American PsychologicalAssociation

(APA)

APA Style 6th Edition

American Psychological Association (APA)

– it is a document system (called an

author date system) that is used for work

in psychology and many other disciplines.

General Document Format Guidelines (APA Style)

Margins – 1” on all sides

Font – 12 pts Times New Roman, Courier or Arial

Spacing – double

Alignment – flush left

Paragraph indentions – 5 to 7 spaces

Pagination – 1” from the rightmost edge; first line

On standard size paper – 8 ½” x 11

Include a page header ( short title & page number)

in the upper right-hand of every page.

APA Guidelines

All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be intended one-half inch from the left margin.

Example:

Brendt, T.J. (2002). Social development.

New York: McGraw-Hill.

Authors names are inverted (last name first), give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors.

Example:

Abanilla, C.L.,Alcance, K.V., Aranilla, J.M.,

Balmes C.G., Laguartilla,M.E., Mendoza,

C.S.,

Eule, M.J.(2013). Introduction to

Librarianship. Quezon City: C & E Pub.

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.

Example:

Altez, T.C. (2012). Laugh and Live. Quezon

City:C & E Pub.

Gomez, N.J. (2013). Happily ever after. New

York: Mac-Graw Hill Inc.

APA FORMAT

Newspaper article :Example (print version):

Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects

economic,

social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.

If an article appears on discontinuous pages, give all page numbers, and separate the numbers with a comma (e.g., pp. B1, B3, B5–B7).

Newspaper article

Example (electronic version):

Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11).

Mental reserves keep brain agile. The

New York Times. Retrieved from

http://www.nytimes.com

Give the URL of the home page when the onlineversion of the article is available by search to avoid nonworking URLs.

Journal article

Last, F. M., & Last, F. M. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), pp. Pages.

 

Example:Almeida, L. (1990). Morphological

differences between

American and Brazilian Pig

Latin

constructions .Piggiotica,

13, 946-987.

Structure:

Magazines Article

Structure:Last, F. M. (Year, Month Published).

Article title. Magazine Title, volume(issue), pp. Page(s).

Examples:

Rothbart, D. (2008, October). How I

caught up with dad. Men's Health, 108-

113.

Audiovisual media

Music recording

Structure:

Artist. (Year) Name of Song. On Name of Collection/Album [Medium of recording]. City, State: Recording Label Company.

Coldplay. (2000). Trouble. On Parachutes [iTunes]. EMI

Records Ltd. Retrieved from http://

itunes.apple.com/us/album/parachute s/id23533494

Motion Picture/Video

Grey, B., King, G., & Pitt, B. (Producers), &

Scorsese, M. (Director). (2006). The

Departed [Motion Picture]. United

States: Plan B Entertainment.

Images

Structure: Creator’s last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Role

of creator). (Year of creation). Description or title of image. [Type of work]. Retrieved from URL.

Examples:

Comas, J. S. (Photographer). (2007). Jordi Comas

Teaching. [Digital Image]. Retrieved from

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24567742@N03/447

5421910/

Online Sources

Periodicals:

Structure:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List

Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved

from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

Electronic Books

De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytay’s tales: Traditional

Pueblo  Indian tales. Retrieved from

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehu

ff/taytay/taytay.html

Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the

Northwest.  Available from

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?

inkey=1-9780931686108-0

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