APA 6 th Edition Reference Guide Citing your sources on the References Page The Reference List begins on a new page, at the end of the paper. Double-space all your text, including reference entries. References are listed alphabetically by the first author s last name or whatever is given as the first piece of information in the reference. If you have more than one reference with the same first author listed, then the items are listed by publication year in ascending order. In other words, older publications come before recent publications. Check If the reference is longer than one line, the following lines are indented ½ inch or 5 spaces. Authors first names and middle names are given as initials only. If a work has no author, title is in the author position, before date of publication. Titles are italicized. For periodical articles, only the title of the periodical is italicized, not the title of the article. Every attempt should be made to check the database for the DOI * of articles cited. However, there might be no DOI assigned to each reference. If there is no DOI assigned and the article is from an online journal, include the URL for the article after the phrase Retrieved from (even from Library databases) For more information, see pages 193-224 of the APA Manual, on reserve. Basic Formulas (note the punctuation!) Book Last name, First names initials. (Year). Book title. City of Publication, State/Province/Country of Publication: Publisher. Article Last name, First names initials. (Year). Article title. Periodical title volume# (issue#), pp. page#-page#. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx * Document Object Identifier (DOI) is the system for identifying objects in the digital environment, commonly used as persistent identification of an intellectual content in databases. Page 1 of 6
JOURNAL ARTICLES EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE LIST ENTRIES Journal, no DOI, Not Online Maloney, J. (1996). Tattoos as culture. Journal of World Anthropology, 1 (3). Article in a Journal, no DOI, available Online Mathieson, C. M., Bailey, N., & Gurevich, M. (2002). Health care services for lesbian and bisexual women: Some Canadian data. Health Care for Women International, 23, 185-196. Retrieved from http://www.tandf.co.uk /journals/titles/07399332.asp Journal, with DOI, Three to Seven Authors Rush, K. L., Waldrop, S., Mitchell, C., & Dyches, C. (2005). The RN-BSN distance education experience: From educational limbo to more than an elusive degree. Journal of Professional Nursing, 21, 283-292. doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2005.07.007 Journal, with DOI, More than Seven Authors Hua, Z., Beaulaurier, J., Pek Yee, L., Molony, C., Xia, Y., MacNeil, D., Attie, A.D. (2010). Liver and Adipose Expression Associated SNPs Are Enriched for Association to Type 2 Diabetes. PLoS Genetics, 6(5), 1-12. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000932. Monthly Magazine Reynolds, B. (1997, February). Athapaskans along the Yukon. National Geographic, 177, 44-69. Weekly Magazine DeMont, J. (1997, June 19). The last best place. Maclean s, 22-28. Page 2 of 6
JOURNAL ARTICLES Article from a Daily Weekly Newspaper Marr, M. (1999, October 28). Internet frenzy hits Italy. National Post, C15. Article from Newspaper, no author, discontinuous pages Scientists say music manipulates shoppers. (2000, September 14). The Ottawa Citizen, pp. A1, A20. Article from Online Newspaper Taylor, P. (2009, October 22). Study finds recession can be good for your health. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from http://www.theglobeandmail.com Review of a book, film, TV program, etc. in a Periodical Baumeister, R. F. (1993). Exposing the self-knowledge myth [Review of the book The self-knower: A hero under control by R.A. Wicklund & M. Eckert]. Contemporary Psychology, 38, 466-467. BOOKS AND BOOK SECTIONS Book with one author, edition other than the first Wilcox, D. W. (1995). Public relations: Strategies and tactics (4 th ed.). New York: HarperCollins. Book with more than one author Murphy, M. A., Lai, D. & Sookraj, D. (1997). Evaluation of the neighbourhood (congregate) meal program: Final report. Kelowna, BC: Kelowna Home Support Society. Edited book, revised edition Gibbs, J. T., & Jacobs, S.T. (Eds.). (2001). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority youth (Rev. ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Page 3 of 6
BOOKS AND BOOK SECTIONS Book, group author (author as publisher) American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Jossey-Bass. Book with no author or editor Merriam-Webster s collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. Electronic-only book Howes, A. (1885). Health statistics of women college graduates. Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books?id=mtm986qiiyec&dq=women %20college&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false Multi-volume work Kock, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Article from anthology or collection of essays with editors McNamee, K. (1993). From wild places to endangered spaces. In P. Dearden & R. Rollins (Eds.), Parks and protected areas in Canada (pp. 17-44). Toronto, ON: Oxford University Press. Book chapter, English translation, reprinted from another source Piaget, J. (1988). Extracts from Piaget s theory (G. Gellerier & J. Langer, Trans.). In K. Richardson & S. Sheldon (Eds.), Cognitive development to adolescence: A reader (pp. 3-18). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (Reprinted from Manual of child psychology, pp. 703-732, by P. H. Mussen, Ed., 1970, New York, NY: Wiley) Page 4 of 6
BOOKS AND BOOK SECTIONS Entry in dictionary or encyclopedia ( print / online ) Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. Feminism. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/feminism CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Printed Government Publication Statistics Canada. (1999). Statistics in the Yukon Territory. Whitehorse, YT: Author. Web Government Report. Author same as publisher Statistics Canada. (2005). Access to health care services in Canada (Report No. 82-575-XIE). Retrieved from http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/82-575-xie /82-575- XIE2006002.htm Web Report. Author different from the publisher Shields, M., & Wilkins, K. (2006). Findings from the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (Report No. 83-003-XPE). Retrieved from Canadian Institute for Health Information website: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products /NHSRep06_ENG.pdf LEGAL DOCUMENTS Statutes & Regulations Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C. 1995, c. C-46, s. 367. Case Law R. v. Latimer (2000). [2001] 1 S.C.R. 3. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND MASTER S THESES Doctoral dissertation from a database Aguiar, L. (2001). The dirt on the contract cleaning industry in Toronto: Cleanliness and work reorganization (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (AAT NQ67931) Page 5 of 6
DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND MASTER S THESES Dissertation from an institutional database Gibson, L. S. (2007). Considering critical thinking and History 12: One teacher s story (Master s thesis). Retrieved from https://circle.ubc.ca/ MEDIA DVD, VHS tape, film, or motion picture Scorsese, M. (Producer), & Lonergan, K. (Writer / Director). (2000). You can count on me [DVD]. Available from http://www.paramount.com/dvd Online Video Queen Rania of Jordan. (2008, March 30). YouTube exclusive: Send me your stereotypes [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tff897buw2y WEB DOCUMENTS Webpage Mulhauser, G. (2009). An introduction to cognitive therapy & cognitive behavioral approaches. Retrieved from http://counsellingresource.com/types/cognitive-therapy/ Blog posting Yukon Bird Observatories. (2010, July 27). TLBO July 27th [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://yukonbirdobservatories.blogspot.com/2010/07/tlbojuly-27th.html PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS (E-MAILS, TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS, ETC.) Not cited in References List, only in the text. In-Cite Citation: L. A. Chafez (personal communication, March 28, 1997) Page 6 of 6