APA Style for Print Sources - Illinois Wesleyan University

The authority for APA style is the
Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (5 th ed.,
2001), call number BF 76.7 .P83
2001. It can be found in The Ames
Library 1 st floor Reference Collection.
For a reference list, the Manual
suggests using a hanging indent,
meaning that the first line of each
reference is set flush left and
subsequent lines are indented five
spaces. All references should be
double-spaced.
END-OF-PAPER CITATIONS
BOOKS
ONE AUTHOR
Schaller, G. (1993). The last panda.
Chicago: University of Chicago
Press.
TWO OR MORE AUTHORS
Eggan, P. D., & Kauchall, D. (1992).
Educational psychology:
Classroom connections. New
York: Merrill.
CORPORATE AUTHOR
Fidelity Investments. (1993). Fidelity
Brokerage Services handbook.
Boston: Author.
EDITOR OR COMPILER
Fox, R. W., & Lears, T. J. J. (Eds.).
(1993). The power of culture:
Critical essays in American
history. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press.
EDITION OTHER THAN THE FIRST
Cavanaugh, J. C. (1993). Adult
development and aging (2nd ed.).
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.
ARTICLES
MAGAZINE
Posner, M. 1. (1993, October 29).
Seeing the mind. Science, 262,
673-674.
JOURNAL, ONE AUTHOR
Bekerian, D. A. (1993). In search of
the typical eyewitness. American
Psychologist, 48, 574-576.
JOURNAL, TWO TO SIX AUTHORS
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993).
The ADA and the hiring process in
organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and
Research, 45(2), 10-36.
DAILY NEWSPAPER, NO AUTHOR
New drug appears to sharply cut risk
of death from heart failure. (1993,
July 15). The Washington Post, p.
A12.
DAILY NEWSPAPER,
DISCONTINUOUS PAGES
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30).
Obesity affects economic, social
status. The Washington Post, pp.
A I, A4.
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE,
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Berkowitz, A. D. (2000, November
24). How to tackle the problem of
student drinking [Letter to the
editor]. The Chronicle of Higher
Education, p. B20.
CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK
Massaro, D. (1992). Broadening the
domain of the fuzzy logical model
of perception. In H. L. Pick, Jr., P.
van den Broek, & D. C. Knill
(Eds.), Cognition: Conceptual and
methodological issues (pp. 51-84).
Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRY
Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In
The new encyclopaedia Britannica
(Vol.26, pp. 501-508). Chicago:
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services. (1992).
Pressure Ulcers in adults:
Prediction and prevention
(AHCPR Publication No. 92-
0047). Rockville, MD: Author.

IN-TEXT REFERENCES
To cite a source within the body of
your text, use a parenthetical citation
including an author or title and year of
publication.
Straight quote from text: “New
powers in Europe intensified rivalries”
(Tignor, 2002).
Quote with author’s name in text:
Tignor wrote that “new powers in
Europe intensified rivalries” (2002).
If paraphrasing w/ author’s name
and year in text, do not use
parenthetical citation:
In 2002, Tignor wrote that new
powers in Europe intensified rivalries.
When referencing different types of
sources, use the following methods of
citation:
SINGLE AUTHOR
(Scheller, 1993)
MULTIPLE AUTHORS:
Two: cite both authors every time:
(Walker & Butler, 2000)
Three, Four or Five: cite all authors
the first time, then only the first author
followed by et al. each subsequent
time:
(Walker, Butler, Curt & Tracy, 2000)
… (Walker et al., 2000)
Six or More: cite only first author
each time: (Curt et al., 2000)
GROUP AUTHORS: Spell out full
name first time, then use established
abbreviation each subsequent time:
(American Cancer Society [ACS],
1998) … (ACS, 1998)
NO AUTHOR: Use the title; articles in
quotes, full works in italics:
(Brokerage Service Handbook, 1993)
ANONYMOUS WORK: (Anonymous,
2000)
NO PUBLICATION DATE: use “n.d.”
for “no date”:
(Aristotle, n.d.)
TRANSLATION: cite year of original
publication and year of translation:
(Dostoyevsky, 1899/1992)
PERSONAL INTERVIEW:
(Montgomery, personal
communication, April 17, 2001)
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(http://www.iwu.edu/library) and the
Writing Center website for further
resources, or consult a reference
librarian. 12/02
A Brief Guide to
APA STYLE
FOR
PRINT SOURCES
Compiled and Designed by
Katie Forristall
for
The Illinois Wesleyan University
Writing Center
Buck 102
556-3810
writcent@iwu.edu
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