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About APA

Publication Manual coverThe Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (call number BF76.7 .P83 2020) is the official guide to APA style. The Library has multiple copies of this book, both available to check out and for in-library-use. The following links and tutorials will help you create APA citations for the sources you need to cite.

APA References list citations will typically follow a set format, although the specifics may change based on what type of resource you are citing:

Author. (Year). Title of item. Source of item.

Source information may be a URL, publishing information for a book, information about which journal and volume an article was published in, or other information which aids a reader in finding the resources you include.


Key Things to Remember

  • Authors are only listed with their initials (John Doe = Doe, J.).
  • When writing a title of a book, article, webpage, etc., only capitalize the first word, the first word of the subtitle, and proper nouns.
  • However, actual journal titles (e.g., Journal of Popular Culture) are capitalized with each word.
  • If you are unable to find an explicit listed date, use n.d.
  • Remember that authors for webpages can sometimes be companies or organizations.
  • Remember to use a hanging indent (hit Control T in Word) and double spacing to organize your References list.
  • Put page or paragraph numbers in your in-text citation for direct quotes.

Example Citations

This section includes a few examples of APA citations. For a more in-depth guide to using APA, see the APA Citation Guide.

Book

Citation Components

  • Author: William A. Koelsch
  • Title: Geography and the Classical World: Unearthing Historical Geography's Forgotten Past
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Publisher: I.B. Tauris

APA Reference

Koelsch, W. A. (2013). Geography and the classical world: Unearthing historical geography's forgotten past. I.B. Tauris.

(Koelsch, 2013)

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Article from a Library Database

Article 1 Citation Components

  • Author(s): Jerry T. Mitchell and William C. Terry
  • Article Title: Contesting Pisco: Chile, Peru, and the Politics of Trade
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Title: Geographical Review
  • Volume number: 101
  • Issue number: 4
  • Pages: 518-535
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00115.x

Article 1 Reference

Mitchell, J. T., & Terry, W. C. (2011). Contesting pisco: Chile, Peru, and the politics of trade. Geographical Review, 101(4), 518–535. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00115.x

Article 1 In-Text Citation

(Mitchell & Terry, 2011)

Article 2 Citation Components

  • Authors: Cynthia A. Brewer, Alan M. MacEachren, Linda W. Pickle and Douglas Herrmann
  • Article Title: Mapping Mortality: Evaluating Color Schemes for Choropleth Maps
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Journal Title: Annals of the Association of American Geographers
  • Volume number: 87
  • Issue number: 3
  • Pages: 411-438
  • DOI: none

Article 2 Reference

Brewer, C. A., MacEachren, A. M., Pickle, L. W., & Hermann, D. (1997). Mapping mortality: Evaluating color schemes for choropleth maps. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 87(3), 411–438.

Article 2 In-Text Citation

(Brewer et al., 1997)

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