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Citations

This handy libguide will tell you everything you need to know about citations and how to organize them.

What is APA?

APA is a citation format commonly found in the social and behavioral sciences. If your research has a humanities bent, such as the exploration of ethics or morals within a piece of technology, it may also be appropriate to use APA for your papers. STEM professors will also sometimes encourage or allow their students to use APA.

This slide deck from the Purdue Online Writing Lab is a good introduction to APA.

Below are examples of APA citations using different source formats.

Book Citation in APA

journal article

 

The parts of a book citation in APA are:

  • Author(s)
  • Year (Publication Date)
  • Title (italicized)
  • Edition (if applicable)
  • Place of Publication
  • Publisher

Article Citation in APA

With Digital Object Identier (DOI):

article citation with doi

 

Without DOI :

 

The parts of an article citation in APA are:

  • Author(s)
  • Publication Date
  • Title of Article
  • Title of the magazine or journal  (usually italicized)
  • Volume  & Issue 
  • Page numbers
  • DOI or Database where you retrieved the Article (ie. Academic Search Premier)

 

 

Website Citation in APA

 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In Title of book or larger document (chapter or section number). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ 

 

The parts of a website citation in APA are:

  • Authors
  • Date of publication.
  • Title of article. 
  • Title of book or larger document 
  • (chapter or section number). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ 

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