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Citing Resources - APA Print Sources

American Psychological Association (APA) style is used to document sources in a standard format. The following examples show the correct format for parenthetical, or in-text, citing as well as the for the bibliography or works cited. If you use in-text citations you will need to prepare a list of works cited at the end of your paper. If you do not see the example you need listed here, you should consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association available at the Undergraduate Library (UGL) Information Desk.

The format of these examples reflects the most recent style suggested by the APA at (http://www.apastyle.org) and may differ slightly from the examples published in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Book
Encyclopedia Article
Magazine Article
Journal Article
Newspaper Article

Book:

Parenthetical (in-text) citation:

(Author's last name, year published)

(Tannen, 1998)

Bibliography or Works Cited:

Author's last name, initials. (Year published). Book title. City: Publisher.

Tannen, D. (1998). The argument culture: Moving from debate to dialog. New York: Random House.

Encyclopedia Article:

Parenthetical (in-text) citation:

(Author's last name, year published)

(Drexler, 1997)

Bibliography or Works Cited:

Author's last name, initials. (Year published). Title of article. In Title of encyclopedia (Volume number, page numbers). City: Publisher.

Drexler, E. (1997). Nanotechnology. In McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science and technology (Vol. 11, pp. 627-629). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Magazine Article:

Parenthetical (in-text) citation:

(Author's last name, year published)

(Fahey, 2001)

Bibliography or Works Cited:

Author's last name, initials. (Year, month day). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page numbers.

Fahey, J. (2001, February 2). The Science of small. Forbes, 167, 124-128.

Journal Article:

Parenthetical (in-text) citation:

(Author's last name, year published)

(Rodriguez, Crema, & Delibes, 1996)

Bibliography or Works Cited:

Author's last name, initials. (Year published). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers.

Rodriguez, A., Crema, G. & Delibes, M. (1996). Use of non-wildlife passages across a high speed railway by terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 33(6), 1527-1540.

Newspaper Article:

Parenthetical (in-text) citation:

(Author's last name, year published)

(Torres, 2000)

Bibliography or Works Cited:

Author's last name, initials. (Year, month day). Title of article. Newspaper Title, page numbers.

Torres, C. (2000, April 6). Argentine consumers show economic confidence. Wall Street Journal, p.A19.

For more information about citing print resources in APA format, check out the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association available at the Reference Desk located on the second floor of the Perry-Castañeda Library.

To cite online sources, use the examples listed on the APA: Online Sources page.