Title of Entry. In NAME OF ENCYCLOPEDIA/DICTIONARY (p) City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. Author. Title of Entry. In NAME OF ENCYCLOPEDIA/DICTIONARY (p) City of Publication, State Abbreviation: Press. 8. Entry in a Wiki Keyword. (Year, Month Day). Retrieved Month Day, Year, from 9. Dissertation from a Database Author (Year) Title (Doctoral dissertation). Available from DATABASE NAME. (ID Number) 10. Unpublished Dissertation Author (Year). Title (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). Institution. City, State Abbreviation. :::ARTICLES/WEBSITES::: 11. Simple Websites Name of Sponsoring Organization. (Year, Month Day). Title. Retrieved from Apple. (2011, April 14). The new generation of apple computers. Retrieved from Document from a Website Author. (Year, Month). Title, Volume(Issue), p. Retrieved from Title. (Year). Sponsoring Organization. Retrieved from Article from a Database Author (Year). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], volume (issue), pp.#. Retrieved from (with Uniform Resource Locator) Kaufman, P. and Feldman, K. Forming identities in college: a sociological approach. Research in Higher Education, 45 (2), p Retrieved from

6 (with Digital Object Identifier) Kaufman, P. and Feldman, K. Forming identities in college: a sociological approach. Research in Higher Education, 45 (2), p doi: Articles in a Journal (Paginated by Issue) Author, (Year, Month Day). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), pp. Wilson, Lucy. (2007). Understanding prehistoric lithic raw material selection: application of a gravity model. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 14 (4), p Articles in a Journal (Paginated by Volume) Author, (Year, Month Day). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume, pp. 16. Article in an Online Journal Author, (Year, Month Day). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. Retrieved from Articles in a magazine Author. (Year, Month). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. 18. Article in an Online Magazine Author. (Year). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], issue, p. 19. Articles in a newspaper Author. (Year, Month Day). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], p. 20. Article in an Online Newspaper Author. (Year). Title. Periodical Title [italicized], issue, p. 21. Abstracts of a journal article Author. (Year). Title [Abstract]. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p.

7 22. Letter to an editor Author. (Year, Month). Title [Letter to the editor]. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. 23. Editorial or unsigned article Title [Editorial]. (Year) Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. 24. Newsletter Article Title. (Year, Month). Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. 25. Reviews Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [Review of the (list media type), Year]. Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. :::OTHER MEDIA::: 26. Podcast Producer (Producer). (Year, Month Day). Podcast Title (Podcast Number) [Audio Podcast]. Series Title. Retrieved from URL 27. Audio File Author (Year, Month Day). Title [Audio File]. Retrieved from Sound Recordings Author (Year). Title [Medium]. City, State Abbreviation: Production Company. 29. Video File Author (Year, Month Day). Title [Video File]. Retrieved from Film or Video Director (Director). (Year). Title [Motion Picture]. Available from NAME OF PRODUCTION COMPANY 31. Television Programs

8 Producer (Producer). (Year, Month Day). Title [Television broadcast]. City, State Abbreviation: Channel Name. 32. Blog or Weblog post Author (Year, Month Day). Title of Weblog Post. Retrieved from Online Posting (Discussion Board posting) Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [Online Message]. Retrieved from Lecture or Speech Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of Lecture/Speech. Institution name. City, State Abbreviation. 35. Presentation Slides Author. (Year, Month). Title [Presentation Slides]. Retrieved from Conference Proceedings Author (Ed.) (Year). Title. City, State Abbreviation: Press. 37. Papers from Symposiums/Conferences (Unpublished) Author. (Year, Month). Title. Conference name. City, State Abbreviation. 38. Poster Sessions/Posters Author (Year, Month). Title. Poster session presented at CONFERENCE NAME, City, State Abbreviation. 39. Published Interview Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [Interview by INTERVIEWER'S NAME]. Retrieved from Map/Chart Title [Map]. (Year) Retrieved from NAME OF INSTITUTION AND/OR from

9 41. Data Set or Graphic Representation Author. (Year). Title [Data set]. Retrieved from Advertisement Title [Advertisement]. (Year, Month). Periodical Title [italicized], Volume (issue), p. 43. Work of Art/Photograph Artist. (Year). Title [Art]. City, State Abbreviation. 44. Brochures/Pamphlets Author (year). Title [Brochure]. Retrieved from Computer Software/Video Games Title [Computer software]. (Year). City, State Abbreviation: Manufacturer. 46. Government Document Government Entity Name. (Year). Title. City, State Abbreviation: Government Print Office. Government Entity Name. (Year). Title (ID Number). Retrieved from Reports Author (Year). Title. Retrieved from Legal Sources Plaintiff v. Defendant, Case Number (Year) Retrieved from NAME OF LEGAL LIBRARY

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