APA Style
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Library
Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (2010).
This is a guide to some of the most frequently used entries. For additional information, please consult copies of the Publication Manual in the library [call
number: Ref BF76.7.P83 2010].
Type of Entry
Examples of References
Citation in Text
Book Single Author
Shotton, M. A., Jr. (1989). Computer addiction? A
study of computer dependency (2nd ed.). London,
England: Taylor & Francis.
(Shotton, 1989)
Book Three or More
Authors
Luce, M. F., Bettman, J. R., & Payne, J. W. (2001).
Emotional decisions: Tradeoff difficulty and
coping in consumer choice. Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.
(Luce, Bettman, & Payne,
2001)
1st citation
(Luce et al., 2001)
subsequent citation
Book Edited
Jankowiak, W. R. (Ed.). (2008). Intimacies: Love and
sex across cultures. New York, NY: Columbia
University Press.
(Jankowiak, 2008)
Book Online Only
OKeefe, E. (n.d.). Egoism & the crisis in Western
values. Retrieved from http://www.onlineoriginals.
com/showitem.asp?itemID=135
(OKeefe, n.d.)
Book One Chapter
Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of
subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen
(Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp.
17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
(Haybron, 2008)
Article Print
Scholarly Journal
(continuous pagination)
Corrigan, P. (2004). How stigma interferes with mental
health care. American Psychologist, 59, 614-625.
(Corrigan, 2004)
Article Print
Scholarly Journal
(pagination by issue)
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the
hiring process in organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2),
10-36.
(Klimoski & Palmer, 1993)
Article Online with
Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer
support, marital status, and the survival times of
terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225.
(Herbst-Damm & Kulik,
2005)
Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional
intelligence and self-esteem mediate between
perceived early parental love and adult happiness.
E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48.
Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.
php/ejap
(Sillick & Schutte, 2006)
Digital Object Identifier
(DOI); see the Manual
pp. 187-191.
Article Online
without Digital Object
Identifier (DOI); see the
Manual pp. 187-191.
Continued
Article Print
Magazine
Posner, M. I. (1993, October 29). Seeing the mind.
Science, 262, 673-674.
(Posner, 1993)
Article Print
Newspaper; No Author
New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from
heart failure. (1993, July 15). The Washington Post,
p. A12, A15.
(New Drug, 1993)
Article Online
Newspaper
Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves
keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved
from http://www.nytimes.com
(Brody, 2007)
Article Encyclopedia
Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new
encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508).
Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica.
(Bergmann, 1993)
Review Book
Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text
or context? [Review of the book The social life of
information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science,
290, 1304.
(Schatz, 2000)
DVD
Grazer, B., & Howard. R. (Producers), & Howard, R.
(Director). (2002). A beautiful mind [DVD].
Universal City, CA: Universal.
(Grazer & Howard, 2002)
Annual Report
Nabisco. (2008). 2007 Annual Report. Parsippany, NJ:
Author.
(Nabisco, 1996)
Congressional Hearing
Urban Americas need for social services to strengthen
families: Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and
Means, House of Representatives, 102d Cong. 1
(1992).
(Urban Americas Need,
1992)
Government
Document Online
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools
(NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/
asth_sch.pdf
(U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, 2003)
ERIC Document
Kubota, K. (2007). Soaking model for learning:
Analyzing Japanese learning/teaching process
from a socio-historical perspective. Retrieved from
ERIC database. (ED498566)
(Kubota, 2007)
Thesis/Dissertation
Leick, D. M. (2007). Family stories: The transfer of
moral values to future generations (Unpublished
masters thesis). University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, Stevens Point, WI.
(Leick, 2007)
Personal
Communication
***Cite personal communication in text only. Do NOT
include them in the reference list.***
-See the Publication Manual 6.20 (p. 179)
(P. Becker, personal
communication, September 2,
2009)
Statute
See the Manual pp.
219-221.
Mental Health Systems Act, 42 U.S.C. 9401 (1988).
Mental Health Systems Act
of 1988
