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- Documenting Sources: References List & In-text Citations
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- Allows readers to locate your sources easily.
- Provides consistent format within a discipline.
- Protects you from plagiarism.
- Gives you credibility as an author.
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- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th
ed., 2001)
The “Bible” of the APA style. Often called the “APA Manual.”
- APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2007). Supplement to the Publication
Manual.
- C.O.D. Library Web site
www.cod.edu/library > Citing Sources > APA
Examples and other helpful Web sites
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- Papers in APA style require a title page.
- Include the paper’s title and your name, course, professor’s name, date.
- Ask your instructor for title page requirements!
- Student Paper Example
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- Ask your instructor for requirements!
- 12 pt. Times New Roman font preferred or a non-serif font, but ask your
instructor.
- Double-spaced.
- 1 inch margins.
- Abbreviated title is header for all pages.
- Pages are numbered.
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- See pages 117-118 in the APA manual.
- Also see OWL (Purdue University) Web site
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- See pages 349-350 in the APA manual.
- Also see OWL (Purdue University) Web site
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- Student Paper Example
- Also see example in APA manual.
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- Called “References,” alphabetized by item (author or title).
- A list of every source that you make reference to in your paper.
- Provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve
any sources cited in your paper.
- Each source cited in the paper must appear on the References list, and
vice versa.
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- Student paper example
Go to the end of the paper to see the “References.”
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- Citations should contain the following information: author’s name, title
of work, publication information, to the extent that you can find this
information about the source.
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- Schneck, C. (2007). Sleep: The mysteries, the
- problems, and the solutions. New York:
Avery.
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Frey, R. J. (2003). Post-traumatic stress disorder. In The Gale
encyclopedia of mental disorders (Vol. 2, pp. 786-789). Detroit: Gale.
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Mattia, J.I., & Zimmerman, M. (2001). Epidemiology. In W.J.
Livesley (Ed.), Handbook of personality disorders: Theory, research,
and treatment (pp. 107-123). New York: Guilford Press.
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Verona, E., & Kilmer, A. (2007). Stress exposure and affective
modulation of aggressive behavior in men and women. Journal of
Abnormal Psychology 116(2), 410-421.
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Norvilitus, J. M., Szablicki, P. B., & Wilson, S. D. (2003).
Factors influencing levels of credit-card debt in college students. Journal
of Applied Social Psychology, 33(5), 935-947. Retrieved January 27,
2009, from Academic OneFile database.
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Andersson, G. (2009). Foster children: A longitudinal study of
placements and family relationships. International Journal of Social
Welfare, 18(1), 13-26. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2397.2008.00570.x
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- Martin, J. (2008, November). A growing problem for veterans—domestic
violence. Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved March 28, 2009,
from http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/12902.html
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- Obsessive-compulsive disorder. (2007, September 16). National Institute
of Mental Health. Retrieved
September 30, 2007, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
health/topics/obsessive-compulsive- disorder-ocd/index.shtml
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Archer, Z. (n.d.). Exploring nonverbal communication. Retrieved
February 10, 2009, from http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer
- Citations should be double-spaced with a hanging indent.
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- Netter, F. (2005). Heart [Electronic illustration]. Retrieved February
10, 2009, from http:// www.usip.edu/museum/
netter_detail3.htm.
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- [Untitled image of a chest X-ray]. Retrieved February 10, 2009, from
http://www.merritt.edu/~radte/.
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- Go to Web sites listed on the Citing Sources page under “Other
Resources” for more examples and explanations.
- Google it! e.g. magazine article APA style, but be careful to use a good
Web site.
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- Sometimes called parenthetical citations.
- Done within the text of your paper after you’ve quoted or paraphrased
from a source.
- Each source cited in the paper must appear on your “References” list,
and vice versa.
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- Social historian Richard Sennett (1980) names the tendency to come to
terms with difficult experiences a "purification process"
whereby "threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to
preserve intact a clear and articulated image of oneself and one’s place
in the world" (p. 11).
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- The tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences is referred to
as a "purification process" whereby "threatening or
painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and
articulated image of oneself and one’s place in the world"
(Sennett, 1980, p.11).
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- Several critics of the concept of the transparent society ask if a large
society would be able to handle the complete loss of privacy
("Surveillance Society," 1998, p. 115).
- Use an abbreviated version of the title.
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- Citing Sources page on Library’s Web site
- Library’s Reference Desk—in person, email, or IM
- Writing & Reading Center
IC 3040 & Library 3018
(630) 942-3355 or make appointment online
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