APA Citations

The following gives you an example for each of the listed possible sources. Please note, that unlike MLA, APA does not identify what type of source it is before you cite it. These subtitles merely allow you to find the type of source you are looking for. See the back page for a sample of a what a complete APA bibliography may look like.

Book: Single author

Morales, E. (2002). Living in spanglish: The search for latino identity in America. Los Angeles:

LA Weekly Books.

Book: Two or more authors

Schofield, J. W., & Davidson, A. L. (2002). Bringing the internet to school: Lessons from an

urban district. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Book: Second or Later Edition

Segen, J.C., & Wade, J. (2002) The patient’s guide to medical tests: Everything you need to

know about the tests your doctor orders (2nd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books.

Book: Corporate Author

Editors of Kipliner’s Personal Finance. (2001). Know your legal rights. Washington, DC:

Kiplinger Washington Editors.

Book: Anthology or Compilation

Sloane, T. O. (Ed.). (2001). Encyclopedia of rhetoric. New York: Oxford University Press.

Chapter in Anthology or Compilation

Lucas, S. E. Public Speaking. In T. O. Sloane (Ed.), Encyclopedia of rhetoric (pp. 640-647).

New York: Oxford University Press.

Magazine Article: Authors Named

Morse, J., Bower, A., Healy, R., Barnes, S., Berestein, L., Locke, L. A., & et al. (2002, April 1).

Women on a binge. Time, 159, 56-61.

Magazine Article: Author unnamed

Too many convicts. (2002, August 10). The Economist, 364, 9.

Journal Article, Continuous Pagination

Downing, J., & Garmon, C. (2001). Teaching students in the basic course how to use

presentation software. Communication Education, 50, 218-229.

Journal Article, Noncontinuous Pagination

Weaver, A. A. (2002). Determinants of environmental attitudes: A five-country comparison.

International Journal of Sociology, 32(1), 77-108.

Newspaper Article, Author Named

Willing, R. (2002, October 7). DNA testing fails to live up to potential. USA Today, pp. 1A-2A.

Newspaper Article, Author Unnamed

States needn’t offer rescue service, court says. (2002, August 11). New York Times, section 1,

p. 22.

Government Publication

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. (2002). America’s children: Key

national indicators of well-being, 2002. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing

Office.

Reference Work, Author Cited

Meek, K.L. (2000). Bhatia, Sharju Pandit. In M. Ogilvie & J. Harvey (Eds.), The biographical

dictionary of women in science: Pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th

century (Vol. 1, pp. 122-123). New York: Routledge.

Reference Work, No Author Cited

Dove, Rita Frances. (2002). In A. N. Henderson & J. M. York (Eds.), Who’s who among African

Americans (p. 356). Detroit, MI: Gale-Thomson Learning.

Personal Interview

J. Rivera (personal communication, March 21, 2003)

Letter or E-Mail Communication

M. Ahmed (personal communication, February 11, 2003)

Speech or Lecture

Huang, W. (2003, February 25). Water pollution [Lecture]. In Geography 212: Environmental

science. University of Florida.

Television Program

Klein, P. (Producer). (2002, Sept. 8). Are we safe? [Television broadcast]. In Sixty minutes. New

York: Columbia Broadcasting System.

Film

Weisberg, R. (Producer), & Aronson, J. (Director). (2000). Sound and fury. [Motion picture]. United

States: Aronson Film Associates. (Available from Filmmaker’s Library, 124 East 40th

Street, Suite 901, New York, NY 10016)

CD-ROM Publication

Shroder, J.F. Afghanistan. (2002). In Microsoft encarta encyclopedia standard 2003. [CD-ROM].

Microsoft Corporation.

Article in Scholarly Journal Reprinted Online

Segrin, C., & Nabi, R.L. (2002). Does television viewing cultivate unrealistic expectations about

marriage? [Electronic version]. Journal of Communication, 52, 247-263.

Online Government Publication

United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2002, May 9). Drugs and crime

facts. Retrieved May 15, 2002, from http://ww.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/dcf.pdf

Online Newspaper Article

Kim, G. (2002, April 28). Racism doesn’t belong on t-shirts, crowd tells retailer. Seattle Times.

Retrieved June 14, 2002, from http://www.seattletimes.com

Online Magazine Article

Ackman, D. (2002, July 26). Hey, big spender, no bankruptcy for you. Forbes.com. Retrieved

August 1, 2002, from http://www.forbes.com/2002/07/26/0726topnews.html

Document Accessed from Online Service

Jefferson, E.A. (2002, July 14). Navajo ‘Windtalker’ traces life from poverty of reservation to

special-unit marine a war story decoded. Denver Post. Retrieved January 29, 2003, from

LexisNexis database.

Online Document from Broadcast News Source

CDC confirms 10 more West Nile deaths. (2002, September 14). Cable News Network. Retrieved

September 14, 2002,

fromhttp://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH?conditions/09/14/west.nile/index.html