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Introduction to APA Style

EDFS 6231, Fall 2007, Dr. Rui Kang Amended for EDUC 2130, Fall 2007, Lisa Thompson

The examples in this presentation are from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.)

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Reference List

Alphabetize Use hanging indentation (Format →

Paragraph → Indentation, Special: Hanging) Make sure that references cited in text

appear in the reference list; conversely, each entry in the reference list must be cited in text.

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Reference List-Journal Articles

Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., & Harlow, T. (1993). There’s more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

Not Italicized, article title

Only the first word in the article title (and subtitle if there is one) is capitalized

Journal title is italicized and each word capitalized, volume number is also italicized

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Reference List-Journal Article Kernis, M. H., Cornel, D. P., Sun, C. R.,

Berry, A., and Harlow, T. (1993) There’s More to Self-Esteem than Whether It Is High or Low: The Importance of Stability of Self-Esteem. Journal of personality and social psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

What’s wrong with the above citation?

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Reference List-Book

Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority young. San Francisco: Jassey-Bass.

Saxe, G. B. (1991). Cultural and cognitive development: Studies in mathematical understanding. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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Reference List-Book Chapters Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993).

Psychiatric care of ethnic elders. In A. C. Gaw (Ed.), Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness (pp. 517-552). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

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Reference List-Book Chapters Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993).

Psychiatric Care of Ethnic Elders. In Gaw, A. C. (Ed) Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness. (p. 517-552). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

What’s wrong with the above citation?

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Reference List-Electronic Resources University of California, San Francisco,

Institute for Health and Aging. (1996, November). Chronic care in America: A 21st century challenge. Retrieved September 9, 2000, from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation web site: http://www.ussc.gov/annrpt/1997/sbtoc97.

htm/

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Reference List-Group Author

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1991). Estimated resident population by age and sex in statistical local areas, New SouthWales, June 1990 (No. 3209.1). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author.

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Reference List Order-Same Author Cite the same author for more than one time,

cite by chronological order Brown, A. C. (1995) Brown, A. C. (2000)

Cite the same author and work from the same year Brown, A. C. (2000a) Brown, A. C. (2000b)

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Reference List Order-Same First Author

Cite two articles from the same first author, cite according to the name of the second author and so on Gosling, J. R., Jerald, K., & Balfar, S. F. (2000) Gosling, J. R., & Tevlin, D. F. (1996)