Hanley Library - APA-Style Citations
This is a guide to creating APA-style citations.
General Form for Articles from Periodicals
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number, page number-page number.
Journal Article - continuous pagination - 1 author
Ruffman, T. (1999). Children's understanding of logical inconsistency. Child Development, 70, 872-886.
Journal Article - journal paginated by issue - 2 authors
Monit, E. J., & Tingen, M. S. (1999). Multiple paradigms of nursing science. Advances in Nursing Science, 21(4), 64-80.
Journal Article - continuous pagination - 3 or more authors
Woolley, J. D., Phelps, K. E., Davis, D. L., & Mandell, D. J. (1999). Where theories of mind meet magic: The development of children's beliefs about wishing. Child Development, 70, 571-587.
Journal Article viewed in electronic full text database, such as OVID
Taylor, P. (1999). Comprehensive nursing case management: An advanced practice model. Nursing Case Management, 4, 2-13. Retrieved August 27, 1999 from OVID database.
Electronic Journal Article based on print format
Downing, P.E. (2000). Interactions between visual working memory and Selective attention [electronic version]. Psychological Science, 11, 413-467.
Magazine Article
Boawer, B. (1999, July 17). Memory may go to pieces in schizophrenia. Science News, 156, 39.
Newpaper Article - No author
Abbreviate p. (page) or pp. (pages) to preceed the page number(s)
in a citation for a newspaper article. Do not include this abbreviation
in citations for other types of sources.
Study confirms risk caused by stress. (1999, March 10). The New York Times, p. A17.
Book
Include the state or country after the city only if the city is not
well known or could be confused with another city. Give the name of
the publisher in as brief a form as is intelligible.
Pope, K. S., & Brown, L. S. (1996). Recovered memories of abuse: Assessment, therapy, forensics. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
World Wide Web Site
Document published on a World Wide Web site
Fowler, M. (2000, April 20). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Retrieved September 6, 2001, from http://www.kidsource.com/ NICHCY/ADD1.html.
For additional information, connect to the APA website.