APA Cheat Sheet

AllinformationtakenfromPublicationmanualoftheAmerican PsychologicalAssociation,6thed.availableattheReferenceDesk(BF76.7 P832010).

CitingBooks: Printedbook:
Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.Location:Publisher. Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA: AcademicPress.

EBooks:

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.RetrievedfromURL(ordoinumber) Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency. Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp

Schiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722

BookChapter:

Author,A.A.(year).Chaptertitle.Inauthor,BookTitle(pp.xxxx).Location: Publisher. ONeil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Mensandwomensgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107123).NewYork,NY:Springer. ForadditionalhelpseetheAPAlibguideat:http://libguides.library.kent.edu/apa

CitingPrintJournal/Magazine/NewspaperArticles: Articlefromajournalthatusescontinuouspagination(eachissuestarts onthepagewherethelaststopped):

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#,pppp. Kernis,M.H.(1993).Theresmoretoselfesteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The importanceofstabilityofselfesteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial Psychology,65,11901204.

Articlefromajournalthatdoesnotusecontinuouspagination(each issuestartsonpage1):

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#(issue#),pppp. Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations. ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),1036.

Magazinearticle:

Author,A.A.(year,month).Titleofarticle.TitleofMagazine,vol#(issue#),pppp. Chamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.,Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker wellbeing:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),2629.

Newspaperarticle:
Author,A.A.(year,monthday).Titleofarticle.TitleofNewspaper,pppp. Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4.

CitingElectronicJournals/Magazines/NewspaperArticles: Beforeyouciteanelectronicarticleyouneedtoknowiftheelectronic articlehasaDOI(digitalobjectidentifier). IfthearticledoeshaveaDOIfollowtheexamplesforcitingaprint sourceandaddthedoiinformationattheendofthecitation.

HerbstDamm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225229. doi:10.1037/02786133.24.2.225

Stultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482488.doi: 10.1037/00029432.76.4.482

IfthearticledoesnothaveaDOIgivetheURLofthe journal/magazine/newspaperhomepage.(Youmayneedtodoaweb searchtofindthisinformation).

Clay,R.(2008,June).Sciencevs.ideology:Psychologistsfightbackaboutthemisuse ofresearch. MonitoronPsychology,39(6).Retrievedfrom https://www.apa.org/monitor Hager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),2836.Retrievedfrom http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.com

InternetSources: WebPage:

Author,A.A.(dateoflastupdate).Sitetitle.RetrievedfromURL U.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml

Podcast:

Author/Producer,A.A.(year,Monthdate).Podcasttitle.[Audiopodcast].Retrieved fromURL VanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast]. Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/

Youtubevideo:

Author,A.A.(year,Monthday).Title[Videofile].Retrievedfromurl Norton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

APAstyleusestheauthoranddatewhencitingsourcesinthetext.Ifyouinclude theauthorsnameinthenarrativeyouonlyneedtoincludetheyearinparentheses. Ifyoudontincludetheauthorsnameinthenarrativethenyouputitandtheyear inparentheses.Thereisawonderfulchartonpage177ofthemanualthathelpsto explaintherules. Ex. Walker(2000)comparedreactiontimes.. Ex. Inarecentstudyofreactiontimes(Walker,2000) Oneworkbymultipleauthors: Ifyourarticle,bookorwebsitehas1or2authorsyoumustalwaysusebothofthem inyourintextcitations. Ex. ashasbeenshown(Joreskog&Sorbom,1989) Ifyourworkhas3,4,or5authorsyoumustcitealltheauthorsforthefirstintext citation.Ifyoucitethatworkagainyouonlylistthefirstauthorandetal. Ex. thiswasfoundtobetrue(Wasserstein,Zappulla,Rosen,Gerstman,&Rock, 1994) Ex. Thetestingwasconcludedin1985(Wassersteinetal.,1994)

Intextcitation

 Ifyourworkhas6ormoreauthorsyoumustcitethefirstauthorandthenandetal. Ex. Davisetal.(1999)foundthat Ex. Accordingtothestudy(Davisetal.,1999) Directquotations: Ifyouuseadirectquotationorimageinyourpaperyoumustsaywhatpage(ifan article)orparagraph(ifawebsite)thequotationcamefrom. Ex. (Cheek&Buss,1981,p.332) Ex. (Myers,2000,5)

ReferenceListbasicformat:

Alwaysdoublespaceyourreferencelist! Alwaysindentthesecondandsubsequentlinesofacitation! Alwaysarrangeyourreferencelistbytheauthorslastname Onlyusethefirstandmiddleinitialsoftheauthorsname,donottypeoutthe fullname! Ifthearticleorbookhasmultipleauthors,youmustlistallofthemupto7! Usethe&symbolbeforethelastauthorsname,donottypeouttheword and! Alwaysitalicizethejournalormagazinetitleandthevolumenumber! Alwaysitalicizethebooktitle. Onlycapitalizethefirstword,firstwordofasubtitle,orpropernounsinan articleorbooktitle. Makesureyouknowtheformatoftheitemyouareciting(printor electronic). Donotincluderetrievaldatesunlessthesourcematerialmaychangeover time(Wikis).

Someimportantinformation&changesinthe6thedition:
There should be 2 spaces after periods that end a sentence in the body of the paper. The number of authors that must be listed on the references page is now 7 and you no longer use et al. on the references page. The preferred font is Times New Roman 12pt. The paper should be double-spaced. There should be 1-inch margins on all sides of the document. The method and level of headings is simplified in the new edition. Both the page number and running head should be located in the header of the paper so it appears on each page.

 References Chamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker wellbeing:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),2629. Hager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),2836.Retrievedfrom http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.com HerbstDamm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225229. doi:10.1037/02786133.24.2.225 Kernis,M.H.(1993).Theresmoretoselfesteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The importanceofstabilityofselfesteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial Psychology,65,11901204. Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations. ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),1036. Norton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs ONeil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Mensandwomensgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107123).NewYork,NY:Springer. Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA: AcademicPress.

 Schiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722 Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4. Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency. Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp Stultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482488.doi: 10.1037/00029432.76.4.482 U.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml VanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast]. Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/

This sheet is only a sample of basic APA formatting, if you have questions please check the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. which is at the Reference Desk (BF 76.7P