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Welcome to the APA Citation Examples Page!

On this page we have listed for you a number of the most used citation examples. If you don't see the source you are looking for, please ask a member of the library staff for assistance, or check out your APA Publication Manual (make sure it's the 6th edition!).

Also, please do not format your references list like this. These are examples of individual citations only. In your final References list you will list each citation once, in alphabetical order by the authors' last names.

Examples - Books

References List		In Text Citation
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One author Author, A. (Year). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. a McWhorter, K. T. (2004). College reading and study skills. New York, NY: Pearson/Longman.		(Author last name, Date) a (McWhorter, 2004)
Two authors Author, A. & Author, B. (Date). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. a Hodgson, J. D. & Graham, J. L. (2000). Doing business with the new Japan. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.		(Authors' last names, date) a (Hodgson & Graham, 2000)

Six or more authors Author, A., Author, B., Author, C., Author, D., Author, E., Author, F., et al. (Date). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. a Harris, M., Karper, E., Stacks, G., Hoffman, D., DeNiro, R., Cruz, P., et al. (2001). Writing labs and the Hollywood connection. New York, NY: Putman.		(First Author et al., date) a a (Harris et al, 2001)

Chapter in an edited book Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. Editor & B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (edition, volume and/or pp. pa-ges of chapter). Location: Publisher. Ruchala, P., & Clauson, M. (2009). Young to middle adulthood. In P.A. Potter, A. G. Perry, J.C. Ross-Kerr, & M.J. Woods (Eds.), Canadian fundamentals of nursing (4th ed., pp. 363-376). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.		(Authors' last names, date) a a aa (Ruchala & Clauson, 2009) a
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E-Book		In Text Citation
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Author, B. (Year). Title. Retrieved from http://www.websiteaddress.com a Taylor, R. (2005). The complete mind makeover: Transform your life and achieve success. Retrieved from http://www.ebscohost.com		(Author last name, Date) a (Taylor, 2005)

Examples - Online journals

Notes on Journals: APA rule 6.32 (p. 189-192) tells you to use the DOI if one has been assigned. If a DOI has been assigned, no further information is required.

If there is no DOI, you need to provide the home page URL of the journal, book or report publisher.

In general it is not necessary to include database information, as journal coverage in a database may change over time, and it may be difficult to tell from which database an article has come.

References List __________________________________________________________________________ Journal Article with a DOI	In Text Citation ___________________________
Author, D., & Author, E. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pag-es. doi: 12.345.6789	(Author, Author, & Author, Date) a

Andrys, O. (2011). Proving the pudding: Optimising the structure of academic development. Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management, 33(5), 485-496. doi: 10.1080/1360080X.2011.605223	(Hard, Conway, & Moran, 2006)a a

Journal Article without a DOI
Author, A., Author, B., & Author, C. (Date). Title of journal article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pag-es. Retrieved from www.journalhomepage.com	(Author, Author, & Author, Date) a

Gallard, A. J., Albritton, F., & Morgan, M. W. (2010). A comprehensive cost/benefit model: Developmental student success impact. Journal of Developmental Education, 34(1), 10-25. Retrieved from http://ncde.appstate.edu/publications/journal-developmental-education-jde	(Gallard, Albritton, & Morgan, 2010) a a

Examples - Other online resources

References List	In Text Citation
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Web document
Author. (Date). Title of web document. Retrieved from www.webpageaddress.com a	(Author, Date) a
Health Canada. (2006). The national strategy: Moving forward- the 2006 progress report on tobacco control. Retrieved from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca /hl-vw/pubc/tobac-tabac/prtc-relct-2006/index_e.htm	(Health Canada, 2006) a a

Web document, no author or date
Title. (n.d). Retrieved from www.websiteaddress.com	("Title," n.d.)
a

What goes in and out of hydraulic fracturing? (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.dangersoffracking.com	("What Goes," n.d.)

a
Newspaper article
Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.websiteaddress.com	(Author, Year) a
Zerbisias, A. (2009, February 19). Twitpics, retworts, hashtags and twicks: Just when you have figured out Facebook, everybody's talking Twitter. The Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved from http://www.thespec.com/	(Zerbisias, 2009) a a
Blog entry
A Author. (Year, Month Day). Title [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.websiteaddress.com	(Author, Year)

BRAIN_blog. (2011, August 9). Need help getting started? Try our guides & tutorials! Retrieved from http://librarybrainblog.wordpress.com/	(BRAIN_blog, 2011) a
Video - Library Online / YouTube
Creator, A. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.websiteaddress.com	(Creator, Date)
ConceptMedia. (2008). Effective communication [Video file]. Retrieved from http://lib-media. mohawkcollege.ca /index.php?vid=Helping_Interview-Part1	(ConceptMedia, 2008) a

Personal Communication (Interview)

References List

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In Text Citation

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None.

(Interviewee, personal communication, Month

Day, Year).

You only reference personal communication with an in-text citation.

(A. Smith, personal communication, January 1,

2011).

Special Exceptions

You may have to cite two works by the same author, from the same year.

As per the APA 6th edition Publication Manual, rule 6.25 Order of References in the Reference list:

More than one work by the same author in the same year:

1. organize them in the reference list alphabetically by the title of the article or chapter

2. In your text assign letter suffixes to the year. The letter suffixes are lowercase letters, i.e. a, b, c, etc. and you place them immediately after the date, no space, inside the parentheses:

Author, A. B. (2011a)

Author, A. B. (2011b)

When you are citing the work in text, you will use the date with the suffix.

As stated by Author, 2011a, the sky is blue.

As stated by Author, 2011a, 2011b the sky is blue.

As we have seen in our look at the sky, "it is blue" (Author, 2011a, 2011b).

In your references list:

Arrange the list by the Title of the Article.

Author, A. B. (2011a). Title of Article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pag-es.

Author, A. B. (2011b). Title of Article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pag-es.

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