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1 BASICS OF APA STYLE FOR IN TEXT CITATIONS & REFERENCES This guide is intended to assist you with APA Style and format for citing references in text and in your reference list. It is meant as a supplement to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition and the APA Style Guide to Electronic References, 6th edition. I. Citing References in Text APA Style uses the author-date citation system to cite references in text. The complete references for anything you cite in text are listed alphabetically in the reference list at the end of your paper. Only two kinds of materials are cited only in your text (and not listed in the reference list): classical works like the Bible and the Qur an and references to personal communication. To cite in text, you will include the author s surname (last name) and the year of publication. Direct quotations should include the page number or specific location of the phrase/sentence in the original work (like the paragraph number). When there is no identified author, you will cite in text the first few words of the reference list entry and the year. You will usually use the title. Put double quotation marks around the title of an article, book chapter, or a webpage. You will italicize the title of a journal/magazine, a book, a brochure, or a report. Author Basics One Author: Author (year), (Author, year) First citation in text: Abbott (2007) Subsequent citations in text: Abbott (2007) First parenthetical citation in text: (Abbott, 2007) Subsequent parenthetical citations in text: (Abbott, 2007) 1 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

2 Two Authors: Author and Author (year), (Author and Author, year) First citation in text: Ross and Furno (2011) Subsequent citations in text: Ross and Furno (2011) First parenthetical citation in text: (Ross & Furno, 2011) Subsequent parenthetical citations in text: (Ross & Furno, 2011) Three to Five Authors: Author, Author, and Author (year), (Author, Author, & Author, year) First citation in text: Johnson, Sproles, and Detmering (2011) Subsequent citations in text: Johnson et al. (2011) First parenthetical citation in text: (Johnson, Sproles, & Detmering, 2011) Subsequent parenthetical citations in text: (Johnson et al., 2011) Six or more Authors: Author, et al. (year), (Author, et al., year) First citation in text: Johnson, et al. (2009) Subsequent citations in text: Johnson et al. (2009) First parenthetical citation in text: (Johnson, et al., 2009) Subsequent parenthetical citations in text: (Johnson et al., 2009) Citing a Secondary Source Though you should try to avoid citing secondary sources, there are times when you do not have access to the original source. In your references list, you will provide a reference to the source that you read (the secondary source). In your text, you will name the original work and cite the secondary source. Example: In Indexing A to Z, Wellisch had described the publishing industry as among the most conservative enterprises in modern society (as cited in Bell, 1998). 2 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

3 In the References list, the secondary source is provided: Bell, H. (1998). Personalities in publishing: Hans Wellisch. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 29(4), Things to Note The phrase et al. as seen in the citation for three or more authors is a Latin phrase; et is a whole word and does not need a period, al. is an abbreviation and needs a period. Use the word and before the final name in a multiple author citation in running text. For parenthetical citations and the reference list, use the ampersand (&). See sections of the APA Publication Manual for more on citing references in text. II. Reference Examples Newspaper Article (print) Author, A.A. (year, month day). Article title. Newspaper title, page number. Davis, M. (2006, Feb 28). Octavia Butler: A lonely, bright star of the sci-fi universe. The Washington Post, pp. 01-C.01. Note: Use p. or pp. preceding page numbers for newspaper articles. If the article appears on discontinuous pages, provide all page numbers and separate the numbers with a comma. Newspaper Article (online) Author, A.A. (year, month day). Article title. Newspaper title. Retrieved from Tedeschi, B. (2011, August 31). Reference resources for the budding know-it-a ll. The New York Times. Retrieved from Note: We use The New York Times main URL because we can use the search tool on the homepage to find the article. This allows us to avoid providing non-working URLs in case the article is moved in the future. 3 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

4 Magazine Article (print) Author, A. A, (year, month). Artic le title. Magazine title, volume(issue number), pages. Coyle, K. (2012, July/August). A new world of data: Populating the semantic web. American Libraries, 41(7/8), 21. Magazine Article (online) Author, A. A, (year, month). Article title. Magazine title, volume(issue number), retrieved from Clay, R. (2012, September). Diversity at community colleges: How psychology professors and schools can help immigrants, single parents, veterans and other nontraditional students. Monitor on Psychology, 43(8). Retrieved from Note: We use Monitor on Psychology main URL because we can use the search tool on the homepage to find the article. This allows us to avoid providing non-working URLs in case the article is moved in the future. Journal Article without a DOI available (print or online) Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume (issue), pp pp. Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of artic le. Title of Journal, volume (issue), pp pp. Retrieved from Jones, A. & Greer, J. (2011). You don t look like an athlete: The effects of feminine appearance on audience perceptions of female athletes and women s sports. Journal of Sports Behavior, 34(4), Journal Article with a DOI (print or online) Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, xx, pp pp. doi:xxxxxxxx Potts, J., Cunningham, S., Hartley, J., & Ormerod, P. (2008). Social network markets: A new definition of the creative industries. Journal of Cultural Economics, 32(3), doi: /s y 4 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

