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1 7.5 Common APA Citations Ashford custom edition book with one author italics]. (Ashford University ed.) Location of publication: Publisher. Miller, B. (2007). Cultural anthropology. (Ashford University ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. (Miller, 2007) Ashford custom edition book with two authors First Author's Last Name, Initials, & Second Author's Last Name, Initials. (Publication Year). Title of book [in italics]. (Ashford University ed.) Location of publication: Publisher. Boyd, D. & Bee, H. (2006). Adult development. (Ashford University ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. (Boyd & Bee, 2006) Ashford custom edition book with three to six authors First Author's Last Name, Initials, Second Author's Last Name, Initials, etc. (Publication Year). Title of book [in italics]. (Ashford University ed.) Location of publication: Publisher.

2 Ivancevich, J. M., Matteson, M. T., Bateman, T. S., Snell, S. A., Kreitner, R., & Kinicki, A. (2007). Organizational change. (Ashford University ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill. (Ivancevich, et al., 2007) Compilation or edited book Editor's Last Name, Initials. (Ed.). (Publication Year). Title of book [in italics]. Location of publication: Publisher Easton, T. A. (Ed.). (2008). Clashing views on environmental issues (12th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill. (Easton, 2008) Electronic book italics]. Retrieved from URL Witt, G. A., & Mossler, R. A. (2010) Adult dvelopment and life assessment. Retrieved from (Witt & Mossler, 2010) Secondary/Indirect Source

3 (When a source quotes another source, cite the source that you used for your research.) italics]. Location of publication: Publisher. Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M. & Zvacek, S. (2000). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Merrill (According to Clark, " " (as cited in Simonson, Smaldino, Albright, & Zvacek, 2000). Source from a database, such as Proquest, EBSCOhost, etc. without Author's last name, Initial(s). Title of the article. Journal Title [in italics]. Volume(Issue), paging. Retrieved from URL of the journal home page without Santovec, M. (2008). Easing the transition improves grad retention at Trinity U. Women in Higher Education. 17(10), 32. Retrieved from With (Santovec, 2008) Author's last name, Initial(s). Title of the article. Journal Title [in italics]. Volume(Issue), paging. doi: ######## with Florian, R. V. (2010). Challenges for interactivist constructivist robotics. New Ideas in Psychology. 28(3), doi: /j.newideapsych

4 (Florian, 2010) Website with no author Name of Organization or Government Agency. (Year, Month Day [if given]) (n.d. [if no date provided]). Title of online publication [in italics]. Retrieved from (Specify name of website if necessary), Internet address U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2008). Criminal Justice: Police and Detectives. Retrieved from the Occupational Outlook Handbook Web site: e Learners.com. (2007). Guide to online education. Retrieved from to online education/ (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2008). Source without a publication date Name of Organization or Government Agency. (Year, Month Day [if given]) (n.d. [if no date provided]). Title of online publication/article [in italics]. Retrieved from (Specify name of website if necessary) Internet address Web Gallery of Art. (n.d.). Michelangelo Buonarroti. Retrieved from (Web Gallery, n.d.)

5 Note: Reference entries should be double spaced when included on your References Page. They are single spaced here to fit the layout of this handout.

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