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APA 6th Edition Referencing Style

The document provides examples of how to format references for various types of sources that may be included in a reference list, such as books by a single author or multiple authors, edited books, dissertations, journal articles, YouTube videos, and more. The examples show the proper formatting for the author's name(s), publication date, title, publisher information, and URL as needed depending on the source type.

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APA 6th Edition Referencing Style

The document provides examples of how to format references for various types of sources that may be included in a reference list, such as books by a single author or multiple authors, edited books, dissertations, journal articles, YouTube videos, and more. The examples show the proper formatting for the author's name(s), publication date, title, publisher information, and URL as needed depending on the source type.

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A Book written by one author

Last_name, First_initial. Middle_initial. (Publication Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. City,

State_abbreviation: Publisher.

De Vaus, D. A. (2014). Surveys in social research. Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Clear, J. (2018). Atomic habits: tiny changes, remarkable results: an easy & proven way to build good habits

& break bad ones. New York, New York, Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Two or More Books by the Same Author

Bednarik, R. G. (2001). Rock art science: The scientific study of palaeoart. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols
Publishers.

Bednarik, R. G. (2003). Concerns in rock art science. Aura Newsletter, 20(1), 1-4.
Multiple Authors
Beck, C. J. A., & Sales, B. D. (2001). Family mediation: Facts, myths, and future prospects. Washington,
DC: American Psychological Association.

Bexby, C., Nigel, E., Smith, K., Rodgers, G. A., Williams, H., & Robinson, J. (2005). Referencing and
plagiarism: A complete guide. London: Sage.

Include the first six authors' names, then insert three ellipsis points and add the last author name in
the Reference List.

Berman, A., Snyder, S. J., Levett-Jones, T., Dwyer, T., Hales, M., Harvey, N. ... Stanley, D. (2012). Kozier
and Erb's fundamentals of nursing (2nd Aust. ed.). Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Australia.

An Edited Book

Smith, J. A. (Ed.). (2008). Qualitative psychology: A practical guide to research methods. London: Sage.
A Dissertation:

Author - last name, initial(s). (Year of preparation of thesis). Title of thesis – italicised (Doctoral
dissertation or master's thesis, Institution, Location). Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxx
Axford, J.C. (2007). What constitutes success in Pacific Island community conserved areas? (Doctoral
dissertation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia). Retrieved from
http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:158747

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Massaro, D. W. (1992). Broadening the domain of the fuzzy logical model of perception. In H.L. Pick Jr., P.
van den Broek, & D. C. Knill (Eds.), Cognition: Conceptual and methodological issues (pp.51-84).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Van de Vijver, F., & Leung, K. (2011). Equivalence and bias: A review of concepts, models, and data analytic
procedures. In D. Matsumoto & F. Van de Vijver (Eds.), Cross-cultural research methods in psychology (pp.
17-45). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)
Last_name, First_initial. Middle_initial. (Publication Date). Title of article: Subtitle of the article. Title of Periodical,
vol#(iss#), page-range. https://doi.org/doi.number (If no DOI provided, use: Retrieved from URL)

Li, S., & Seale, C. (2007). Learning to do qualitative data analysis: An observational study of doctoral
work. Qualitative Health & Research, 17 (2), 1442–1452. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732307306924

A YouTube video

Last name, Initials. [Channel name]. (Year, Month Day). Video title [Video]. YouTube. URL
Stevens, M. [Vsauce]. (2017, August 14). The napkin ring problem [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J51ncHP_BrY

Scribbr. (2020, August 20). Develop a theoretical framework in three

steps [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/4y1BAqOnhMM

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