APA Style, 2001 Edition  Tags: szpunar citation  

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association provides detailed guidelines for using APA style. The most recent edition of the APA Publication Manual is kept at the Reference Desk at the Roy O West Library, and in the Reference section.

Call number:  BF76.7 .P83 2001

APA Style

This page contains general information about APA style based on the 2001 5th Edition. This is the older edition of APA style. For the new 2009 6th Edition, please see the main citation guide. For specific examples of how to format materials, mouse over the heading for this page and then click on the type of material from the menu.

References Page

APA Style requires a References (Works Cited) page at the end of research papers. It must be titled References and entries are double spaced throughout (without an extra space between entries).

If you have more than one item by the same author, they are listed as follows, by year of publication. One-author entries precede multiple-author entries.

Twain, M. (1896). Tom Sawyer abroad. New York: Harper & Brothers.

Twain, M. (1899). Following the equator: A journey around the world. New York: Harper & Brothers.

In-Text Citations

APA Style uses parenthetical, author-date citations. After a quote, add parentheses containing the author's name, the year of publication, and the page number of the work.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog (Seuss, 2007, p. 7)."

After a paraphrase of someone else's ideas, you are not required to add the page number.

Example: The dog laid there while the fox jumped over him (Seuss, 2007).

If you use more than one work by the same author, use the letters a, b, etc., after the year.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog (Seuss, 2007a, p. 7)."

If more than one author has the same last name, add their first initial.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog (D. Seuss, 2007, p. 7)."

If two or more authors wrote the work, use all their names.

Example: "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog (Seuss & Pow, 2007, p. 7)."