APA Help Guide

APA Rules Citations Reference Page 4. Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals. 5. Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections. Authors names are inverted. (Last, First) Journal Title should be in full. All punctuation and Capitalization of the Journal title should be kept. Capitalize all major words in the journal title. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle. Books, chapters, articles, or Web pages the first word after a colon or a dash in the title Proper nouns Reference Page Use hanging indention for each Reference. Should be alphabetized and in chronological order if an author is listed more than once.

Look for your information Resource Check-list Punctuation 1. Author ( last name and initials) 2. Year ( Publication Year) 3. Title of Article 4. Title of Periodical 5. Volume Number / Issue Number 6. Pages 7. URL or DOI 1. Author ( last name and initials) . 2. Year ( Publication Year) ( ) . 3. Title of Article . 4. Title of Periodical, 5. Volume Number / Issue Number #( ), 6. Pages . 7. URL or DOI http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy 

Example Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy 

Author Single Author Harkness, D. F., Two Authors Harkness, D. F., & Petty, R. E. Three to Seven Authors Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S. More Than Seven Authors Miller, F. H., Choi, M. J., Angeli, L. L., Harland, A. A., Stamos, J. A., Thomas, S. T., . . . Rubin, L. H. Some Examples rom Purdue OWL

Publication year Article in a Magazine Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time, 135, 28-31. Database Article EBSCOHost Rentschler, C. A. (2010). Trauma training and the reparative work of journalism. Cultural Studies, 24(4), 447-477. doi:10.1080/0950238090321527 Some examples from Purdue OWL

Tittle of Article and Publication U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014, January 8). Registered nurses. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Healthcare/Registered-nurses.htm Journal Title should be in full. All punctuation and Capitalization of the Journal title should be kept. Capitalize all major words in the journal title Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals. Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections.

Volume , Issue and PAges Article in Journal /Volume Journals that are ordered by volume . * Volume number should be italicized. Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896. Article in Journal /Issue Journals that are ordered by volume and issue. Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13. * Remember to put the issue in () . Article in a Newspaper Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a newspaper reference in APA style. Single pages take p., e.g., p. B2; multiple pages take pp., e.g., pp. B2, B4 or pp. C1, C3-C4. Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A. Examples from Purdue OWL

URL List the URL or DOI after the page numbers. You will want to put Retrieved from before the URL. Taylor, D. (2009, September 9). APA style citation formats – sixth (6th) edition [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQ1XFrOuYM Vietnam War. (2005). In France and the Americas: culture, politics, and history. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com

Example's From the APA HAndout Databases Biography Reference Center Beyoncé. (2011). Biography Today, 1. Retrieved from Biography Reference Center database. eBook Collection (EBSCOHost) Aucoin, J. (2005). The evolution of American investigative journalism. [Adobe Reader version]. Retrieved from eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) database. EBSCOHost Taylor, D. (2009, September 9). APA style citation formats – sixth (6th) edition [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQ1XFrOuYM

Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context Children of illegal aliens should go to college and gain legal status. (2010). In N. L. Merino (Ed.), At Issue. What Rights Should Illegal Immigrants Have? Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Retrieved from http://find.galegroup.com Issues & Controversies Job creation. (2010, April 26). Retrieved from http://www.2facts.com MELO (Occupational Outlook Handbook) U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014, January 8). Registered nurses. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Healthcare/Registered-nurses.htm SIRS Newspaper Article Welch, W. M. (2011, December 5). Deportations tear some families apart. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com   Magazine Article Talbot, M. (2008, March 3). The lost children. New Yorker, 84(3), 58-67. Retrieved from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine

Work from other Electronic Sources *Use the examples for SIRS for online newspaper and magazine articles. Entire Website Eula Dees Memorial Library. (2008). Retrieved from http://www2.nemcc.edu/ Library/webpage/eula.htm Article from a Website Knox, R. (2009, September 9). What health care overhaul means for you. Retrieved September 10, 2009, from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111499109    Entry from an Online Academic Journal (based on a print source) Tonelli, M., Klarenbach, S., Rose, C., Wiebe, N., & Gill, J. (2009, April 22). Access to kidney transplantation among remote – and rural – dwelling patients with kidney failure in the United States. JAMA, 301, 1681-1690. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.545 Online Video Taylor, D. (2009, September 9). APA style citation formats – sixth (6th) edition [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQ1XFrOuYM

Print Sources   Book Sidel, R. (1990). On her own: Growing up in the shadow of the American dream. New York: Penguin. Magazine Murphy, A. (2008, December 15). Comeback gators. Sports Illustrated, 109(24), 34-40. Newspaper Mullaney, T. (2012, January 26). Interest rates will stay low, low, low. USA Today, p. 1A.