Citing Sources: Using APA Style

Allison Malone

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1/2018

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Documentation: Citing Sources

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AUTHORS

Single Author

Two Authors

Three to Seven Authors or Editors

More than Seven Authors

Organization as Author

Unknown Author

Single Author

Talbot, F. (2009). How to write effective business English: The essential toolkit for composing powerful letters, e-mails and more, for today’s business needs. London: Kogan Page.

Two Authors

Fraser, L. M., & Ormiston, A. (2010). Understanding financial statements. (9th ed.). Boston: Prentice-Hall.

Three to Seven

Authors or Editors

Deane, E., Trimble, M., Lancaster, B., & Allbright, C.

(1986). The best of the Arkansas Traveler: 1956-1986.

(M. T. Rice, Ed.). Little Rock: August House.

Williams, C. F., Bolton, S. C., Moneyhon, C. H., &

Williams L. T. (Eds.). (1984). A documentary history

of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

A Work With More Than

Seven Authors

Forster, A., Young, J., Green, J., Patterson, C.,

Wanklyn, P., Smith J., . . . Lowson, K. (2009).

Structured re-assessment system at 6 months after

a disabling stroke: A randomised controlled trial

with resource use and cost study. Age and Ageing,

38(5), 576-583. Retrieved from MEDLINE

database.

*When authors number eight or more, include the first six

authors’ names, then insert three ellipsis points, and add the

last author’s name. (APA, Rule 6.27, pp. 184).

Organization as Author

American Psychological Association. (2010).

Publication manual of the American

Psychological Association. (6th ed.).

Washington, DC: Author.

*When the author and the publisher are the same, use the word

Author as the name of the publisher. (APA, Rule 7.02,

pp.203)

Unknown Author

Dosage calculations made incredibly easy.

(2010). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams

& Wilkins.

Citing Books

A chapter in a book

An article in a reference book

A book with an editor or translator

A book with an author and editor

Two or more books by the same author

An edition

A multi-volume work

A Chapter in a Book

Charles, D. (2009). Genetically modified

food can increase the world’s food supply.

In Jennifer L. Shancke, (Ed.), Genetically

modified food (pp. 67-73). Detroit:

Greenhaven Press.

An Article in a Reference Book

Huizenga, J. R. (2007). Nuclear fission. In McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology (10th ed., Vol. 12, pp. 112-118). New York: McGraw-Hill.

A Book with an Editor

or Translator

Steward, D. F., (Ed.). (2002). A rough sort of beauty: Reflections on the natural heritage of Arkansas. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

Editor (Editors) – Ed. (Eds.)

Translator(s) – Trans.

A Book With an

Author and Editor

Nuttall, T. (1999). A journal of travels into the Arkansas territory during the year 1819. (S. Lottinville, Ed.). Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

Two or More Books by the

Same Author

Stevenson, D. (1996). Armaments and the coming of war: Europe, 1904-1914. New York: Oxford University Press.

Stevenson, D., (Ed.). (1997). The outbreak of the first world war: 1914 in perspective. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

An Edition

Cooperman, S. H. (2009). Professional office procedures. (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice-Hall.

Hyman, T. S. (1974). Snow White. (Silver Anniversary Edition). Boston: Little, Brown.

A Multi-Volume Work

Fallek, M. & Solie-Johnson, K. (2003). How to

set up your own small business. (Vols. 1-2).

Minneapolis: American Institute of Small

Business.

Citing Articles

An article in a familiar reference book or

encyclopedia

Article in a reference book or encyclopedia

An article in a newspaper

An article in a magazine

An article in a scholarly journal Has volume & issue information

An anonymous article

An Article in a Familiar

Reference Book or

Encyclopedia

Pasachoff, J. M. (2009). Astronomy. In The

world book encyclopedia. (Vol. A-1, pp.

834-849). Chicago: World Book.

An Article in a Reference

Book or Encyclopedia

McColley, D. K. (1999). John Milton. In P. F. Grendler, et al. (Eds.). Encyclopedia of the renaissance (Vol. 4: Machiavelli – Petrarchism, pp. 147-157). New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

*Note: et. al is Latin meaning and others and in this citation is used for a large board of editors.

An Article in a Newspaper

Scott, M. D. (2003, August 21). Heavenly

stargazing: Red planet will provide closest

view in eons. [Late ed.]. New York Times,

pp. A1+.

An Article in a Magazine

Weekly or bi-weekly magazine

Plagens, P. (2000, October 16). A life-time passion for collecting. Newsweek, 72-80.

Monthly or Bi-Monthly Magazine

Judasim in the theology of Sir Isaac Newton. (2000, September). Church History, 671.

An Article in a Scholarly Journal

Can we save the present for the future? (2003). American Historical Review, 103(4), 734.

Rubin, J. S. (2003). What is the history of the history of books? Journal of American History, 90(2), 5-12.

