Type of Source
Format
Example
Article in Journal
with Multiple
Articles
Last name, Initials (year). Title of article.
Title of Journal, volume number
, page
numbers in journal.
Sampson, R. (1988). My life: A slam dunk.
Journal of Basketball Wisdom
,
22
,
786–798.
Article in a
Magazine
Last name, Initials (year, date of issue).
Title of article.
Title of Magazine
,
volume
number
, page numbers in magazine.
Alderman, E. and Kennedy, C. (1979,
April 22). The right to privacy.
Life
,
34
, 87–92.
Article in a
Newspaper
Last name, Initials, (year, date of issue).
Title of article.
Title of Newspaper
,
page numbers (pp.) and section.
Fielding, W. (1945, December 2). Real
estate hard knocks: Avoid the money pit.
The New York Times
, pp. 3D–5D.
Book Review
Last name, Initials (year). Title of Article.
[brief description of the topic of
the article].
Title of Journal, volume
number
, page numbers in journal.
Smith, W. (1969). Breaking down a
stereotype [Review of the book
Street
Hockey: The Game of Life
].
Sportswriting
Today, 334
, 24–28.
Books: Basic
Format
Author, Initials. (Year of Publication).
Title
of work: Subtitle of work
. Location:
Publisher.
Boyardee, C. (2004).
Eating your way to the
outside: An encyclopedia of food
. Boston,
MA: Hardcore.
Book with an
Editor but no
Author
Editor Lastname, Editor Initials. (Ed.).
(Year).
Title of Work
. City: Publisher.
Cheung, D. (Ed.). (2003).
A Survey of World
Civilizations Today
. Shanghai: Jiangsu
Press.
A Book with an
Editor and an
Author
Author Lastname, Author Initials. (Year).
Title of Work
. Name of Editor, (Ed.).
City: Publisher.
Poe, E.A. (1867).
Scary Stories and Terrible
Tales.
J.B. Davis, (Ed.). Boston, MA:
Harbor Press.
Entry in an
Encyclopedia
Last Name, Initials. (Year). Article title.
Encyclopedia Title
(Vol., Pages). City:
Publisher.
Cohen, H. (1952). Great Teachers of History.
Encyclopedia of History
(Vol. 24, pp. 545).
Los Angeles, CA: World Book
Encyclopedia.
Article in Online
Periodical
Author, Initials. (Date of publication).
Title of Article.
Title of Online
Periodical, volume number
. Retrieved
from URL.
Taft, W. H. (2008). The progressive era.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
,
93
.
Retrieved from
org:143/prog/art.htm
Government
Document
Name of Government Organization.
(Year). Name of article (Publication
Information about Article). City:
Publisher.
National Board of Geriatric Safety. (1998).
Telling grandma when to throw away the
meat in her fridge
(NBGS Publication No.
SPC 87-1345). Washington, DC: United
States Congressional Press.
APA Reference List Examples:
Section #4: References
•
APA states that you list authors’ last names, followed by their initials.
•
Publication year is placed in parentheses, followed by a period.
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