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APA Style Guide

Prepared by Pickler Memorial Library Staff from Publication Manual of the APA, 6th edition, 2010 &
APA Style Guide for Electronic References, 2007
Revised 8/09

Articles from Journals
Article from a Printed Journal	Brown, E. (1996). The lake of seduction. JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama, 2(2), 175-200.
Article from a Printed Journal with Multiple Authors	Jones, G., Hanton S., & Connaughton, D. (2002). What is this thing called mental toughness? An investigation of elite sport performers. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 14, 205- 218.
Article from an Online Journal	Evnine, S. J. (2001). The universality of logic: On the connection between rationality and logical ability. Mind, 110, 335-367. Retrieved from http://www3.oup.co.uk/mind/
Full-Text Journal Article from a Database	Holton, W. (1994). The Ohio Indians and the coming of the American Revolution in Virginia. The Journal of Southern History, 60, 453-478. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org
Articles from Magazines
Article from a Printed Magazine	Gawande, A. (2001, July 9). The man who couldn't stop eating. The New Yorker, 77(1), 66-75.
Article from an Online Magazine	Saletan, W. (2001, August 16). The ethicist's new clothes. Slate. Retrieved from http://slate.msn.com/framegame/entries/01-08- 16_113959.asp
Full-Text Magazine Article from a Database	Gore, R. (2001, April). Pharaohs of the sun. National Geographic, 199. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com
Books
Book with a Single Author	Fleming, T. (1997). Liberty!: The American Revolution. New York: Viking.
Book with Two Authors	Sennett, R., & Cobb, J. (1972). The hidden injuries of class. New York: Vintage Books.
Book with Three or More Authors	Schwartz, D., Ryan, S., & Wostbrock, F. (1995). The encyclopedia of TV game shows. New York: Facts on File.
Article within a Book	Cassel, J., & Zambella, B. (1996). Without a net: Supporting ourselves in a tremulous atmosphere. In T. W. Leonhardt (Ed.), "LOEX" of the West: Teaching and learning in a climate of constant change (pp. 75-92). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press Inc.
Article in an Encyclopedias and other Multi-Volume Works	Lumiansky, R.M. (1998). Chaucer. In The new encyclopaedia Britannica ( Vol. 15, pp. 745-748). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Electronic Book	Norman, R. (1998). The Moral Philosophers. Retrieved from http://books.google.com
Book Reviews
Book Reviews	Salinger, S. V. (2001, November 17). Women of Colonial Times. [Review of the book Not all wives: Women of colonial Philadelphia, by K. Wulf]. The Journal of American History, 88, 184-185.
Government Documents
Government Documents	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www..nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf
Newspaper Articles
Newspaper Articles	Holden, S. (1998, May 16). Frank Sinatra dies at 82: Matchless stylist of pop. The New York Times, pp. A1, A22-A23.
Online Newspaper	Carnes, Mandy. (2004, April 22). Bulldogs rack up votes. Truman State University Index. Retrieved from http://index.truman.edu
Full-Text Newspaper Article from an Online Database	Cowell, A. (2001, September 3). Britain faces flurry of illegal migrants using channel tunnel. New York Times. Retrieved from http://lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic
Online (Digitized) Collection	"Websites themselves do not belong in references, only documents, publications, or images available from those websites. So, for example, if you want to inform readers about the existence of a website or about the collections available at a website, just give the url in the text (or possibly in a footnote). If you want to cite a specific document or image available from this website, then follow the Publication Manual guidelines for the specific type of material being cited (see Sections 7.03, 7.09, and 7.10 in the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual). Klein, Shelley M. Manuscript Editor, APA Journals Online. (2009, August 27). [Letter to Carol Lockhart] Copy in possession of Carol Lockhart. Email. Whole Website Eample: "An invaluable collection of important documents can be found at the American Memory website sponsored by the Library of Congress (http://memory.loc/gov/ammem.index.html)." One Document from a Website: Havens, J., & Dering, S. (1791, November 1). [Letter to Thomas Jefferson]. The Thomas Jefferson Papers Series 1, General Correspondence 1651–1827 (Image 2 of 1309). Retrieved from American Memory, Library of Congress website: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage? collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page015.db&recNum= 1&itemLink=/ammem/collections/jefferson _papers/mtjser1.html&linkText=6
Primary Sources
Letter	"Personal communications ma;y be private letters, memos, some electronic communications (e.g. e-mail or messages from nonarchived discussion groups or electronic bulletin boards), personal interviews, telephone conversations, and the like. Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are not included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in text only. Give the initials as well as the surname or the communicatorm, and provide as exact a date as possible." (p179, Sect. 6.20) E. Miller (personal communciation, March 3, 1865)
Interview recorded and available in an archive.	Smith, M.B. (1989, August 12). Interview by C.A. Kiesler [Tape recording]. President's Oral History Project, American Psychological Association. APA Archives, Washington, DC.
Motion Picture	Kopelson, A. (Producer), & Stone, O. (Writer/Director). (1986). Platoon [Motion Picture]. United States: Hemdale Film Corporation.
Web Pages
Web Pages	National Park Service. (2003, February 11). Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site. Retrieved February 13, 2003, from http://www.nps.gov/abli/
Blog Posting
Blog Posting	MiddleKid. (2007, January 22). Re: The unfortunate prerequisites and consequences of partitioning your mind [Web log message}. Retrieved from http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/01/the_unfortunate_prerequisites.php
Electronic Mailing List
Electronic Mailing List	Smith, S. (2006, January 5). Re: Disputed estimates of IQ [Electronic mailing list message]. Retrieved from http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ForensicNetwork/message/670