Note: 103(4) & 90(2) = volume(issue)

An Anonymous Article

Hands around the world. (2003, September 29) People, 87.

History behind the Bible. (2003). Biblical Archaeology Review, 29(1), 40.

A Motion Picture

Wick, D., Franzoni, D., & Lustig, B.

(Producers), & Scott, R. (Director). (2003).

Gladiator [Motion picture]. United States:

Dreamworks & Universal Pictures.

Citing Electronic Resources

An electronic book

An article in an online reference database

i.e. Encyclopedia Britannica

An article in an online database to which the library subscribes

EBSCOhost

SIRS

Facts on File: Issues & Controversies

MagillOnLiterature

An Electronic Book

Tracy, B. (1998). Success is a journey: Make your life a grand adventure. (J. Smith, Ed.). Provo, UT: Executive Excellence. Retrieved from http://www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info. asp?product_id=6772&piclist=19799,19973,19974,21541

Andersen, H. C. (n.d.). Andersen’s fairy tales. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg. org/etext/1597

An Article in an Online Reference

Database

Seven wonders of the world. (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9066945

EBSCOhost

Havstad, J. (2010). Human reproductive

cloning: A conflict of liberties. Bioethics,

24(2), 71-77. doi:10.1111/j.1467-

8519.2008.00692.x.

*Note: DOI or digital object identifier is a unique

alphanumeric string which provides a persistent link to an

article’s location on the Internet. When available include it

for both print and electronic sources.

SIRS

Gold, M. (1997, August). The greatest gift: A guide to adoption. Moment, pp. 42+. Retrieved from SIRS Knowledge Source database (SIRS Researcher).

Linton, Michael. (1999, March). The Mozart effect.

First Things, pp. 10-13. Retrieved from SIRS Knowledge Source database (SIRS Renaissance).

FACTS ON FILE

Minimum drinking age. (2009, July 6).

Retrieved from Issues & Controversies On

File.

MagillOnLiterature

Faulkner, W. (1996). Absalom! Absalom!

Retrieved from MagillOnLiterature Plus

database.

Documentation: Citing Sources

Parenthetical documentation

References

Parenthetical Documentation

Author’s name in the sentence

Author’s name in the reference

Citing an entire work

Citing part of an article or of a book

Citing volume and page numbers of a

multivolume work

Citing a work listed by title

Citing two or more works by the same author

Author’s Name in the

Sentence

Magny (2003) develops this argument.

Others, like Walters and Edwards (2010), hold the opposite point of view.

It may be true, as Smith (2009) maintains, that “media and the military cultures are clashing” (p. 264).

Note: First two examples are summary statements and the third is a direct quote therefore a page number is needed.

Author’s Name in the

Reference

Others have argued this point (e.g. Kerrigan and

Smith, 2010).

Only one scholar has observed this relation (Cooper, 2010).

Citing an Entire Work

Davis’ Gardening Secrets (2010) include many vegetables and flower growing tips.

Malone and Turner (2010) broke new ground on the subject.

Fryar et al. (2010) have provided a useful guide to 2010 tax laws.

Citing Part of An Article or of

A Book

One author presents several opinions on

factors that cause police brutality (Cothran,

2010, Chapter 3).

The Iraq War was the first war in which

television reporting was real-time, hence

called “War: Live in Iraq” (Smith, 2010, p.

59-78).

Citing Volume and Page #’s of

a Multivolume Work

Fallek and Solie-Johnson (2008) state

“pitfalls are only something to worry about

if you don’t know where they are” (2: 757).

In the election of 2000, the ballot counting

system in the United States underwent

intense scrutiny (Schlesinger, 2008, Vol. 4,

p. 98).

Citing a Work Listed by Title

A New York Times editorial called Ralph

Ellison “a writer of universal reach”

(“Death,” 2010).

Paul Cézanne, “a founder of

impressionism” was born and raised in

Aux-en-Provence (European Artists, 2010,

p. 70).

Two or More Works by the

Same Author or Authors

“The global impact of the First World War dominated

the history of the first half of the twentieth century”

(Stevenson, Armaments, p. 29).

“The First World War began over a local war, launched

by the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary against

Serbia . . .The Austro-Serb conflict was triggered by the

murders of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, on 27 June 1914”

(Stevenson, The Outbreak, p.2).

REFERENCES Draft this section first so that you will know what

information to give in parenthetical references as you write.

The list of references appears at the end of the paper. If your paper ends in page 14, the References page is 15.

½ header should be aligned left with title of paper in all caps and page # aligned right.

Center the title, References, an inch from the top of the page.

Double-space between the title and the first entry.

Begin each entry flush with the left margin, indent subsequent lines five spaces.

Double-space the entire list, both between and within entries.

Alphabetize by the author’s (or editor’s) last name or by title if no author.