Apa Reference Style

APA REFERENCE STYLE

From: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Fifth Edition 2001

Selected Examples - Pay careful attention to punctuation, case (upper v. lower), and italics, which are underlined below for clarity.

Periodical:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1994). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, xxx-xxx.

Periodicals include items published on a regular basis: journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters, and so on. For magazines, newsletters, and newspapers, give the year followed by the exact date on the publication (month or month and day – e.g., (1994, December)

Nonperiodical: (book)

Author, A. A. (1994). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Part of a nonperiodical (e.g., book chapter)

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (1994). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher.

Nonperiodicals include items published separately: books, reports, brochures, certain monographs, manuals, and audiovisual media.

Unpublished paper presented at a meeting:

Author, A. A., & Author B. B. (1991, January). Title of Paper. Presented at the meeting of Such and Such, Missoula, MT.

Online periodical: if viewed only in its electronic form

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2000). Title of article. [Electronic version]. Title of Periodical, xx, xxx-xxx.

Online periodical: if you have reason to believe electron version may differ from print version

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2000). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, xxx-xxx. Retrieved Month, day, year, from

Internet-only journal:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (2000, March 19). Title of article. Title of Periodical, xx, Article #. Retrieved Month, day, year, from

Online document:

Author, A. A. (2000). Title of work. Retrieved month day, year, from source.

If author not identified, start with title of document followed by (date) or (n.d.).

Online document available on university Web site:

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (1993). Title of document. Retrieved August 24, 2000, from Gustavus Adolphus College, Department of Education Web site:

Online report from private organization on Web site:

Author, A. (1997, September 27). Title of report. Retrieved November 8, 2000, from

Online multipage document by private organization

Greater New Milford (Ct) Area-Healthy Community 2000. Task Force on teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.) Who has time for a family meal? You do? Retrieved October 5, 2000, from

Report available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

Mead, J. V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating the teacher tales that novice teachers bring with them (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED346082)

U.S. government report available on government agency Web site, no publication date indicated:

State of Minnesota Department of Education. (n.d.) 2003 school district profiles. Retrieved April 3, 1975, from

330apareferencestyle.doc 3/26/02