Resources for Citing and Referencing in APA Format 

 
 

APA Citation & Reference Style

APA Documentation Method:

I strongly encourage every student to take the time to complete the following online APA Citation and Reference Tutorial offered by Harvard University. One of the objectives of this class is that you learn how to use the APA documentation style. You can learn everything you need to know about how to use this method by studying the material at the following sites. Please understand that any of your discussion questions or your student presentation papers that are lacking in complete APA styled documentation will be returned to you and will not be graded until they are in order.

APA Citation & Reference Style
 

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association
 

Purdue University: Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition)
 
Citation Styles: APA
 
APA Crib Sheet
 

Citations in the APA Style (Indiana University)

Citing Sources Using APA Manual (6th ed.) from Nova Southeastern University: Covers in-text citations, paraphrasing, direct quotes, citing secondary sources and offers numerous examples for in-text citations and within the Reference list. It is useful in that it refers to page numbers in the APA 6th ed. for more information.

APA Exposed: Everything You Wanted to Know about APA Format but Were Afraid to Ask. From Harvard?s Graduate School of Education

APA Samples for a Bibliography from the Ithaca College Library

APA Guide to Electronic Resources

APA Guide, Concordia University Library

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding APA Style

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association

 

Northern Arizona University: Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition)

 

APA Crib Sheet

 

APA Legal Citations and Referencing

 
STUDENTS' QUESTIONS ABOUT REFERENCES

In APA style, the sources in a paper are listed alphabetically on a separate page headed References. It follows the final page of the text and is numbered. Entries appear in alphabetical order according to the last name of the author; two or more works by the same author appear in chronological order by date of publication date. When there are two or more books or articles by the same author, repeat the name of the author in each entry. When using the examples hyper-linked below, it is important to follow the suggested pattern closely, even to the spacing of periods, commas, etc.
  1. What does a reference look like for a Single Author Book?  
  2. What about a book written by More than One Author?
  3. What if I'm Not Using a First Edition?  
  4. How do I list an Edited Volume? 
  5. What happens if my book has No Author or Editor listed? 
  6. I have a Multiple Volume Work here. How do I list that?
  7. What if I'm using a quote that I discover in a Secondary Source? 
  8. I've used some important definitions from a reputable Dictionary. How should I cite that?
  9. I've found some good information in a Doctoral Dissertation. How would create a reference for that?
  10. What's the proper format for a Magazine or Periodical? 
  11. I've used an article published in a prestigious Scholarly Journal.  How would I cite that?
  12. How would I handle a Newspaper Article? 
  13. Can you give me some examples of how to handle Non-Print Materials?  
  14. I have important, reliable information from Personal Interviews and Phone Conversations.  How do I document those resources? 
  15. My professor just gave us some great information in a Classroom Lecture. Can I use that? 
  16. I have several documents from the Government and ERIC to list. What's the proper format? 
  17. I have discovered several resources using the Internet and CD-ROM Resources.  How do I document that material? [NOTE: For this class never list the date as n.d. If there is not a date of publication or date of posting, use the current year.]
  18. I've been asked to create an Annotated Bibliography.  How do I go about that? 
  19. I have been required to cite and reference case-law decisions from the courts. How do I do this?
STUDENTS' QUESTIONS ABOUT PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS
Your reader should be able to discover ? without undue fuss ? the source of any language or ideas you have used in writing your paper that are not your own. This is an important part of being a responsible member of the academic community. When you use the ideas or language of someone else, you can refer your reader easily to that resource by using a documentation technique called parenthetical citation. In parentheses, at the end of the quoted language or borrowed idea, key words and page numbers can refer your reader to your page of References, where he or she can then find out whatever bibliographic information is necessary to track down that resource. BTW, What is a Parenthetical Citation? How does that work?