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REFERENCE CITATIONS APA 6th Edition Guidelines: References Citations Academic Disclaimer: In the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association there are 55 pages explaining the rules for citations of 96 different document types. This document presents several of the more common citations. For more examples see the 6th ed. of the APA Publication Manual. The Publication Manual is the final authority. NOTE: Reference page citations must be double spaced. Due to space restrictions, the provided examples are single spaced. 1 Book Author’s Last Name, First Initial.
Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. Burkhead, M. D. (2006). The search for the causes of crime: A history of theory in criminology. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. Document from a website Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from URL Hasan, M. , & Coyle, D. (2009). Better banks. Retrieved from http://accounting. smartpros . com/x64402. xml Document from an organization’s website Name of Organization. (Year of publication. ) Title of article. Retrieved from URL
National Association for the Education of Young Children. (2008). Early childhood literacy. Retrieved from http://www. naeyc. org/ece/critical/literacy. asp Journal article with doi number from a database or from internet Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Vol. (Issue), page numbers. doi number: Title of article. Journal Title, Kaplan, S. (2008). A new U. S. policy for Syria: Fostering political change in a divided Middle East Policy, 15(3), 107-121. doi: 10. 1111/j. 1475-4967. 2008. 00362. x Journal article (in print) state.
Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Title of article. Journal Title, Vol. (Issue), page numbers. Hayes, M. (2006). Get close to your clients. Journal of Accountancy, 201(6), 49-52. Magazine article with no doi from a database Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication, month of publication, day of publication). Title of article. Magazine Title, Vol, page numbers. Retrieved from the magazine’s homepage URL Anthony, S. D. , & Christensen, C. M. (2008, December 8). Where’s media’s silver lining? Forbes, 182, 81-83.
Retrieved from http://www. forbes. com Magazine article (in print) with no author Title of magazine article. (Year of publication, month of publication, day of publication). Magazine Title, Vol. if available, page numbers. Oracle has customers over a barrel. (2009, September 21). Business Week, 52-55. Updated 02/2010 REFERENCE CITATIONS Magazine article (in print) Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication, month of publication & day of publication). Title of article. Magazine Title, Vol, page numbers. 2 Barone, M. (2008, December 29).
Expectations of hope and change. U. S. News and World Report, 145, 34. Newspaper article with no doi from a database Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication, Month & day of publication). Title of article. Newspaper Title, page numbers. If no doi is proved, locate and copy & paste the newspaper’s homepage URL El-Khodary, T. , & Kershner, I. (2009, January 6). Warnings not enough for Gaza families. New York Times, 10. Retrieved from http://www. nytimes. com Newspaper article from the internet Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. Year of publication, Month & day of publication). Title of article. Newspaper Title. Retrieved from newspaper’s homepage URL Childress, S. (2009, January 2). U. N. tackles rising threat of urban hunger in Africa. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online. wsj. com DVD Director, Writer, or Producer’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. & Second Director, Writer or Producer’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Directors/Writers/Producers). (Year of publication). Title [Motion picture]. Country of publication: Publisher. Perry, S. , & Frost, L. (Writers/Producers). 2000). Skills for child care workers [Motion picture]. United States: Meridian Education. NetLibrary electronic book with two authors Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. , & Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Title. Retrieved from NetLibrary homepage URL Yance, D. R. , & Valentine, A. (1999). Herbal medicine: Healing and cancer. Retrieved from http://www. netlibrary. com/ Essay in an anthology/collection Essay Author’s Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year of publication). Title of essay. In First Initial. Middle Initial.
Last Name of editor & First Initial. Middle Initial. Last Name of second editor. (Eds. ), Title of book or anthology (page numbers). Place of publication: Publisher. Sterling, E. E. (2004). Drug policy: A challenge of views. In E. H. Judah & M. Bryant. (Eds. ), Criminal justice: Retribution vs. restoration (pp. 51-81). New York, NY: Haworth Press. Personal communication/Personal interview Cited only in the text of the paper, not in the references list: (First Initial, Last Name of source, personal communication, Month Day, Year). (J. Smith, personal communication, September 10, 2009). Updated 02/2010