APA (American Psychological Association) Style Guide

	APA style is used by Psychology and some of the other sciences.  Check with your professor. Book Book Article or Chapter Journal Article Journal or Magazine Article Article from a Database Newspaper Article Encyclopedia Article ERIC Document Website Notes & Tips

*Citation information is from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association , 4 copies of which can be found in the library- BF76.7 .P83 2001.

Book (4.16, 23-32)

Nevid, J. S. (2003). Abnormal psychology in a changing world. Upper Saddle       
      River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.  

Book Article or Chapter (4.16, 34-40)

Sternberg, R. J. and Grigorenko E. L. (2005). Cultural explorations of the nature of
      intelligence. In A.F. Healy (Ed.), Experimental cognitive psychology and its
      applications (pp. 225-236). Washington, DC : American Psychological
      Association.

Journal Article (4.16, 1-5, use for journals that start each issue with page one)

Schoeneman, T., Henderson, C., & Weathers, V. (2005, April). Interior landscapes
      of mental disorder: Visual representations of the experience of madness.
      American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 75(2), 171-189.

Journal or Magazine Article (4.16, 1-5, use for journals where the page numbering continues from issue to issue)

Cookson, P., & Persell, C. (1986, March). The price of privilege. Psychology Today,
      20(3), 30-35.

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Article from a Database (4.16, 71-73)

Schoeneman, T., Henderson, C., & Weathers, V. (2005). Interior landscapes of mental
      disorder: Visual representations of the experience of madness. American Journal of
      Orthopsychiatry, 75, 171-189.  Retrieved July 28, 2007, from the PsycINFO database.

Newspaper Article (4.16, 9-11)

O'Connor A. (2004, March 23). Dreams ride on Freud's royal road, study
      finds. New York Times (Late Edition (East Coast)), p. F.5.

Encyclopedia Article (4.16, 38)

Miller, R. R., and Grace R. C. (2003). Conditioning and learning.  In Handbook of
      psychology (Vol. 4, pp. 357-397). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

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ERIC Document (4.16, 43)

Hevern, V. (1996, August 1). Values-oriented public policy forums: Active learning
      in abnormal psychology. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED406633)

Website (4.16, 78. See reference desk for further information.)

Buckley, T. (2007). Traumatic stress and motor vehicle accidents.  Retrieved July 2,
      2007, from United States Department of Veteran Affairs Web site:
      http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_mva.html

Notes & Tips

• If you are using the style for Copy Manuscripts, doublespace all lines. If you are using the style for Final Manuscripts, singlespace all lines and skip a line in between each reference. Ask your professor which style to follow.
• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Indent the second and following lines 5 to 7 spaces or one half inch.
• Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
• If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
• Article titles and book titles: capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle. (Capitalize all significant words of periodical titles.)
• If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.
• Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
• Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).
• The rules concerning a title within a title are not displayed here for purposes of clarity. See the printed version of the manual for details.
• For documents and situations not listed here, see the printed version of the manual.

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