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CitingBooks:Printedbook:Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.Location:Publisher.Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA: AcademicPress.E‐Books:Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.RetrievedfromURL(ordoinumber)Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency. Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.aspSchiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722BookChapter:Author,A.A.(year).Chaptertitle.Inauthor,BookTitle(pp.xx‐xx).Location:Publisher.O’Neil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Men’sandwomen’sgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107‐123).NewYork,NY:Springer.ForadditionalhelpseetheAPAlibguideat:http://libguides.library.kent.edu/apa
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CitingPrintJournal/Magazine/NewspaperArticles:Articlefromajournalthatusescontinuouspagination(eachissuestartsonthepagewherethelaststopped):Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#,pp‐pp.Kernis,M.H.(1993).There’smoretoself‐esteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The importanceofstabilityofself‐esteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial Psychology,65,1190‐1204.Articlefromajournalthatdoesnotusecontinuouspagination(eachissuestartsonpage1):Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#(issue#),pp‐pp.Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations. ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),10‐36.Magazinearticle:Author,A.A.(year,month).Titleofarticle.TitleofMagazine,vol#(issue#),pp‐pp.Chamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.,Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker well‐being:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),26‐29.Newspaperarticle:Author,A.A.(year,monthday).Titleofarticle.TitleofNewspaper,pp‐pp.Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4.
CitingElectronicJournals/Magazines/NewspaperArticles:BeforeyouciteanelectronicarticleyouneedtoknowiftheelectronicarticlehasaDOI(digitalobjectidentifier).IfthearticledoeshaveaDOIfollowtheexamplesforcitingaprintsourceandaddthedoiinformationattheendofthecitation.Herbst‐Damm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225‐229. doi:10.1037/0278‐6133.24.2.225Stultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482‐488.doi: 10.1037/0002‐9432.76.4.482IfthearticledoesnothaveaDOIgivetheURLofthejournal/magazine/newspaperhomepage.(Youmayneedtodoawebsearchtofindthisinformation).Clay,R.(2008,June).Sciencevs.ideology:Psychologistsfightbackaboutthemisuse ofresearch. MonitoronPsychology,39(6).Retrievedfrom https://www.apa.org/monitorHager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),28‐36.Retrievedfrom http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.comInternetSources:WebPage:Author,A.A.(dateoflastupdate).Sitetitle.RetrievedfromURLU.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml
Podcast:Author/Producer,A.A.(year,Monthdate).Podcasttitle.[Audiopodcast].RetrievedfromURLVanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast]. Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/Youtubevideo:Author,A.A.(year,Monthday).Title[Videofile].RetrievedfromurlNorton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs
IntextcitationAPAstyleusestheauthoranddatewhencitingsourcesinthetext.Ifyouincludetheauthor’snameinthenarrativeyouonlyneedtoincludetheyearinparentheses.Ifyoudon’tincludetheauthor’snameinthenarrativethenyouputitandtheyearinparentheses.Thereisawonderfulchartonpage177ofthemanualthathelpstoexplaintherules.Ex. Walker(2000)comparedreactiontimes…..Ex. Inarecentstudyofreactiontimes(Walker,2000)Oneworkbymultipleauthors:Ifyourarticle,bookorwebsitehas1or2authorsyoumustalwaysusebothoftheminyourintextcitations.Ex. ashasbeenshown(Joreskog&Sorbom,1989)Ifyourworkhas3,4,or5authorsyoumustcitealltheauthorsforthefirstintextcitation.Ifyoucitethatworkagainyouonlylistthefirstauthorandetal.Ex. thiswasfoundtobetrue(Wasserstein,Zappulla,Rosen,Gerstman,&Rock,1994)Ex. Thetestingwasconcludedin1985(Wassersteinetal.,1994)
Ifyourworkhas6ormoreauthorsyoumustcitethefirstauthorandthenandetal.Ex. Davisetal.(1999)foundthat…Ex. Accordingtothestudy(Davisetal.,1999)Directquotations:Ifyouuseadirectquotationorimageinyourpaperyoumustsaywhatpage(ifanarticle)orparagraph(ifawebsite)thequotationcamefrom.Ex. (Cheek&Buss,1981,p.332)Ex. (Myers,2000,¶5)ReferenceListbasicformat:
Alwaysdouble‐spaceyourreferencelist! Alwaysindentthesecondandsubsequentlinesofacitation! Alwaysarrangeyourreferencelistbytheauthor’slastname Onlyusethefirstandmiddleinitialsoftheauthor’sname,donottypeoutthe
fullname! Ifthearticleorbookhasmultipleauthors,youmustlistallofthemupto7! Usethe&symbolbeforethelastauthor’sname,donottypeouttheword
and! Alwaysitalicizethejournalormagazinetitleandthevolumenumber! Alwaysitalicizethebooktitle. Onlycapitalizethefirstword,firstwordofasubtitle,orpropernounsinan
articleorbooktitle. Makesureyouknowtheformatoftheitemyouareciting(printor
electronic). Donotincluderetrievaldatesunlessthesourcematerialmaychangeover
time(Wikis).Someimportantinformation&changesinthe6thedition:
There should be 2 spaces after periods that end a sentence in the body of the paper.
The number of authors that must be listed on the references page is now 7 and you no longer use et al. on the references page.
The preferred font is Times New Roman 12pt. The paper should be double-spaced. There should be 1-inch margins on all sides of the document. The method and level of headings is simplified in the new edition. Both the page number and running head should be located in the header of the
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ReferencesChamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker well‐being:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),26‐29.Hager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),28‐36.Retrievedfrom http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.comHerbst‐Damm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225‐229. doi:10.1037/0278‐6133.24.2.225Kernis,M.H.(1993).There’smoretoself‐esteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The importanceofstabilityofself‐esteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial Psychology,65,1190‐1204.Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations. ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),10‐36.Norton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZsO’Neil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Men’sandwomen’sgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107‐123).NewYork,NY:Springer.Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA: AcademicPress.
Schiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4.Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency. Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.aspStultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482‐488.doi: 10.1037/0002‐9432.76.4.482U.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hmlVanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast]. Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/This sheet is only a sample of basic APA formatting, if you havequestions please check the Publication manual of the AmericanPsychologicalAssociation,6thed.which is at theReferenceDesk (BF76.7P
