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APA 5th
Edition
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The Reference List
In alphabetical order, by firstauthors last name
Hanging indent
All book titles and journal titles inItalics
Includes only published sources
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Periodicals
Authors last name, First initial,followed by one period.
If there is more than one author, the
period is followed by a comma, thethen Last name of the secondauthor.
And & goes before the final authorslast name
Authors are listed in the order theyappear in publication.
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The date, in parentheses, follows thelast authors name, followed by aperiod.
True for all citations, no matter whatmedia form, that have authors.
If there is no author, the title of thework goes in the author position orthe author is stated as Anonymous.
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Examples
Herman, L.M. (1993).
Herman, L.M., & Holder, M.D. (1993,Spring).
Holder, M.D., Law, S.Q., & Herman,L.M. (1993).
A quicksilver mind. (2003). Anonymous. (2003, March).
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Periodicals: Article name
The article name follows the date.
Only the first word of the article andthe first word of the subtitle are
capitalized. The title is followed by a period.
There are no quotation marks,
underlining, or italics (although in-text citations of articles do includequotation marks).
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Examples
Herman, L.M., Kuczaj, S.A., &Holder, M.D. (1993). Responses toanomalous gestural sequences by a
language-trained dolphin: Evidencefor processing of semantic relationsand syntactic information.
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Periodical: Publication titles, etc.
The title of the publication retainsthe capitalization of the publicationitself.
In italics
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Followed by a comma
Followed by the volume number initalics
Followed by the issue number in
parentheses, non italics, followed bya comma
If there no issue number available,just a comma.
Followed by the inclusive pagenumbers
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Example
Herman, L.M., Kuczaj, S.A., & Holder,M.D. (1993). Responses toanomalous gestural sequences by a
language-trained dolphin: Evidencefor processing of semantic relationsand syntactic information.Journal of
Experimental Psychology, 122 (3),184-194.
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Periodicals: Weeklies, Newspapers, orBi-Monthly Glossies
The complete date is necessary if novolume number is used.
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Example
Samuelson, R.J. (2003, September 22).The creaky job machine. Newsweek,46.
What to watch: Quest earnings. (2003,September 3). Newark Star-Ledger,48.
Coin, J. (2002, November 2). Saving
the S.E.C. from itself [Letter to theeditor]. New York Times, A16.
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Periodical articles retrieved fromdatabases
At the end of the citation, thefollowing designation appears:
Retrieved on (date of access) from(name of database).
OR
The notation [Electronic version.] isinserted between the title andperiodical name.
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Example
Coin, J. (2002, November 2). Saving the S.E.C.from itself [Letter to the editor]. New YorkTimes, A16. Retrieved September 23, 2005 fromInfotrac full-text newspaper database.
ORCoin, J. (2002, November 2). Saving the S.E.C.
from itself [Letter to the editor]. [Electronicversion.]New York Times, A16.
The retrieved from might also read RetrievedMay 3, 2005 fromwww.awebsite/specificpage/htm.
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Books
Follow the same format, except thatafter the title of the book, thepublication data is used.
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Example
Buhle, P., & Wagner, D. (2003). Hidein plain sight: The Hollywoodblacklistees in film and television,
1950-2002. New York: PalgraveMacmillian.
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Books: Part of a Book WhenChapters are by Individual Authors
The author of the part of the bookgoes first
The title of the chapter or essay
Then the editors name in normalorder
Title of the book (italics)
Page numbers of selection (inparentheses)
The rest of the publication data
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Example
Bjork,R.A. (1989). Retrieval inhibition asan adaptive mechanism in humanmemory. In H.L. Roediger (Ed.),
Varieties of memory and consciousness(pp.309-330). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Internet Website Author, if there is one
If no author, title goes in author position.
Year/date of material or of webpage copyright orn.d. in parentheses if no date is given.
Title, Website, and whatever other data exists
Retrieved on (date of access) from specific page of
website: http://www.url_of_source.htm.
If you use multiple pages from the same web site,you may have multiple reference entries.
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Examples
1955. (2003). Wikipedia, the freeencyclopedia. Retrieved onSeptember 23, 2003, from:http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955.
The history of Halloween. (1996-2003). History channel website.Retrieved on September 23, 2003,
from:http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/halloween/hallowmas.html.