5 If there is no DOI available and you found the article online, you should include the homepage of the journal with the format: Retrieved from Example: Kennedy, M.R. & Brancolini, K.R. (2012). Academic librarian research: A survey of attitudes, involvement, and perceived capabilities. College & Research Libraries, 73(5) Retrieved from Note: Articles found in library databases are referenced in the same format as print articles. The purpose of your citation is to give credit to your source and also allow others to locate your resources. Not everyone has access to the same databases that we do and databases can change over time; however, anyone can locate an article if they have the proper citation (they may access the print version or request a copy through their own library or even purchase a copy from the publisher). It is sometimes good practice to include the information, especially if an instructor questions where you found the article or document. If it seems like the article would be difficult to locate without the database information (for example, the journal is only available in electronic version through the database), then include the database information again, this is NOT mandatory. Otherwise, format the reference like a print article. In this case, you should follow the reference format for an article from journal (or magazine, book, etc.) according to APA 6th edition. You can then include: Retrieved from (the database homepage URL). If the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is available, you should provide this because the DOI is unique to a document and should not change over time (p.189). Not all publishers provide DOIs. In a reference, we do not capitalize doi. Example of an article found in an EBSCOHost database: Booth, E. (2013). A recipe for artful schooling. Educational Leadership, 70(5), Retrieved from Though the citation tools in most library databases allow you to copy and paste the citation, they often include a link. This is not an accurate example of an APA format citation for an article or document from a library database. Also note that in many classes, your readings are listed as citations with a link. This link is only valid for Argosy students and in your classroom. 5 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

6 Book (print) Author, A.A. (year). Title of book. Location: Publisher. Sunstein, C.R. (2006). Infotopia: How many minds produce knowledge. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Book Chapter (print) Author, A.A. (year). Title of chapter or entry. In Title of book (pp. x-xx). Location: Publisher. Brown, J. S. & Duguid, P. (2000). Practice makes progress. In The social life of information (pp ). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. If the book has one or more editors: Author, A.A. (year). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. x-xx). Location: Publisher. Franklin, J. (2007). The psychological interview. In M. Kramer & W. Call (Eds.), Telling True Stories: A nonfiction writer s guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University (pp ). New York, NY: Plume (Penguin Group). Book, electronic version Author, A.A. (year). Title of book [e-reader version, if applicable]. Retrieved from Editor, A. A., Editor, B. B., & Editor, C. C. (Eds.). (year). Title of book [e-reader version, if applicable]. Retrieved from Crawford, J. V. (2009). Internet surfing safely: Protection issues for children and young adults. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Retrieved from Digital Textbook Feldman, R.S. (2011). P.O.W.E.R. learning: Strategies for success in college and life (5th ed.). Retrieved from Note: Provide the homepage (Google Books, EBSCO ebooks, etc.) -- not the full URL. Books can be searched for on the homepage and many sites may require logins and subscriptions. If the book was read or acquired through an online library (Google Books, EBSCO ebooks, etc.) and not on an e-reader device (DX Reader version, Adobe Digital Editions version, etc.), omit the bracketed information from the reference. 6 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

7 For books or chapters of books that are only available online or as an electronic version, you will use the electronic retrieval information in place of the publisher location and name. If you accessed an electronic version of a book that is also available in print (this includes electronic textbooks and ebooks through library databases like ebrary), format the reference as you would a print book and include the retrieval information. You do not include the link to your Digital Bookshelf, instead you point your readers to where they could find it if they wished to view (or purchase) the version you are referencing. Reference Book (print) Editor, A.A. (Ed.). (year). Title of book. Location: Publisher. Snowden, B. & Vane, H.R. (Eds.). (2003). An encyclopedia of macroeconomics. Northampton, MA: Edgar Elgar Publishing. Reference Book (online) Editor, A.A. (Ed.). (year). Title of book. Retrieved from Platt, S. (Ed.). (1989). Respectfully quoted. Retrieved from Entry in a Reference Book with no author or editor (online) Entry title. (year). In title of reference book (edition). Retrieved from Plagiarism. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster s online dictionary. Retrieved from Note: if the publication date is not available, use n.d. for no date. If the edition is not availa ble, you can omit this information. Entry in a Reference Book (from a library database) Entry title. (year). In Title of reference book (edition). Retrieved from Author, A.A. (year). Entry title. In Title of reference book (edition). Retrieved from Entry title. (year). In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.) Title of reference book (edition). Retrieved from Chignell, H. (2009). Podcasting. In Key concepts in radio studies. Retrieved from Note: APA 6th edition states that database information is not necessary for citations. This is because databases change over time. However, it is sometimes good practice to include the 7 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

