APA Citation Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition

Book | Magazine/Journal | Newspaper | Web Site | Radio/Television | Computer | Video / DVD

Referring to the Works of Others in Your Text   (Scroll down for this information after you click)

BOOK

Author. , ( Date). Book title. Place of publication: Publisher.

Ex. :
Harris, R. (2001). The plagiarism handbook: Strategies for preventing, detecting and dealing with  

       plagiarism. Los Angeles: Pryczak Publishing.

Herr, J. , Larson, Y. L. , & Tennyson-Grimm, D. (2004). Teacher made materials that really teach. Clifton

      Park, NY: Delmar Learning.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE

Author. (Date). Article title. Book title. (Volume, page numbers). Place of publication:   Publisher.

Ex. :
Deese, D. A. (2003). Persian Gulf War. World book encyclopedia. (Vol. 15, pp. 300a-301). Chicago:

      

       World Book, Inc.

Wood, J. M. , Herber, C. (2000). Nightmares. Encyclopedia of psychology. (Vol. 5, pp. 443-444). New

       York: Oxford University Press.

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BOOK ARTICLE, CHAPTER, SHORT STORY, or POEM

Author. (Date). Title of work. In Editor’s name (Ed. ), Book title (page numbers).  Place of Publication,

       Publisher.

Ex:
O’Connor, J. (1998). Human cloning would be unethical. In Bruno Leone (Ed. ),  Cloning (pp. 9-12). San

        Diego, CA. : Greenhaven Press.

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MAGAZINE ARTICLE from PRINT SOURCE

Author. (Date).Article title. Magazine Title, Volume, Page Numbers.

Ex. :
Donnelly, S. B. (2003, December 15). How Boeing got lost. Time, 162, 49.

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Ex. :
Merricks, T. (2000). The end of counterpart theory. Journal of Philosophy,100, 521-549.

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JOURNAL and MAGAZINE ARTICLE from EBSCO, PROQUEST, and INFOTRAC DATABASES

Author. (Date). Article title. Magazine Title or Journal Title, Volume, Page Numbers.  Retrieved Date

       Accessed, from Database Name.

Ex. :
Kleiner, C. & Lord, M. (1999, November 22). The cheating game. U.S.  News & World Report, 127, 54-62.

        Retrieved August 6, 2003, from EBSCO database.

Minn, S. (2003, December 21). Dumpster-diving for your identity. New York Times Magazine, 42-47.

       Retrieved January 27, 2003, from ProQuest database.

McCahill, L. & Ferrell, B. (2002, March). Palliative Surgery for cancer pain. (evidence based case

       reviews). The Western Journal of Medicine, 176,107-110. Retrieved January 27, 2003, from

       InfoTrac database.

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE from PRINT

Author. (Date). Article title. Newspaper Title, Page Numbers.

Ex. :
Bandler, J. (2004, January 22). Kodak to cut staff up to 21% amid digital push.  Wall Street Journal, A1.

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE from LEXIS-NEXIS DATABASE

Author. (Date). Article title. Newspaper Title. Retrieved Date Accessed, from  Database Name.

Ex. :
Zeinike, K. (2002, November 2). With student cheating on the rise more colleges  are turning to honor

        codes. New York Times. Retrieved January 8, 2004, from Lexis- Nexis Academic Universe

        database.

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WEB SITES

Author. (Date). Article title. Web site Title. Retrieved Date Accessed, from URL  Address.

**Not all web sites will have all of this information. Just use what information is
available.

Ex. :
Study may offer new clue to good memory. CNN.com (2004, January, 24). Retrieved January 27, 2004,

        from http://www.cnn.com.

Stoerger, Sharon. (2003, October 21). Plagiarism. Retrieved November 13, 2003, from

        http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism.

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RADIO or TELEVISION TRANSCRIPTS on LEXIS-NEXIS DATABASE

Name. (Reporter). Episode title. Program Title. Retrieved Date Accessed from Database Name.

Ex. :
Cowan, L. (Reporter). (2003, July, 4). Quiet librarian leads change against justice  department. CBS

       Evening News [Television broadcast]. Retrieved January 27, 2004, from Lexis-Nexis Academic

       Universe database.

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COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Author. (Date). Software title (Version) [Computer software]. Place of publication:  Publisher.

Ex. :
Miller, M.E. (1993). The Interactive Tester (Version 4.0) [Computer software].  Westminster, CA: Psytek

       Services.

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VIDEOTAPE / DVD

EX. :
Last name, first initial. (Producer/Director). (Date). Title of motion picture [Motion Picture]. Country of

       origin: Studio or distributor.

Motion Picture or Videotape with National or International Availability:

Mann, M. (Producer/Director). (2004). Collateral [Motion Picture]. United States: Paramount Pictures.

Motion Picture or Videotape with Limited Availability

Discovery Channel School. (Producer). (2004). Understanding bacteria [Motion Picture]. (Available from

       Discovery Channel Education, Silver Spring, MD 20910).

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