How to Cite Publications Using APA Style

1
How to Cite Publications Using APA Style

• Julie Roberson
• E.W. King Library

2
Why Do We Cite Sources?

• Give credit to appropriate source(s)
• Avoid plagiarism
• Helps others find a source

3
APA Style

• In-text citations
• Authors name and date
• Reference List
• List of all sources cited in text

4
To Cite A Reference

• Determine what kind of source you have
• Book, edited book, article, online article, etc.
• Find the appropriate example in APA style manual

5
In-text References

• (Author, date) Citing entire source
• (Author, date, pp. -) Citing specific part
• Give enough information to find source in
  reference list.

6
In-text citations

• Haq and Griffin (1996) found that. . .
• In a recent study of health motivation (Haq
  Griffin, 1996) found that . . .
• In 1996 Haq and Griffin found that . . .
• List all authors up to 6 authors
• If more than 6, use et al.
• (Smith et al., 1993)

7
More in-text citations

• If cite a specific section, give page numbers.
• (Smith Jones, 1994, p.332)
• (Schmidt, 1997, chap. 4)
• (Schmidt, 1997, figure 2)

8
Still More In-Text Citations

• Group
• (Center for Disease Control, 2000) first
  citation
• (CDC, 2000) subsequent citations
• No author
• (Title, 1992)
• (Anonymous, 1980) if designated as such
• List works by different authors
• Several studies (Balda, 1980 Kamil, 1988 Smith,
  1987) show that . . .

9
Reference List

• Include only sources cited in paper
• List alphabetically by author
• Double-spaced
• Use hanging indention for each entry

10
Book Citation

• Authors name
• Title of book
• Publisher and Location
• Date

11
Book

• Author, A.A. (1994). Title of work. Location
  Publisher.

Edited Book
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. (1994). Title
of chapter. In A. Editor, (Ed.), Title of
book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location Publisher.
12
Book
Author, A.A. (1994). Title of work. Location
Publisher.
Edited Book
Author, A.A., Author, B.B. (1994). Title
of chapter. In A. Editor, (Ed.), Title of
book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location Publisher.
13
Magazine/Journal Citation

• Author
• Title of article
• Title of magazine/journal
• Volume/issue number
• Date
• Page Numbers

14
General Form for References

• Periodical
• Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Author, C.C. (1994).
  Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx,
  xxx-xxx.
• Date--daily or weekly publication give full date
  (1994, September 28)

15
Electronic Resources

• Online periodical
• Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Author,
• C.C. (2000). Title of article. Title of
  Periodical, xx, xxx-xxx. Retrieved month, day,
  year, from source.

16
Online Document

• Author, A.A. (2000). Title of work. Retrieved
  month day, year, from source.

17
If cant find an example--

• Find the closest match
• Provide more info rather than less
• Remember the goal is to give enough information
  to find the source
• Author
• Publication year
• Title
• Publishing data