APA Style Guide to Electronic References

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General Rules

Include same elements, in the same order, as used in a “fixed-media” source.

Add as much electronic retrieval information as needed for others to locate the sources you cite.

It is preferable to cite the final version (i.e., archival copy or version of record)

APA style guide, pp. 1-6

Change in rules

ALWAYS include the journal issue number (if available) regardless of pagination.

Ingham, R. J., Warner, A., Byrd, A., & Cotton, J. (2006). Speech effort measurement and stuttering: Investigating the chorus reading effect. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49(3), 660-670.

Full-Text Journal Title Search

Ingham, R. J., Warner, A., Byrd, A., & Cotton, J. (2006). Speech effort measurement and stuttering: Investigating the chorus reading effect. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 660-670.

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). Capabilities-based educational equivalency units: Beginning a professional dialogue. American Journal of Distance Education, 24(3), 34-47.

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). Capabilities-based educational equivalency units: Beginning a professional dialogue. American Journal of Distance Education, 24(3), 34-47. Retrieved August 20, 2007, from Academic OneFile database.

Citing Journals Retrieved in Print Versus Full Text Online

APA manual, pp. 278-279. Document retrieved from what APA terms an “aggregated” database.

Citation of an article obtained from a printprint resource:

Citation of an article retrieved full textfull text from a database::

No more retrieval statements?

No retrieval date is necessary for content that is not likely to be changed or updated, such as a journal article

With the exception of hard-to-find books and other documents of limited circulation delivered by electronic databases, the database name is no longer a necessary element of the reference.

APA style guide, pp. 2-3But…

Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) Content on the Internet tends to move or be

deleted, so scholarly publishers have begun assigning a DOI to journal articles.

Unique alphanumeric string assigned which provides a persistent link

Link to article if have authorized access OR

Abstract and article for purchase When a DOI is available, include the DOI

instead of the URL in the reference.

APA style guide, p. 3

Example of a DOI

DOIsfound in the

abstract

Non-DOI numbers from other vendors

Reference with a DOI

See Guide, example #1, page 7

Ingham, R. J., Warner, A., Byrd, A., & Cotton, J. (2006). Speech effort measurement and stuttering: Investigating the chorus reading effect. Journal of Speech, Language, and HearingResearch, 49(3), 660-670. doi:10.1044/1092-

4388(2006/048)

Looking up DOI’shttp://www.crossref.org

Several options

Several search options scroll down for Author/Title search

Scroll down for search results

Citing Dissertations under old rules

Clarke, D. C. (2005). Differences in student dropout rate, attendance rate,

and grade point average after the implementation of the North Carolina

Dropout Prevention/Drivers License Law. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62(3), 853A. (UMI No. 3010522) Retrieved August 20,2007, from

Dissertations and Theses database.

APA manual, p. 260, # 54 – dissertation abstracted in DAI. p. 279, # 88 – electronic copy retrieved from database

Dissertations indexed in DAI

Dissertations – new citation format

APA style guide, pp. 10-11

Where to break a URL

Do not insert a hyphen if you need to break a URL across lines

New - Break the URL before most punctuation (an exception would be http://)Old - p. 271 says after slash or before period

Do not add a period after the URL, to avoid confusion

APA style guide, p. 13 examples #14, #15

DatasetsUse “Available from” to indicate that the URL will lead users to adownload site rather than directly to the data. Example #26, p. 16

Datasets

Future? New edition of APA Manual – 2009 or later Evolving electronic resource formats See change in ACM Journals http://0-doi.acm.org.novacat.nova.edu/10.1145/1284621.1284637

For now…add issue number, watch for DOI’s

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