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Check with your Instructor to verify the format required for your paper. For additional information, consult The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in the Library and Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html for additional information.
APA requires a hanging indent and double-spacing for its citations.
| Book | APA Format | Example | |
| One Author | Author last name, First initial. Middle
initial. (Date). Title of work.
Location: Publisher
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Alverez, A. T. (1971). The Savage god: A
study of suicide. London: Penguin. | |
| Two to Six Authors | Author last name, First initial. Middle
Initial., & Author last name, First
Initial. Middle Initial. (Date). Title of work. Location:
Publisher. |
Natarajan, R. J., & Chaturvedi, R. T. (1983). Geology of
the Indian Ocean. New York: Random House.
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| More than Six Authors | Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author D. D., Author, E. E.,
Author, F. F., et al. (Date). Title of work. Location:
Publisher. |
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| Editor | Editor last name, First initial. Middle
initial. (Ed.). (Date).
Title of work. Location: Publisher. |
Meyer, M. A. (Ed.) (1999). Why Murder?. New York:
Wiley. | |
| ebook | Editor last name, First initial. Middle
initial. (Ed.). (Date).
Title of work. Location: Publisher. Retrieved month day year, from source. |
Carr, A. (2003). Abnormal psychology. Philadelphia:
Taylor & Francis e-Library. Retrieved February 9, 2005, from ebrary. | |
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| Encyclopedia | APA Format | Example | |
| One Author | Author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Date). Title
of article. In Title of publication (Vol., pp.) Location: Publisher. |
Bergman, P. G. (1998). Relativity. In The new
encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26,
pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia
Britannica. | |
| No Author | Editor last name, First initial (Ed.). (Date). Title of article
In Title of publication (Vol., pp.) Location: Publisher. |
Saide, S. (Ed). (1992). Drugs. In Encyclopedia of psychology
(Vol. 2, pp. 243-250). New York: Dover. | |
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| Periodical Article | APA Format | Example | |
| Magazine | Author last name, First initial, Middle initial (Year, Month
Day). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume number, Pages.
|
Kandel, T. C. (2000, July 10). Brain power.
Time, 34, 23-26. |
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| Journal: continuous page numbers | Author last name, First initial. Middle
initial. (Year). Title of article. Title
of Journal, Volume number,
Pages. |
Wolchik, S. A. (2001). Adolescent drug abuse.
American Psychological Bulletin, 123,
786-792. |
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| Journal: each issue begins page 1 | Author last name, First initial Middle
initial., (Year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, Volume
(Issue), Pages. |
Parmer, S. (2000). Divorce and children.Consulting
Psychology Journal, 45(3), 12-21. |
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| Article in an online database | Same as print but add Retrieved month day, year from source. |
Parmer, S. (2000), Divorce and children. Consulting Psychology Journal,
45(3), 12-21. Retrieved May 1, 2004, from PsycARTICLES database. |
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| Web Site | APA Format | Example | |
| With Author | Author last name, First initial. Middle initial.
(Date of web page). Title. Retrieved date, from web address |
Anderson, S. (2001, April 10). Psychiatric drugs.
Retrieved January 11, 2002, from
http://www.Psychdrugs.org |
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