APA Style Help

 

This and the following two pages are borrowed heavily from apastyle.org (http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html) and Honolulu Community College Library (http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/library/apa.pdf).  Assembled by Ms. Lowe and Mr. Grunander.

Note: this is not a complete list, but useful examples. If more help is needed, it may be found online or by talking with Mr.Grunander.

 

Books

One author

    In-text citation

         Last name, year, page number)

    Example

         (Lowe, 1998, 4)

    Bibliography format:

          Author Last, First. (Year). Book Title in Italics. Location: Publisher.

    Example:

          Lowe, D. E. (1998). Summation of prion research for aspiring scientists. Provo, UT: Made-up Name Press.

Multiple authors

    In-text citation

          First citation:

                   (Last names separated by commas, year, page)

          All other citations

                    (First author's last name, et al., year, page)

    Examples:

          First citation:

                    (Wasserstein, Zappulla, Rosen, Gerstman and Rock, 1994, 407)

          All other citations:

                    (Wasserstein, et al., 1994, 407)

    Bibliography format:

          Name and initials, name and initials, (year). Title of book in italics. Place: Publisher.

    Example:

          Roeder, K., Howdeshell, J., Fulton, L., Lochhead, M., Craig, K., Peterson, R., et.al. (1967). Nerve cells and insect behavior. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

No Author/ Corporation

    In-text citation

          No name:

                    (Article, Date, Page)

          Corporate

                    (Corporation, Date, Page)

    Examples:

          No Author:

                    (When Good Viruses Go Bad, 2003, 17-20)

          Corporate

                    (Institute of Financial Education, 1982, 117)

    Bibliography format:

          No Author:

                    Title of book. (Date). Place: Publisher.

          Corporate:

                    Name of corporation. (Date). Title in italics. Place: Publisher.

 

Examples:

          No Author:

                    When Good Viruses Go Bad. (2003). Kathmandu, Nepal: Himalaya Press.

          Corporate

                    Institute of Financial Education. (1982). Managing personal funds. Chicago: Midwestern.

 

Magazines (Newspapers too)

    One author

          In-text citation

                    (Last name, date, page number)

          Example:

                    (Lowe, 1998, 4)

          Bibliography format:

                    Author Last, First. (Date). Article title. Magazine Title in italics, pages.

          Example:

                    Lowe, D. E. (1998, October 20). Summation of prion research for aspiring scientists. Super-Cool Magazine, pp 15-30.

    Multiple authors

          In-text citation

                    (Last name, last name & last name, date, page number)

          Example:

                    (Joreskog & Sorbom, 1989, 12)

          Bibliography format:

                    Author Last, First. (Date). Article title. Magazine Title in italics, pages.

          Example:

                    Lowe, D. E. (1998, October 20). Summation of prion research for aspiring scientists. Super-Cool Magazine, pp 15-30.

 

Internet

    Internet-only Article

Lastname, First & Last Initials. (Date of Publication). Title of Article. Publication with volume and pages or site sponsor. Date retrieved, from website.

    Example:

Lowe, D.E., & Grunander, C.J. (2007). Science fair help: middle students need help. Midvale Journal, 1: 2-3. Retrieved August 29, 2007, from http://www.geocities.com/sc3grunander

 

No author, no date

          In-text citation

                    (Company, date accessed, paragraph number)

          Example:

                    (Georgia Tech, 2005, 5)

          Bibliography format:

                    Company name. (n.d.). Article title. Retrieved month day, year, from source.

          Example

                    Georgia Tech. (N.d.). GVU's 8th user survey. Retrieved September 30, 2005, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/

 

Note:  If you can’t find the necessary information, you probably shouldn’t use that information.

 

 

Internet Adobe Acrobat Document (PDF) Basic Form

          In-text citation

                    (Last name or company, date, paragraph number)

          Example:

                    (Harris Interactive, 1989, 5)

          Bibliography format:

                    Author or sponsoring organization. (Date). Document title or name of Web page. Retrieved [date] from [pdf page] at [URL]

          Example

                    Harris Interactive Inc. (2001). Twelve uses for Fungus. Retrieved February 7, 2005, from page 3 at http://www.madeupthissite.com/articles/150601/fungus.pdf.

 

Interview

    You have a copy of the interview

          In-text citation

                    (Last name, date, personal interview)

          Example:

                    (Jacobson, 2005, personal interview)

          Bibliography format:

                    Last, first. (Date). Description of interview with day, month and year. [Media source of interview] Location, if applicable.

          Example:

                    Jacobson, E.G. (2005) Personal phone interview on December 15,2005. [cassette recording in possession of author]. Bountiful, UT.

 

 

    Personal interview, no record exists

          In-text citation

                    (Last name, date, personal interview)

          Example:

                    (Jacobson, 2005, personal interview)

          Bibliography format:

                    Last, first. (Date). [Description of interview with day, month and year]. Location, if applicable.

          Example

                    Jacobson, E.G. (2005) [Personal phone interview on December 15,2005].