1. APA Basics: Citations & More
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APA Basics:
Citations & More

2. The “Elements” of a Citation
Authors (4.08; 224)
Publication date (4.09; 224)
Title of article or item (4.10; 226)
Publication source/information (4.11; 227)
Retrieval & use of electronic resources (4.15; 231)

3. Author Element Print or Electronic Sources Purdue’s OWL
Randall Library
In-text citations

4. Publication Date Element
Basic Rules : Time & availability make a difference
(Year).
(Year, Month).
When the source reflects:
meetings; monthly magazines; newsletters; newspapers
(Year, Month day#).
Dailies; weeklies
(in press).
Any resources accepted for publication but not yet available
(n.d.).
Any resources with not available date/s

5. Title Element
Pemberton, J. M., & Lounsbury, J. W. (2004). Mood management across affective states. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 66,
. . . Mood management across affective states: Watson’s Hedonic Contingency Hypothesis. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 66,
Pemberton, J. G., & Petty, R. E. (2005). Flexible correction processes in social judgment: Do Nelson’s theories of corrections for perceived bias make a difference. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 68,

6. Publication Source Element
Print resources
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
… Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55,
… Educational Psychology Journal, 15(4), 5-13.

7. Publication Source Element
Electronic resources
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.
… AERJ, 85(2), 5-13.
What’s added?
Retrieval information: Date & Location

8. Electronic Resources