Citing Sources in APA Style

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Citing Sources in APA Style

• Lucy Holman
• Langsdale Library

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Introduction

• APA citation style is widely used throughout the
  social sciences (psychology, criminal justice,
  sociology, etc)
• Follow style manual closely may have to merge
  two - three examples
• Will become more natural with time

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General Format

• Periodical
• Author, A. A., Author, B.B., Author, C.C.
• (year). Article title. Periodical Title,
  vol
• (issue), xx-xx.
• Nonperiodical (book, video, report)
• Author, A.A. (year). Work title. Place of
• publication Publisher.
• Chapter
• Author, A. A. (year). Chapter title. In A.
  Editor
• (Ed). Book title (pp. xx-xx). Place of
• publication Publisher.

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General Format online sources

• Online Periodical
• Author, A. A., Author, B.B. (year). Article
• title. Periodical title, vol (issue),
  xx-xx.
• Retrieved month day, year from source.
• this can be a database title or URL
• Document
• Author, A. A. (year). Title. Retrieved
• month day, year from source.

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Additional features

• Edition
• .Book title (6th ed.). .
• Volumes
• ..Book title (Vols. 1-6). .
• Edited work
• Editor, A. A., Editor, B. B. (Eds.). (Year).
  Title
• Corporate author
• University of Baltimore School of Law. (Year).
  ..

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Examples Periodicals

• Samson, S., Pengelly, V., Brown, B.
• (1997). The collaborative
• advantage The library and
• computing services at the University
• of Montana. RQ, 36 (3), 370-374.

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Examples Book/Chapter

• Myers, I. B., Myers, P. B. (1990). Gifts
• differing (10th anniversary ed.). Palo
  Alto,
• CA Consulting Psychologists Press.
• Mech, T. F. (2000). The organizational and
• historical context of the chief
  information
• officers position. In L. Hardesty
  (Ed.),
• Books bytes and bridges Libraries and
• computer centers in academic institutions
• (pp. 26-37). Chicago American Library
• Association.

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Examples Electronic Resources

• Subscription Database (Book chapter)
• Teague, J. (1998). Personality type, career
• preference and implications for computer
• science recruitment and teaching. In
• Proceedings of the third Australasian
• conference on computer science education
• (pp. 155-163). Retrieved October 19, 2003
• from ACM Digital Library database.

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Examples Electronic Resourcs

• Subscription Database (Article)
• Neuman, G. A., Wagner, S. H., Christiansen, N.
  D. (1999). The relationship between work-team
  personality composition and the job performance
  of teams. Group Organization Management, 24
  (1), 28-45. Retrieved October 26, 2003 from ABI
  Inform Global database.

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Electronic Resources

• Professional paper from Internet
• Jacob, B. Shoemaker, N. (n.d.). The
  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator An interpersonal
  tool for system administrators. Retrieved
  October 19, 2003 from http//www.mindspring.com/
  nancyshoemaker/nes/mbti/mbtipaper.pdf

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Practice samples
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Additional Resources

• APA Style.org (includes links to electronic
  references, FAQs, etc)
• Citing Electronic and Print Sources
• How to Cite Sources in APA Style
• Pocket Style Manual

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Good luck with APA!