1. APA
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2. 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.

3. 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

4. Example
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

5. 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.
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6. Publication year Article in a Magazine
Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. Time,
135,
Database Article
EBSCOHost
Rentschler, C. A. (2010). Trauma training and the reparative work of journalism. Cultural Studies, 24(4), doi: /
Some examples from Purdue OWL

7. Tittle of Article and Publication
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014, January 8). Registered nurses. Occupational Outlook Handbook, Edition. Retrieved from
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.

8. 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,
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.
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9. 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
Vietnam War. (2005). In France and the Americas: culture, politics, and history. Retrieved from

10. 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

11. 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
Issues & Controversies
Job creation. (2010, April 26). Retrieved from
MELO (Occupational Outlook Handbook)
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2014, January 8). Registered nurses. Occupational Outlook Handbook, Edition. Retrieved from
SIRS
Newspaper Article
Welch, W. M. (2011, December 5). Deportations tear some families apart. USA Today. Retrieved from
Magazine Article
Talbot, M. (2008, March 3). The lost children. New Yorker, 84(3), Retrieved from

12. 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 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
 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, doi: /jama
Online Video
Taylor, D. (2009, September 9). APA style citation formats – sixth (6th) edition [Video file]. Retrieved from

13. 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),
Newspaper
Mullaney, T. (2012, January 26). Interest rates will stay low, low, low. USA Today, p. 1A.