APA Style Guide

Prepared by Pickler Memorial Library Staff from Publication Manual of the APA, 5th edition, 2001 &
APA Style Guide for Electronic References, 2007
Revised 1/09

Articles from Journals
Article from a Printed Journal	Brown, E. (1996). The lake of seduction: Silence, hysteria, and the space of feminist theatre. JTD: Journal of Theatre and Drama, 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, 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. Available from http://www.netlibrary.com.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews	Salinger, S. V. (2001). [Review of the book Not all wives: Women of colonial Philadelphia]. The Journal of American History, 88, 184-185.
Government Documents
Government Documents	Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 1998: Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 105th Cong., 2nd sess. 1 (1998).
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 October 19, 2001, from http://lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic
Primary Sources
Interview	"Because they do not provide recoverable discussion data, personal communications are not included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in text only."(p.214, Sect. 3.102) APA does not have an example of a television interview citation. Breslin, Jimmy. (personal communciation, March 26, 1865)
Motion Picture	Kopelson, A. (Producer), & Stone, O. (Writer/Director). (1986). Platoon [Motion Picture]. United States: Hemdale Film Corporation
Online (Digitized) Collections	Eaton, S. (1907). Sermons on Advertising. Retrieved August 23, 2001, from Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Web site: http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/dynaweb/ eaa/databases/printlit/@Generic__BookTextView/1851
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/
Online Posting
Online Posting	Casper, K. (2001, October 1). Re: watered down curricula. Message posted to http://mathforum.org/epigone/ math-teach
Email Message
Email Message	Note: In APA style, email messages should not be included in the Works Cited list, because they are personal communications and cannot be retrieved by a third party. They should, however, be cited in text (see APA: In-text Parenthetical Citations.)

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