Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CITATION STYLE: EXAMPLES
based on the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
5th edition, CSB & SJU Reference BF 76.7 .P83 2001
See also the library's Citing Sources and the APA's official site at www.apastyle.org.
See also NOTES.
Contents:
Book
Book chapter, essay, or article - when the author is credited
Book chapter, essay, or article - when no author is credited (paper version)
Book chapter, essay, or article - when no author is credited (online version)
Article in a standard encyclopedia (paper copy)
Article in a standard encyclopedia (web site version)
Journal article (paper copy)
Journal article (from an online database)
Journal article (online, on a web site)
Magazine article (paper copy)
Magazine article (from an online database)
Newspaper article (paper copy)
Newspaper article (from an online database)
Pamphlet / Brochure
ERIC document
Dissertation
Dissertation (abstract only)
Website (NOT from an online database)
Interviews, emails, phone conversations, etc.
Presentations, speeches, poster sessions, etc.
Government documents
Legal materials
BOOK
You can also go to WorldCat.org, search the world's largest database of library
books, and click on "Cite this item" for almost any book. Its APA citations are not
100% correct, though; beware of capitalization, state of publication, and punctuation
errors (see NOTES).
Islam. (1992). In Britannica.com. Retrieved February 9,
2002 from Britannica.com database.
Padilla, H. (2000, June 6). Hugo prohibits custom animal slaughter; the vote
will officially close a Hmong slaughterhouse, where animals were sacrificed
for religious reasons.Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), p. 1B.
Padilla, H. (2000, June 6). Hugo prohibits custom animal slaughter; the vote
will officially close a Hmong slaughterhouse, where animals were sacrificed
for religious reasons.Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), p. 1B. Retrieved
February 28, 2001 from Lexis-Nexis Universe/General News database.
ERIC DOCUMENT
DISSERTATION
The Amish, the Mennonites, and the Plain People. (n.d.). Retrieved May 30,
2000 from Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center Web site:
http://www.800padutch.com/amish.shtml
INTERVIEWS, E-MAILS, PHONE CONVERSATIONS, etc.
"Because they do not provide recoverable data, personal communications are
not included in the reference list. Cite personal communications in text only.
Give the initials as well as the surname of the communicator, and provide as
exact a date as possible." (APA Manual, section 3.102) Example: I. M.
Certain (personal communication, April 1, 2000).
PRESENTATIONS, SPEECHES, POSTER SESSIONS, etc.
Like the example above, if they do not provide "recoverable data," these would
not be included in the reference list and would be cited in the text only. If,
however, something tangible exists (e.g. handouts of PowerPoint slides, an
abstract in a conference program, etc.), it might be citable. See the APA
Manual, section 4.16 D and F. Here is an example of a poster session:
Worral, P. S. & Levin, R. (2004, June). Developing a statewide research
agenda. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the American
Nurses Association,Minneapolis, MN.
Since they ask, I have suggested to students who wish to cite a
presentation unofficially, for an undergraduate paper, that they could cite it
like this:
Peggy L. Roske
Public Services Librarian
Clemens Library
College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
37 College Ave. South
St. Joseph, MN 56374
Email: proske@csbsju.edu
Format based on APA Citation Style from the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.
Official Disclaimer
URL: http://employees.csbsju.edu/proske/Nursing/APA.htm