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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.

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.

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.

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.

SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLE from PRINT SOURCE

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

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

JOURNAL and MAGAZINE ARTICLE from an ONLINE DATABASE with DOI

Last Name, First Name Initial (Date). Article Title. Magazine Title or Journal Title, Volume(Issue No.), Page

      Numbers. Retrieved Date, doi

     Ex. :

Lee, S., Arozullah, A., Cho, Y., Crittenden, K., & Vicencio, D. (2009, March). Health literacy, social support,

    and health status among older adults. Educational Gerontology, 35(3), 191-201. Retrieved February 26,

     2009, doi:10.1080/03601270802466629

JOURNAL and MAGAZINE ARTICLE from an ONLINE DATABASE IF DOI is not available

Last Name, First Initial. (Date). Article title. Journal title. Volume(Issue Number). Date Retrieved from Name of Database.

 Ex. :

Wickersham, M. (2009, March). Leading by example: High ethical expectations foster trust in schools.

     American School Board Journal, 196(3), 20-20. Retrieved March 2, 2009, from Academic Search Elite database.

 

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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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