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APA Sample Bibliographic Format

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Each sample citation is preceded by the page number where it is located in the manual. Additional sample citations may be found in the manual's "Reference List" pp.215-281. The sample citations below are single-spaced. Your citations should be double-spaced.

248 Elements of a reference to an entire book (one author)

Author. (Year). Book title. Place: Publisher.

Dent, Jr., H. S. (1998). The roaring 2000s: Building the wealth and lifestyle you desire in the greatest boom in history. New York: Simon & Schuster.

248 Elements of a reference to an entire book (two or more authors)

Author & Author. (Year). Book title. Place: Publisher.

Siegel, J. G., & Shim, J. K. (1990). Accounting handbook. New York: Barrons.

249 A book by a corporate author (organization or group) as publisher

Corporate or Group Author. (Year). Book title. Place, Publisher: Author.

Mergent FIS, Inc. (2000). Handbook of dividend achievers 2000. New York, Mergent FIS, Inc.: Author.

DK Direct Limited. (1996). Multi-media: The complete guide. London, DK Publishing: Author.

249 Elements of a reference to an entire book (edited book)

Editor (Ed.) or & Editor (Eds.). (Year). Book title. Place: Publisher.

Magner, L. N. (Ed.). (1997). Doctors, nurses, and medical practitioners: A bio-bibliographical sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Pohanish, R. P., & Greene, S. A. (Eds.). (1993). Hazardous substances resource guide. Detroit: Gale.

249 Elements of a reference to an entire book (no author or editor)

Book title. (Year). Place: Publisher.

Webster's II new college dictionary. (1995). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Picturesque word origins: With forty-five illustrative drawings. (1933). Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Company.

254 Elements of a reference to an entry in an encyclopedia

Author (if given). (Year). Article title. In Encyclopedia title (volume, page numbers). Place: Publisher.

Baker, J. R. (1997). Insect. In Academic American Encyclopedia (Vol. 11, pp. 186 - 193). Danbury, Connecticut: Grolier.

Missing link. (1998). In The new encyclopedia britannica: Micropaedia (Vol. 8, p. 187).

252 Elements of a reference to an article or chapter in an edited book

Article or chapter author. (Year). Article or chapter title. In Book editor's name(s) [editor name not inverted] (Ed.(s)), Book title (article or chapter page numbers). Place: Publisher.

Appleyard, R. E. & Ringland, W. L. (1969). Alternating-current generators. In D. G. Fink & J. M. Carroll (Eds.), Standard handbook for electrical engineers (10th ed.) ( pp. 6-2 - 6-42). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Gregory, P. (1987). A typology of local area networks. In J. Abbatiello, & R. Sarch (Eds.), Telecommunications & data communications factbook (pp. 206 - 217). New York: Data Communications.

240 Elements of a reference to a scholarly journal (paginated by issue)

Article author(s). (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume number (issue number), page(s).

Russell, P. A. (2000). The aesthetics of rectangle proportion: Effects of judgment scale and context. The American Journal of Psychology, 113 (1), 27 - 42.

Sundar, S. S. & Nass, C. (2001). Conceptualizing sources in online news. Journal of Communication 51 (1), 52 - 72.

240 Elements of a reference to a scholarly journal (continuous pagination)

Article authors. (Year). Article title. Periodical title, volume number, page numbers.

Kastner, J. W. & May, W. (2001). Relationship between language skills and academic achievement in first grade. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 92, 381 - 390.

241 Elements of a reference to a magazine article

Article author. (Date on publication). Article title. Magazine title, volume number, page numbers.

Tayler, J. (2001, May). Russia is finished. The Atlantic, 287, 35 - 52.

242 Elements of a reference to an anonymous article in a daily newspaper

Article title. (Date on publication). Newspaper title, Section and page(s) number. [p. or pp.]

Whale blubber prices soar. (2001, May 12). The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, p. A4.

278 Elements of a reference to an article retrieved from an aggregated database

Article author(s). (Year). Article title. Journal title, volume number (issue number), page numbers. Retrieved month day, year, from database.

Nall, H. (2001). From down south to up south: An examination of geography in the blues. The Midwest Quarterly, 42 (3), 306 -319. Retrieved May 31, 2002 from Academic Search Premier at EBSCOhost database in GALILEO.

Woessner, W.W., Ball, P.N., DeBorde, D.C., Troy, T.L. (2001). Viral transport in a sand and gravel aquifer under field pumping conditions. Ground Water, 39 (6), 886-894. Retrieved June 3, 2002, from ProQuest Research Library database in GALILEO.

272 Elements of a reference to an article in an internet-only journal

Article author(s). (Date of article year , month day). Article title. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), page numbers. Retrieved month day, year, from URL electronic address

Yensen, J. (2002, February 1). Virtual collaboration. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 6 (1). Retrieved June 3, 2002, from http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/nurs/ojni/new_page_23.htm

Azuaje, F. (2001). An unsupervised neural network approach to discovering gene expression patterns in B-cell lymphoma. Online Journal of Bioinformatics, 1, 26-41. Retrieved June 3, 2002, from http://www.cpb.uokhsc.edu/ojvr/ojbspecials2001/Azuasample.htm

271 Elements of a reference to an internet article based on a print source

Article authors(s). (Year). Article title [Electronic version]. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), page numbers.

Glisky, E.L., Rubin, S.R., Davidson, P.S.R. (2001). Source memory in older adults: An encoding or retrieval problem? [Electronic version]. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 27 (5), 1131-1146.

273 Elements of a reference to a multipage internet document created by a private organization

Organization. Title. Retrieved month day, year, from Electronic address URL for homepage.

Aquatic Exercise Association. Training specialist corner. Retrieved June 3, 2002 from http://www.aeawave.com/

272 Elements of a reference to an article in an internet-only newsletter

Author(s). (Year, month day). Article title. Newsletter Title, volume number (issue number), page numbers. Retrieved from Electronic address URL.

Grevelding, M. (2002, April 21) The arm patrol. Aquatic Exercise Association Lighthearted Leadership With Mark. Retrieved from http://www.aeawave.com/apr02mark.html

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