Style Guides
Publication Manual 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: Reference Desk BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832154Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- APA Purdue OWL GuidePurdue OWL's APA Style Guide with examples and sample papers.
About APA
APA (American Psychological Association) Style covers the aspects of scholarly writing most pertinent to writing in psychology, nursing, business, communications, engineering, and related fields. It specifically addresses the preparation of draft manuscripts being submitted for publication in a journal and the preparation of student papers being submitted for a course assignment.
Examples
When citing an article from an online periodical, use the following APA formula (from Purdue OWL):
Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Vol.(Issue), page numbers. DOI
Drollinger, T., Comer, L. B., & Warrington, P. T. (2006). Development and validation of the active empathetic listening scale. Psychology & Marketing, 23(2), 161-180. https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20105
When citing a book in APA, use the following formula (from Purdue OWL):
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI (if available)
Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.
When citing an electronic resource, use the following APA formula (from Purdue OWL):
Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL
Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01
If the quotation you are citing is short, introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses, and the page number in parentheses at the end:
According to Jones (1998), "students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).
If you do not include the author’s name in the text of the sentence, place the author's last name, the year of publication, and the page number in parentheses after the quotation:
She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.
If the quotation you are citing is longer (40+ words) make it a block quote, and the other in-text citation rules still apply:
Pellentesque eleifend egcstas ligula at fringilla. In at dictum urna. Jones's (1998) study found the following:
Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time citing
sources. This difficulty could be attributed to the fact that many students failed to purchase a
style manual or ask their teacher for help. Nulla egestas facilisis sagitils. Suspendise auctor
tincidunt purus, ac efficitur lectus eleifend ac. Morvi eleifend pusurere ipsum, eget molestie
arcu ticidunt eu. (p.199)
(examples provided by Purdue OWL)
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