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APA Style Documentation

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association

Author’s name, if given [surname, first, initial].
(Date of the publication in parentheses).
Title of publication, article or work.
Give the location, publisher, volume or issue and page number.

General samples are listed below.

        Periodical:
Wade, M. (1998) Crime rate in the South. Criminal Justice Journal 17, 178-185.

       Nonperiodical:
Miller, P. (1999). Becoming a millionaire. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

        Magazine:
Henry, W. (1999, April 10). Beyond the melting pot. Time,135, 28-31.

Documenting Full-Text Articles
Electronic Databases/Online Sources

Author’s name, if given [surname, first, initial].
(Date of the publication in parentheses).
Title of the publication in italics.
Give the medium in brackets [Online].
Give the vol/issue (of print source).
Available: Specify the source (InfoTrac). Name of database
/Accession Number.
Give the date you accessed the information.

Scholarly Journal
Halperin, J. and McKay, K. (1998 June). Psychological testing for child and adolescent psychiatrists: review of the past 10 years. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. [Online], 37 (6). 575(8) Available: Infotrac/Expanded Academic ASAP/A19027669 [1999, December 9].

Newspaper Article:
Weiss, R. (1997, July 22). Your personality may be killing you psychologists look at how social factors affect longevity. Washington Post [Online], p. z18 (12). Available: Newsbank /A54593610 [1999, December 9].

Abstract
Houser, L. (1997) Abstract of Searle’s Chinese box: Debunking the Chinese argument, minds and machines, 7 (2), [Online]. Available: Infotrac/Psyc Info/A54953610 [1999 December 9].

Documenting Material from the Internet

Author’s name, if given [surname, first, initial].
(Date of the publication) [write "no date" when not available].
Title of article.
Publication information [varies depending on the type of material].
Type of medium in brackets [e.g. Online].
Write "Available" and specify path.
[Date of access in brackets].

Electronic Journal
Keller, J. (1999, September) How teachers learn technology. From Now On the
Educational Technology Journal [Online], 9(1). Available: www.fno.org/sept99howlearn.html [1999, December 9].

Organization Site
American Psychological Association. (1999, November 17). APA Denounces
Discriminatory Exclusion of Mental Health from New United health Group Policy [Online].
Available: <www.apa.org/practice/unitedhealth.html> [1999, December 9].
Suggestion: Record the URL for easier retrieval

For further information consult:

        Li, X. and Crane, N.B. (1996). Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information. Medford: Information Today.

        Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). ( 1994). Washington, D.C. American Psychological Association.

Consult the following web page. www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/apa.html.