Citing Resources

Welcome to the APA Help Guide.  APA is a style of writing and formatting created and updated by the American Psychological Association (APA).  APA style contains guidelines for formatting and structuring research papers, reference citations, case studies, literature reviews, term papers and dissertations.

The 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association was published in October 2019. It is primarily used by disciplines in the business, social sciences, health, and education fields. The official guide is published by the American Psychological Association.

We encourage you to contact a campus librarian if you need additional assistance.

The American Psychological Association (APA) citation style is used frequently in Psychology, Business, Criminology, Economics, Education, Sociology, and widely throughout the social sciences and humanities.

Books

One author:

Faulkner, W. (1936). Absalom, Absalom!. New York, NY: Vintage Books.

Two authors:

Lash, S., & Urry, J. (1994). Economies of signs & space. London, England: Sage Publications.

Articles

Journal article with no DOI assigned:

MacDonald, S. P. (2007). The erasure of language. College Composition and Communication, 58(4), 585-625. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/20456967

Journal article with DOI assigned:

Forret, M., Fox-Turnbull, W., Granshaw, B., Harwood, C., Miller, A., O'Sullivan, G., & Patterson, M. (2013). Towards a pre-service technology teacher education resource for New Zealand. International Journal of Technology & Design Education, 23(3), 473-487. doi:10.1007/s10798-011-9199-8

Websites

Website:

Weitering, H. (2018). Missed the blood moon lunar eclipse? Here's when the next one is happening. Retrieved from http://www.space.com/39557-next-blood-moon-eclipses-2018-2019.html

Website (with no date or author given):

Our Lady of the Lake University. (n.d). Mission, vision, and values. Retrieved from http://www.ollusa.edu/s/1190/hybrid/18/default-hybrid-ollu.aspx?sid=1190&gid=1&pgid=7889

For more examples, check:
Academic Writer

Article databases like Academic Search Complete and JSTOR have a "Cite" feature under Tools that allows you to view the citation and copy/paste it directly into your References page. Make sure to double check it with the Style Guide!