Lesson 4.1 - Apa Reference Citation
Lesson 4.1 - Apa Reference Citation
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Referencing
General Rules:
• Place the reference list on a new page. Label the page “References”
and align it at the top center of the page.
• Apply hanging indention. Then, arrange all the entries alphabetically.
• In the seventh edition, up to 20 authors should now be included in a
reference list entry. For sources with more than 20 authors, after the
19th listed author, any additional authors' names are replaced with
an ellipsis (…) followed by the final listed author's name. Do not
place an ampersand before the final author's name.
Referencing
General Rules:
• Digital object identifiers (DOIs) and URLs are now both presented as hyperlinks
for electronic sources.
• The label “DOI:” is no longer used for entries that include a DOI.
• The words “Retrieved from” (preceding the URL or DOI) are now only used when
a retrieval date is also provided in the citation.
• Put a period at the end of the database/archive portion of the citation entry, and
then provide the DOI or URL.
• Note that, though database/archive information is typically not included in
citation entries, it should be included when writers need to cite sources that
are only available within a specific database.
Referencing
Citing Database
Examples:
Stein, M. B., & Taylor, C. T. (2019). Approach to treating social anxiety disorder in adults. UpToDate.
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/approach-to-treating-social-anxiety-disorder-in-adults
Inbar, Y., & Evers, E. R. K. (2019). Worse is bad: Divergent inferences from logically equivalent
comparisons. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ueymx
Risto, A. (2014). The impact of social media and texting on students’ academic writing
skills (Publication No. 3683242) [Doctoral dissertation, Tennessee State University]. ProQuest
Dissertations and Theses Global.
Online Sources
• E-books
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action
(2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000
• Edited e-books
Torino, G. C., Rivera, D. P., Capodilupo, C. M., Nadal, K. L., & Sue, D. W. (Eds.). (2019).
Microaggression theory: Influence and implications. John Wiley & Sons. https://
doi.org/10.1002/9781119466642
Nadal, K.L., (2019). Microaggression theory: Influence and implications (G.C. Torino &
D.P. Rivera, Eds.). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119466642
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Online Sources
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Online Sources
• Journal article with DOI
Cook, B. S., Leandro, M., Cruz, G., Go, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in
storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial
groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–
217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185
• Books
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social
action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
• Edited books
Torino, G. C., Rivera, D. P., Capodilupo, C. M., Nadal, K. L., & Sue, D. W.
(Eds.). (2019). Microaggression theory: Influence and implications. J John
Wiley & Sons.
Print Sources
• Chapter in an edited book
Aron, L., Botella, M., & Lubart, T. (2019). Culinary arts: Talent and their
development. In R. F. Subotnik & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of
high performance: Developing human potential into domain- specific
talent (pp. 345–359). American Psychological Association.
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