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APA Style Documentation
The following guide lists examples for citing books, articles in periodicals and magazines, reference books, and newspapers in standard and online formats according to the the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (Ready Reference 808.0665 P976 2001).
(Note: APA Style requires entries be doubled spaced, as shown in the following examples.)
|| Books || Reference Books || Periodicals ||
|| Electronic Copy of Journal or Newspaper Article ||
BOOKS
Book with one author or editor:
Hock, R.R. (1999). Forty studies that changed psychology: Explorations into
psychological research . Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rosenthal, M.M. (Ed.). (2000). Children and play: An exploration. New York:
Jossey-Bass.
Book with two to six authors or editors:
Emde, R.N., Smith, M.L., & Hewitt, J.K., Jr. (2001). Infancy to early childhood
(3rd ed.). Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press.
Mittel, A.B., Beck, C.B., & Carr, P.L., Sr. (Eds.). (1995). Place and time:
Psychological implications. London: Cambridge University Press.
Book with seven or more authors or editors:
Jones, M., Smith, P. Marte, L., Panit, K., Hobbs, T., Lex, D., et al. (1998).
Depression and young adults. Cambridge, MA: Haworth Press.
Chapter in an edited book:
More, A.A., & Smith, P.A. (2002). Anorexia. In Kast, J., Klein, J., & Jones, P.
(Eds.). Anorexia/Bulemia (pp. 120-159). New York: Wiley Press.
Organization, agency, association or institution as author:
American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the
American psychological association (5th ed.). Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Reference book:
Ingram, R.E. (1994). Childhood depression. In Encyclopedia of human
emotion (Vol. 4, pp.113-122). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Roeckelein, J.E. (1998). Dictionary of theories, laws, and concepts in
psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Co-dependency. (1993). In Sauber, S.A., L'Abate, L., Week, G.E., & Jones,
A.B. (Eds.). Dictionary of psychological terms (pp.13-15). Chicago:
Chicago University Press.
Article in a paper magazine:
Field, T., Diego, M., & Sanders, C. (Spring, 2002). Adolescents' parent and
peer relationships. Adolescence, 37(145), 121-129.
Maetion, P.L. (2001, November 10). Serial killers and child abuse. Science,
111, 10-13.
Levinson, J.A., & Olson, P.L. (1998). Empathy in children. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, 24, 195-204.
Article in a newspaper:
Bipolar disorders in children. (2001, July 10). New York Times, p. D13-14.
Government publication:
Janix, A.P., Moson, T.L., & Jones, M.L. (2002). Mental illness and the
homeless. (NIH Publication No. NIH 20-3456). Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office.
National Institute of Teaching. (2000). The origins of play. (Report No.
NIT-RT 100-4). Boston: National Center for Teaching Research.
(ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 100 102).
ELECTRONIC COPIES of JOURNAL or NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Electronic copy of journal or newspaper article
retrieved from a database:
Peters, T. I. (2001, June 10). Adler and his theories. Psychology, 99, 12-15.
Retrieved July 14, 2002, from ScienceDirect database.
Harper, P.L. (2002). Psychological studies in history. Journal of Social
Psychology. 25, 43. Retrieved October 2, 2002, from Expanded
Academic ASAP database.
Hammond, P. T. (2002, March 15). Recent psychological advances. New
York Times. Retrieved May 5, 2002, from http://www.nytimes.com
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