APA Part 2 – Reference Citations APA Citing: Part 2 – Reference Citations Video: 11 min.

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Formatting Article Citation How to Cite a Journal Article in the Reference List

Author’s Names - Formatting Citing Journal Articles Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), Author(s) See APA (6th ed,), p. 184 Initials, not first names. No title Ampersand (&), not the word and Comma before the ampersand.

Names In the reference list, one space between initials Brown, J. D. (2003). If author’s first name is hyphenated, retain hyphen Chin, E.-F., Barry, B., & Wilson, H. W. Do not include titles Arguellos, S., Ph.D. (2007). Bucher, J., Dr. (2005). Suffices Schaefer, W., III, & Schaefer, W., Sr. APA (6th ed.), p. 184

Year of Publication Citing Journal Articles Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), Year of publication See APA (6th ed.), p. 185 Enclosed in parentheses Period after the parentheses No month or day if the publication is a journal, not a magazine, newsletter, or newspaper article.

Article Title Citing Journal Articles Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), Article title See APA (6th ed.), p. 185 Only first word in title and subtitle should be be capitalized as well as any proper names. A colon between the title and subtitle, and A period at the end of the title. Only one space after the period, not two.

Journal Title Citing Journal Articles Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), See APA manual, pp Journal title should have all important words capitalized. It is italicized The journal title is followed by a comma Journal title

Journal Information Citing Journal Articles Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), Volume, issue, and page number(s) See APA manual, p. 186 The volume number is italicized There should be no space between the volume number and issue number Enclose issue number in parentheses and follow by a comma Do not use p. or pp. for journal articles.

DOI Number Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), OR Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), doi: / Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online: = Preferred in the APA style guide: If the database has a Digital Object Identifier that functions as a unique identifier of the content and a link to the content, then use the URL version The APA manual only uses doi: / APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2012) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010) DOI number

Formatting of DOI Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78(5), doi: / Do not capitalize doi, and do not include a space before or after the colon. Break the number before most punctuation Do not include a period after the DOI number. See APA manual, p. 192

Example of a DOI

Book With Location and Publisher Traditional Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. New York, NY: Wiley. APA manual, p. 202 APA Style Blog:

Book With URL URL Traditional Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. New York, NY: Wiley. Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. Available from APA manual, p. 202 APA Style Blog:

Book With DOI DOI URL Traditional Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. New York, NY: Wiley. Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. Available from Brooking, D. E. (2010). Research on distance learning. doi: wiley APA manual, p. 202 APA Style Blog:

Citing Websites Entire website in text: National Center for Education Statistics [NCES] ( is a comprehensive statistical resource. Omit reference from reference list. APA Style FAQs --

Web Page Not Italicized Brooks, E. (1945). Common birds of Indiana. Retrieved from _Indiana.pdf APA Style FAQs

Retrieval Statement for Web Page Brooks, E. (1945). Common birds of Indiana. Retrieved from _Indiana.pdf APA Style FAQs

Archival vs. Changing Web Pages Brooks, E. (1945). Common birds of Indiana. Retrieved from _Indiana.pdf APA Style FAQs American Library Association. (2011). Membership policies. Retrieved June 12, 2012, from

Web Pages With No Author APA Style FAQs Reference citation: Indicators of school crime and safety: Executive summary. (2011). Retrieved June 11, 2012, from Local parents provided statistics (“Indicators of School Crime,” 2011). - If there is no author, put the title first and date second. - Use the title of the page in the parenthetical text citation. Web page in text: Reference citation:

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References Page References Page entitled References Hanging indentations Single space in citations Double space between citations Alphabetical order, then by date 32 References Page centered Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a longitudinal study. Portal, 3, doi: / Kennedy, J. D. (2009a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), Kennedy, J. D. (2009b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 43(3), Morner, C. J. (1995). Measuring the library research skills of education doctoral students. In R. AnRhein (Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp ). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J. Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.

Hanging Indentations References Page entitled References Hanging indentations Single space in citations Double space between citations Alphabetical order, then by date 32 References Page Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a longitudinal study. Portal, 3, doi: / Kennedy, J. D. (2009a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), Kennedy, J. D. (2009b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 43(3), Morner, C. J. (1995). Measuring the library research skills of education doctoral students. In R. AnRhein (Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp ). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J. Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.

Spacing References Page entitled References Hanging indentations Double space in citations Except FSE Double space between citations Alphabetical order, then by date 32 References Page Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a longitudinal study. Portal, 3, doi: / Kennedy, J. D. (2009a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), Kennedy, J. D. (2009b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 43(3), Morner, C. J. (1995). Measuring the library research skills of education doctoral students. In R. AnRhein (Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp ). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J. Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.

Alphabetical Order References Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a longitudinal study. Portal, 3, doi: / Kennedy, J. D. (2009a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), Kennedy, J. D. (2009b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 43(3), Morner, C. J. (1995). Measuring the library research skills of education doctoral students. In R. AnRhein (Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp ). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries. O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J. Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag. Page entitled References Hanging indentations Double space in citations – Except FSE Double space between citations Alphabetical order, then by date 32 References Page

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Test- Names 1.Brown, R. D. (2005). The flight of the bumblebee. or 2. Browning, A. J. (2003). Learning to read.  Nothing precedes something APA (6th ed.), pp

Test - Chronologically 1.Brown, R. D. (2005). The flight of the bumblebee. or 2. Browning, A. J. (2003). Learning to read. 1.Schroeder, L. (2008). Water rights in Oregon. or 2. Schroeder, L. (2004). Fighting for water rights.   APA (6th ed.), pp Arrange chronologically

Test - Alphabetically 1.Brown, R. D. (2005). The flight of the bumblebee. or 2. Browning, A. J. (2003). Learning to read. 1.Schroeder, L. (2008). Water rights in Oregon. or 2. Schroeder, L. (2004). Fighting for water rights. 1.Jones, F. T. (2008). Birth of a nation. or 2.Jones, F. T. (2000). Fourth-grade students. or 3. Jones, F. T. (2008). Winning the war.    (2008a) (2008b) APA (6th ed.), pp Arrange the two 2008 citations alphabetically

Test - Authors 1.Brown, R. D. (2005). The flight of the bumblebee. or 2. Browning, A. J. (2003). Learning to read. 1.Schroeder, L. (2008). Water rights in Oregon. or 2. Schroeder, L. (2004). Fighting for water rights. 1.Jones, F. T. (2008). Birth of a nation. or 2.Jones, F. T. (2000). Fourth-grade students. or 3. Jones, F. T. (2008). Winning the war. 1.Palgreaves, D. J. (2001). Economics today. or 2.Palgreaves, D. J., & Baber, J. (1999). Dictionary of …    (2008a) (2008b) APA (6th ed.), pp One-author entries precede multiple- author entries