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APA Citation Guide

American Psychological Association (APA) style is commonly used for citing references in science and social science courses, such as Psychology and Social Work.This guide is based on the APA Manual (7th ed.).

Webpage

Author, A. (Date of publication). Title of webpage. Retrieved from URL

Try not to use pages for which you can't find an author.  Give as much date information as possible - n.d. for no date.

Missing some elements? Use this chart: http://blog.apastyle.org/files/missing-pieces---apa-style-reference-table.pdf

Example Corporate Author:

The Center for Public Integrity. (n.d.). The subprime 25. Retrieved May 3, 2010,

         from https://www.publicintegrity.org/business/finance/whos-behind-financial-meltdown/subprime-25

Cited in text:   (The Center for Public Integrity, n.d.)

Example Two Authors:

Dunbar, J. & Donald, D. (2009, May 6). The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

         Retrieved from

         https://www.publicintegrity.org/2009/05/06/5449/roots-financial-crisis-who-blame

Cited in text: (Dunbar & Donald, 2009)

Web document on university program or department Web site

Author name. (Date of publication). Title. Retrieved Month date, year from university name,

      department name website.

Example: Degelman, D., & Harris, M.L. (2000). APA style essentials. Retrieved May 18, 2000, from

                    Vanguard University, Department of Psychology

                    website: http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc_id=796

Cited in text:   (Degelman & Harris, 2000)

Non-periodical Web document

Author name. (Publication date). Article title. In document title (chapter number if provided).

      Retrieved Month date, year, from website address.

Example: Jones, T.C. (2003). Pollution and banana cream pie. In Great chefs cook with

                   chlorofuorocarbons and carbon monoxide (chap.3). Retrieved July 13, 2001, from

                   http://www.bamm.com/cream/pollution/bananas.htm

Cited in text:   (Jones, 2003, chap. 3)

Press release

Author/Organization name. (Publication date). Title [Press release]. Retrieved from URL. 

Example: King Fish Media. (2010). The perfect marriage of content and technology: Is social media

                     the new CRM? [Press release]. Retrieved from http://www.prnewswire.com/news-

                     releases/the-perfect-marriage-of-content-and-technology--is-social-media-the-new-

                     crm-100760344.html

Cited in text: (King Fish Media, 2010)

Case study

Note: APA does not have specific guidelines for citing a case study, so citing it depends on whether it is a separate publication or appeared in a journal or book. If it is a separate publication, cite it as a book:

Example: Cespedes, F., Galford, R., Bonsignore, F.N., Buck, M.L., Younger, J., & Leppert, T. (2004). 

Succession and failure [Case study]. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing. 

Cited in text: (Cespedes et al., 2004)

Note: If the case study appears in a journal or in a book, cite it as you would a journal article or chapter in a book. If the case study can only be found online, and it appears as a separate document on the website, cite it as you would a web document. 

Podcast from iTunes University

Instructor’s/Author’s Name. (Year). Title of podcast [format]. Title of course, University Name.

Podcast retrieved from iTunes University. Other retrieval information if available. 

 

Example: Dreyfus, H. (2006, Spring). Introduction: what is existentialism? [Audio file].

Phil 7, U.C. Berkeley. Podcast retrieved from iTunes University. Also available at:

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/course_details.php?seriesid=1906978306