Library - APA Print Citation Examples
Examples for Preparing a Reference List for Print Sources
APA (American Psychological Association Form)*
I. BOOKS
| A. | One author: |
| Fukuyama, F. (2002). Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution. New | |
| York: Farrar. |
| B. | A book by two or more persons: |
| Grossman, D., & DeGoetana, G. (1999). Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, | |
| Movie and Video Game Violence. New York: Crown Publishers. | |
| Rabkin, E.S., Greenberg, M. H., & Joseph D. Olander, J.D. (Eds.) (1983). No Place Else: Explorations | |
| in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP. |
| C. | Two or more books by the same person: |
| Frye, N. (1957). Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. Princeton: Princeton UP. | |
| Frye, N. (1976). Spiritus Mundi: Essays on Literature, Myth and Society. Bloomington: Indiana UP. |
| D. | No author or anonymous: |
| The Chicago Manual of Style (13th ed.). (1993). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
| E. | Editor as “author”: |
| Hitt, L. (Ed.). (2002). Human Rights. San Diego: Greenhaven. |
| F. | Edition: |
| Ebenstein, W. (1973). Today’s Isms; Communism, Fascism, Capitalism, Socialism (7th ed.). | |
| Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. |
| G. | Association, institution as author: |
| New York Public Library. (1994). The New York Public Library Performing Arts Desk Reference. New | |
| York: Macmillan. |
| H. | Article or chapter in an edited book: |
| Meskell, L. (2001). Archaeologies of identity. In I. Hodder (Ed.), Archaeological theory today (pp. | |
| 187-213). Cambridge, England: Polity Press. |
II. ARTICLES IN REFERENCE BOOKS
| A. | Signed article: |
| Orlin, L. L. (2004). Phoenicia. In The World Book Encyclopedia (Vol. 15, pp. 392-395). Chicago: | |
| World Book. |
| B. | Unsigned article: |
| Fulgurite. (2004). In The Encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 12, pp. 154). Danbury: Scholastic Library | |
| Publishing. |
III. MAGAZINE AND JOURNAL ARTICLES
| A. | Article or story in a monthly magazine: |
| Fallows, J. (2001, September). The Early-Decision Racket. Atlantic Monthly, 288, 37-52. |
| B. | Article in a weekly magazine: |
| Raloff, J. (2001, May 12). Lead therapy won't help most kids. Science News, 159, 292. |
| C. | Article in a journal with continuous pagination: |
| Morawski, J. (2000). Social psychology a century ago. American Psychologist, 55, 427-431. |
| D. | Article in a journal without continuous pagination: |
| Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13. |
IV. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
| A. | Signed: |
| Haney, D. Q. (1998, February 20). Finding eats at mystery of appetite. The Oregonian, pp. A1, | |
| A17. |
| B. | Anonymous: |
| New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. (1993, July 15). The Washington | |
| Post, p. A12. |
V. PAMPHLETS (Pamphlets are listed in the same manner as books.)
VI. TELEVISION PROGRAMS
| Pratt, C. (Executive Producer). (2001, December 2). Face the nation [Television broadcast]. | |
| Washington, DC: CBS News. |
* American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(5th ed.). Washington: Author.