8 information. In the above example, we provide the homepage URL of the database that anyone can access and not the URL copied from the online library. Streaming Video (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) Author, A. A. [User name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from User name. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from Katmil2020. (2007, October 19). Concept mapping: How to start your term paper research [Video file]. Retrieved from v=khgxunvbnra&f eature=plcp Note: The person who posted the video is credited as the author to make retrieval easier. If the person s real name and username is available, you will use the real name followed by the username in brackets. If the real name is not available, provide the username without brackets. Streaming Video from Subscription Database (e.g., Alexander Street Press databases) Producer, A.A. (Producer). (year). Video title [format]. Retrieved from Brook Lapping Productions (Producer). (2010). Bullying girls: The issues [video file]. Retrieved from Blog post Author, A.A. (year, month day). Blog post title [Blog post]. Retrieved from Krupa, T. (2012, July 26). Data is, or data are? [Blog post]. Retrieved from In text citation: (Krupa, 2012). Twitter update or tweet Author, A.A. [username]. (year, month day). Full tweet [Tweet]. Retrieved from Grassian, E. [estherg]. (2012, July 23). Mention that someone said kids in poverty have only been read to for a total of 27 minutes by the time they start school #ala12 [Tweet]. Retrieved from 8 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

9 If only the username is known, provide it without brackets. In text citation: (Grassian, 2012). Facebook page or note Author, A.A. [first name]. (year, month day). Timeline [Facebook page]. Retrieved month day, year, from Organization name. (year, month day). Title of note [Facebook note]. Retrieved month day, year, from Bray, L. [Libba]. (n.d.) Timeline [Facebook page]. Retrieved August 28, 2012, from In text citation: (Bray, n.d.). Note: For individual authors on Facebook, you will provide the name in the format Author, A. A. and then include the author s first name in brackets. If you are referencing organizations or groups, spell out the full na me. For dates that cannot be determined, use n.d. (for no date). If the date can reasonably be approximated, put ca. (for circa) followed by the year, inside brackets. You will need to include a retrieval date only when the date is unknown or has been approximated. Facebook status update Author, A.A. [first name]. (year, month day). Full text of status update [Facebook status update]. Retrieved from Organization name. (year, month day). Full text of status update [Facebook status update]. Retrieved from APA Style. (2012, August 21). Style tip: Make abbreviations pull their weight: Don't introduce them unless you plan to use it at least 3 times [Facebook status update]. Retrieved from In text citation: (APA Style, 2012). 9 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

10 General format for websites, blogs, online forums, electronic mailing lists, and social media Author, A. A. (year). Title of document [Format]. Retrieved from American Psychological Association. (n.d.) APA style blog [Blog]. Retrieved from Points to remember: Sometimes there may not be an author credited for the web page or the author is an organization. If there is no credited author or organization, the webpage title is used. If no publication date is available, you will use n.d. for no date. See the table on the page 12 of this guide for formatting references when information is missing, Sometimes you have a year for the publication date or the month, day and year (as in the example above). You should include the exact date for daily newspapers and weekly periodical. You do not provide the date in which you accessed the webpage (unless you are citing wiki, social networking status update, or other web document that is frequently updated). Citing Entire Websites, Feeds, and Pages If you are not citing a specific document, but rather the entire website, webpage or feed, you may give the address of the site in your text. No reference list entry is needed. Examples: The Museum of Broadcast Communications is a very useful site for those interested in the history of te levision ( Following the Twitter account of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is one way to keep up on updates and changes to APA Style ( The Reference List Essentials The purpose of your reference list is to give credit to the sources you have cited and also to enable your readers to locate those sources. All citations should be listed in the reference list (unless they are personal communication citations). 10 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

11 References should be in alphabetical order by author s surname (or the first author s surname if there is more than one author). If a reference does not have an author, use the word that is in the author position of your reference like the webpage title, the association name, Anonymous (if the work is signed as Anonymous). References should be in hanging indent style and double spaced. Citing a Website When Information is Missing Missing Info? Solution Position A Position B Position C Position D No, I have everything. N/A Author, A.A. (date). Title of document [description of form]. Retrieved from Missing author Substitute title for the author Title of document [Description of form]. (date). Retrieved from Missing date Use n.d. for no date Author, A.A. (n.d.) Title of document [Description of form]. Retrieved from Missing title Describe the document inside brackets Author, A.A. (date). [Description of document]. Retrieved from Missing author and date Combine author and date methods Title of document [Description of format]. (n.d.). Retrieved from Missing author and title Combine author and title methods [Description of document]. (date). Retrieved from 11 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

12 References American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style guide to electronic references (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. Need more help? Contact your campus library or 12 APA Guide from Ask Today, Brown Mackie On-Call Librarian Service

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