apa 6th edition

Referencing style

Mihir Joshi

05/01/23 Mihir Joshi 1

Today: •Introduction to APA Style 6th edition


The APA System:In most Social sciences Journals, you will be asked to use the APA system for documenting sources. APA recommends in-text citations that refer readers to a list of references:

• General Form for Article in a Journal

Author, A.A. , Author, B.B. , & Author, C.C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, xx(xx), xxx-xxx

Where xx denotes the volume number and

(xx) denotes the issue number

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Examples

One Author

Williams, J.H. (2008). Employee engagement: Improving participation in safety. Professional Safety, 53(12), 40-45.

Two to Seven Authors[List all authors]

Keller, A.E. , Winchester, J. D. , & Cooper, S.J.(2006) . Approaching the transition to adulthood: Distinctive profiles of adolescents aging out of the child welfare system. Social Services Review, 81, 564-570.



Examples

Eight or More Authors [List First six authors,..and the last author]Allen, B., Roark , M., Kerry, T.J. , Winchester, S. , Hofstadter L., Williams, J.H.,…….Andy, T. (2009) . An Experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children of Divorce. Journal of Clinical psychology, 81, 555-571.

Magazine ArticleMathews, J. , Berrett,D., & Brillman, D. (2005, May 17). Other winning equations. Newsweek, 145(20), 68-69.


Books ,Chapters in Books ,Reports etc.

General Form

Author, A.A. (Year). Title of Work. Location: Publisher.

One Author

Alexie, S. (1998) . The business of fancy dancing: stories and poems. Brooklyn, NY : Hazel Green Press.

Anonymous Author

Dorland’s illustrated medical Dictionary (21st ed.) . (2007). Philadelphia, PA: Saunders


ERIC Document

Shyyan, V., Thurlow, M. , & Liu, K. (2008) . Students perceptions of instructional strategies: Voices of English Language learners with disabilities. Minneapolis, MN: National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota. Retrieved from the ERIC database. (ED499609)

TWO OR MORE WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR:

Use the author’s name for all entries. List the entries by year, the earliest first.

Schlechty, P. C. (1997).

Schlechty, P. C. (2001).


Online Journals

General Format

Author, A.A., Author, B.B., Author, C.C. (Year). Title of article. Name of Journal, xx, xxx-xxx. doi: xxxxx

Example

Thapar, S.K., Ross, T., Andrew, H. (2011). Inside Management story: A survey on teamwork and its positives. British Journal of Management, 12. 88-120. doi: 10.1121/j. 1243-4456.2011.00890.x

Some Formatting Notes:

Holliday, R. E., & Hayes, B. K. (2001). Dissociating

automatic andintentional processes in

eyewitness memory. Journal ofExperimental

Child Psychology, 75(1), 1-5. Retrieved

February 21,2001, from Expanded Academic

ASAP database (A59317972).

Article, chapter, Poem, and story titles are written in lower case without italics or quotation marks.

Journal and Book Titles are italicized.

Document # provided only when available.URL’s aren’t provided for

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General Guidelines for Listing Authors:•Alphabetize entries in the list of references by authors last names;

•If a work has no author, alphabetize it by its title;

• The first element of each entry is important because citations in the text of the paper refer to it and readers will be looking for it in the alphabetized list. Make sure the first element of each entry corresponds with your in-text citations;

•The date of publication appears immediately after the first element of the citation.


Examples:

NAME AND DATE CITED IN TEXT:

Duncan (2001) has reported that . . .

BEGINNING OF ENTRY IN THE LIST OF REFERENCES:

Duncan, B. (2001).


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