APA Citations



APA Citations

Books

Author as publisher

American Psychological Association. (1990). Directory of ethnic minority professionals

in psychology (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Include the author’s name (in this case an organization), date of publication, title, edition (if applicable), city of publication, and Author to indicate that the author is also the publisher.

Brochure

Starbucks Coffee Company. (2001). Starbucks and Conservation International:

Supporting conservation and coffee farmers. [Brochure]. Seattle, WA: Author.

Include author’s name, date of publication, title of brochure (in italics), edition (if given) in parentheses, designation of Brochure in brackets, city of publication, and name of publisher.

Book without an author or editor

American Heritage college dictionary (3rd ed.). (1997). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Include title of book, edition (if applicable) in parentheses, date of publication, and publication information.

Articles in Print

Unsigned article

Education, not filters, protects kids online. (2003, April). Teacher Librarian, 30, 58.

Begin the entry with the title of the article. In this entry the title is followed by the date of publication, title of the journal in italics, volume number in italics, and page number

Newsletter article

Laflen, A. (2003, April). “To whom it may concern” and beyond: Equipping students to

write for employers. Writing Lab Newsletter, 27, 4-6.

Include the author’s name, date as given in the publication, title of article, title of newsletter and volume number in italics, and page numbers.

Entire special issue or a special section of a journal

Rowe, W. (Ed.). (2001). HIV/AIDS [Special issue]. Canadian Social Work, 3(1).

Include names of editor(s) followed by Ed. or Eds., date of publication, title of special issue followed by Special issue in brackets, title of journal, volume number, and issue number. If no editors are named, the title of the issue moves to the beginning of the entry, followed by the date and the remaining information. An entry for a special section includes the page numbers of the section rather than the issue number.

Sources for Access by Computer

Chapter or section of Internet document

Benton Foundation. (2002). Looking forward. In Benton Foundation 2002 annual report.

Retrieved June 30, 2003, from

annual_report02.pdf

Include the name of the author, title of the chapter or section, In followed by the title of the larger document and (if applicable) the chapter or section identifier in parentheses (chap. 5), and retrieval information.

Document from a university program or department Web site

Writing with computers. (2003). Retrieved June 26, 2003, from Purdue University,

Online Writing Lab: computer.html

Include the author’s name (in the above example no author is listed, so the entry begins with the title of the document), followed by the date, title of document, date of retrieval, sponsoring organization if document is located within a large Web site, and URL.

Abstract from a database

Caplan, R., Guthrie, D., Tang, B., Komo, S., & Asarnow, R. F. (2000). Thought disorder

in childhood schizophrenia: Replication and update of concept. Journal of the

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 771-778. Abstract retrieved July 3, 2003, from PsychINFO database.

Include the authors’ names, year of publication, title of article, title of journal, volume number, page numbers, and Abstract retrieved followed by retrieval date, and name of database.

Government document available from GPO database on the Web

U.S. General Accounting Office. (1995, August 3). College savings: Information on state

tuition prepayment programs (Publication No. GAO/HEHS-95-131). Retrieved

July 3, 2003, from General Accounting Office Reports Online via GPO Access:



Include name of issuing office, date of publication, title of report and Publication No. and number in parentheses, retrieval date, name of database used, and URL.

Other Sources

Published dissertation abstracted in DAI and obtained from UMI

Gordon, J. M. (2003). The long-term effects of divorce and remarriage. Dissertation

Abstracts International, 63(10), 4902B. (UMI No. 3068634)

Include the author’s name, date, title, Dissertation Abstracts International, volume and issue numbers, page number including series letter (A, B, or C), and UMI publication number in parentheses.

Movie review

Kinder, M. (2002). [Review of the motion picture Moulin Rouge]. Film Quarterly, 55(3),

52-59.

Include the author’s name, title (if any), date, in brackets Review of the motion picture followed by the title of the film, and publication information.

Published proceedings from a conference or symposium

Semmes, P. B. (2000). Spherical proton emitters and spectroscopic factors. In J. C.

Batchelder (Ed.), Proton-Emitting Nuclei: PROCON '99, First International

Symposium, Oak Ridge, TN, 7-9 October, 1999 (pp. 125-131). Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics.

Include the author’s name, date of publication, title of contribution, In and the editor’s name followed by Ed. in parentheses, title of the published proceedings and pp. with page numbers in parentheses, and publication information.

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