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Reference List: APA Style (American Psychological Association)

Books (Print)
Elements of Book Citation Sample Citations
Single Author
Harford T. (2018). Fifty inventions that shaped the modern
Last name, First initial, middle initial (if given).
economy. New York, NY: Penguin.
(Publication date). Title. Place of
publication, State: Publisher.
Multiple authors (see note below)
Jenson, J. M., & Fraser, M. W. (2016). Social policy for children
Last name and initials of first author, ‘&’ last
and families: A risk and resilience perspective. Los Angeles,
name and initials of second author. (Date).
CA: SAGE Publications.
Title. Place of publication, State: Publisher.
An edited book Knox, E. J. (Ed.). (2017). Trigger warnings: History, theory,
Editor. (Ed.). (Date). Title. Place of publication, context. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
State: Publisher.
Essay or chapter in a book McFarland, J. (2017). On privilege, authority, and abuses of power of
Author of essay. (Date).Title of essay. ‘In’ Name professorial power. In E. Knox (Ed.), Trigger warnings: History,
of editor (Ed.), Title of book (Page #’s). theory, context (pp. 165-178). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Place of publication, State: Publisher.
Encyclopedia Article
Yancey, W. L. (2018). Inner cities and ghettos. In S. Bronner
Author of article (if known). (Date). Title of
(Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Studies (Vol. 1, pp. 510-
Article. ’In’ Editor (Ed.), Encyclopedia title. 514). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
(Volume and page #). City, State: Publisher.

Newspapers, Magazines or Scholarly Journals (Print Sources Only)


Weekly / monthly magazine article
Quill, E. (2017, April 15). If there are curious minds, science will
Author. (Year, month day). Title of article.
survive. Science News, 191, 2.
Magazine Name, volume number, pages.
Scholarly journal article Lee, C., & Kim, O. (2017). Predictors of online game addiction among
Author. (Year). Title of article. Journal Name, Korean adolescents. Addiction Research & Theory, 25(1), 58-66.
volume number (Issue number), pages.
Newspaper article Lieber, R. (2018, January 20). Decoding hidden college
Author. (Year, month day). Title of article. discounts. New York Times, p. B1.
Newspaper Name, Section Page.

 Double-space all lines. Indent one-half inch after the first line. Examples provided on this handout are single spaced to save space.
 A Reference List must be in alphabetical order by author or by title, if author’s name is unavailable
 If there are more than 6 authors for a given work, list the first six and separate by commas. Following the sixth author add, ‘et al.’ Do
not use ‘&.’
 Capitalize significant words in the title of a periodical. Italicize the name of the journal and volume number, but NOT the issue number.
 Capitalize only the first significant word of a book title and subtitle and italicize the book title. For more information, consult
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. (REF BF 76.7 .P83, 2009) or APA Style Guide to Electronic
Resources, 2007 (REF BF 76.7 .A73 2007) and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01.

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eBooks
Author. (Date). Title of the Book. Place of Lavretsky, H. (2014). Resilience and aging : Research and
publication: Publisher. Retrieved from URL. practice. Retrieved from https://www.press.jhu.edu/

Web Articles and Videos


(Citing an entire web site – is done by giving the site address in the text of the paper. Entire web sites are NOT included in the
Reference list.)

Provide the following elements, if available, Example of a document on a website


for Web pages that are not periodical Electronic Frontier Foundation. (n.d.). Net neutrality. Retrieved
articles from https://www.eff.org/issues/net-neutrality
1. Name of author, editor or name of Example of a YouTube video
organization.
2. Date of publication/last update of web Maria Bamford knows all the mental health issues [Television
document. Use (n.d.) when date episode] (2016, Jan 16). The Late Show with Stephen
Colbert. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/Pk1lbSDQXYo
unavailable.
3. Title. Examples of Articles from Online Periodicals
4. Name of sponsoring organization.
1. Online Magazine (URL is required)
5. Retrieved from URL of website.
Notes: Winerman, L. (2018). Making campuses safer. Monitor on
 If no author, editor, or organization name
Psychology, 49(9). Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/
monitor
is available, begin with the title, followed
by date, publication information, etc. 2. Journal (DOI or, if none, then URL)
 If the citation ends with a URL, there is O’Connor, R. M. (2002). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize
NO final period. health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3. Retrieved
Online Periodical Article Elements from http://journals.apa.org/prevention

Au Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of Hodge, D. (2008). Sexual trafficking in the United States: A
publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, domestic problem with transnational dimensions. Social
volume number. Retrieved from Work, 53(2), 143-152. doi:10.1093/sw/53.2.143
http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Articles from CCSF Library OneSearch


Database Articles Magazine article, no DOI
Provide the following elements if available Reilly, K. (2018, March 24). Record numbers of students are
1. Name of author. (Start with title if no seeking treatment for depression and anxiety—but schools
author) can’t keep up. Time. Retrieved from http://time.com
2. (Date). (Incl. Month and day for Journal article, with DOI
magazines & newspapers.)
Martin, M. (2018). Mindfulness and transformation in a college
3. Article title. classroom. Adult Learning, 29(1), 5-10.
4. Journal title. https://doi.org/10.1177/1045159517744752
5. Volume (issue for journals), page range. Article from a reference database
6. Retrieved from DOI or URL of Kagitcibasi, C. (2004). Child development and culture. In C. D.
publication home page. You may need to Spielberger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology.
search online for the URL. Retrieved from https://www.elsevier.com/

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