APA Basic Reference Guide

MAKING APA REFERENCESSTEP-BY-STEP

3 REFERENCES IN APA

• Book Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Journal Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.

• Website American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE

• An article in a journal/periodical

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

Author(s)/date Journal/volume/pagesArticle title

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE

• An online source

American Red Cross. (2004). A home fire escape plan can save your life. Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org/news/article/A-Home-Fire-Escape-Plan-Can-Save-Your-Life

Author(s)/date HyperlinkArticle title

3 PARTS TO A REFERENCE

• A book

Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.

Author(s)/date Location / PublisherBook Title

STEP 1: FORMAT THE AUTHOR AND DATE

* The author should have the last name first:e.g. Einstein, A.

* The date should be in parenthesese.g. Einstein, A. (1922).

* Format the following names and dates: 1. Daniel Goleman—19952. John McWhorter--2001

STEP 1 ANSWERS

• 1. Daniel Goleman—1995 Goleman, D. (1995).2. John McWhorter—2001 McWhorter, J. (2001).

• Step 1 formatting is the same for most sources types

• McWhorter, J. (2001).

• Goleman, D. (1995).

STEP 2 FORMAT THE BOOK TITLE

• The main title is italicized. Italicism looks like this. Do not underline the title.

• The first letter of the title has a capital lettere.g. Stony creek woman: the story of Mary John

• The first letter of the subtitle has a capital lettere.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John

• Any proper nouns, like names are also capitalizede.g. Stony creek woman: The story of Mary John

• For books the title of the book is italicizede.g. Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.

• For articles the title of the journal is italicizede.g. Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

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STEP 2 FORMAT THE BOOK TITLE

• Correctly format the following names, years, and titles- John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL- Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ

STEP 2 ANSWERS

• Correctly format the following names, years, and titles- John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL- Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ

• McWhorter, J. (2001). The power of babel.

• Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ.

STEP 3 FORMAT THE LOCATION AND PUBLISHER

• The locations and publishers are written in the following order: City, State/Province/Territory/Country: Publishere.g. Barman, J. (1991). The west beyond the west: A history of British Columbia. Toronto, ON: Toronto University Press.

• Correctly format the following names, years, titles, locations and publisher- John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL--New York-New York-Bantam Books- Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ—New York-New York-Times Books

STEP 3 ANSWERS

• McWhorter, J. (2001). The power of babel. New York, NY: Bantam Books.

• Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ. New York, NY: Times Books.

- John McWhorter—2001—THE POWER OF BABEL--New York-New York-Bantam Books- Daniel Goleman—1995--emotional intelligence: why it can matter more than IQ—New York-New York-Times Books

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