APA Style
Young Harris College
Prepared by staff at Duckworth Library. Based on APA Publication Manual, 5 th ed., 2001.)
When using APA style, place a list of cited sources, arranged alphabetically, after the text of your essay but before any appendixes or explanatory notes.
Authors, editors and translators: use last name and initials. If more than 6 authors or editors, use et al. to indicate remaining authors.
If no author or editor, start with title and place publication date after title.
Titles: capitalize first word and names only.
Citations should be double spaced. (They aren't here because of the limitations of the web)
Books (if you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available):
- Author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial. & second author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial.
- (Publication date). Book title. (Editor, translator, compiler). (Edition, Volume range). Place of
publication: Publisher.
Example :
- Gilman, S. & Greenbaum, S. (1990). Life beyond Freud (D. Fox, Ed.). (3 rd ed., Vols. 1-2). New York:
- Plymouth UP.
Encyclopedia
Example :
- Mohanty, J.M. (1987). Indian philosophy. In The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (15 th ed.,
- Vol. 13, p.66-96). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
DSM
- American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4 th
- ed.). Washington, DC: Author.*
(*The Association is both author and publisher.)
Electronic books (if you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available)
- Author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial. & second author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial.
- (Publication date). Book title . (Editor, translator, compiler). (Edition, Volume range). Place of publication: Publisher for original print version. Retrieved Date of access, from place of access,Title of Internet site, editor of site, version number, date of electronic publication. Web site: URL for site
Example :
- Gilman, S. & Greenbaum, S. (1990). Life beyond Freud (D. Fox, Ed.). (3 rd ed., Vols. 1-2). New York:
- Plymouth UP. Retrieved November 14, 2004, from Young Harris College, netLibrary. Web site: http://www.netlibrary.com
Electronic newspaper/magazine article from library databases :
- Author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial. & second author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial.
- (Publication date). Article title. Magazine Title (Issue, if given) inclusive pages. Retrieved Date of access, from place of access, from Title of Internet site, Name of service. Web site: URL of site’s search page
Example :
- Rubenking, N. J. (2004, December 28). MSN search prepares to battle Google. PC Magazine , 41.
- Retrieved January 4, 2005 from Young Harris College, from Academic Search Premier, EBSCO via GALILEO. Web site: http://www.galileo.usg.edu
Note: EBSCO, ProQuest, and LexisNexis databases are provided to the YHC through GALILEO. These are examples of the four main databases at YHC.
Academic Search Premier, EBSCO via GALILEO
Research Library, Proquest via GALILEO
LexisNexis via GALILEO
OmniFile Full Text, H.W. Wilson
Electronic scholarly journal* article from library databases :
*Scholarly journals are usually “peer reviewed” or “referreed”
- Author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial. & second author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial.
- (Publication date). Article title. Magazine Title, volume (Issue, if given) inclusive pages. Retrieved Date of access, from place of access, from Title of Internet site, Name of service. Web site: URL of site’s search page
Example :
- Trimmel, M. (2003, Winter) Stress response caused by system response time when searching for
- information on the Internet. Human Factors 45(4) 615-21. Retrieved January 4, 2005, from Young Harris College, from OmniFile Full Text, H.W. Wilson. Web site: http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com
Web site :
- Author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial. & second author’s last name, first initial. Middle initial.
- (Publication date or last date of update or n.d. if no date found). Title of site . Editor. Version number. Name of sponsoring institution or organization. Retrieved Date
Example :
- Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project at Young Harris College . (2004, March 19). Young Harris
- College. Retrieved January 4, 2005, from http.//www.vietnamvetstory.org
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September 14, 2005 11:22 AM