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Frequently Asked Questions
Citing Sources
in a Reference List -
APA Style
The APA
Style guidelines are found in the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association, currently in its 5th edition (2001). A
copy is kept for your convenience at the McFarlin Library Reference Desk.
It may not be checked out, but should be used in the library.
Below is a brief guide to the most frequently used entries. Please
consult the Manual if you need additional help. The Nursing School's website has
an excellent "Tips for Avoiding
Mistakes When Following APA Guidelines".
| Key to color codes: |
| Author(s) |
Editor(s) |
Published
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Book Title |
Edition |
Journal Title |
Article Title |
| Volume Number |
Issue Number |
Pages |
Place of Publication |
Publisher |
Retrieval Information |
Other Information |
See important notes at the bottom of the page.
| Davidson, V. (2000).
The shaping of modern America
(3rd ed.).
Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson. |
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Burns, J. M., & Dunn, S. (2001).
The three Roosevelts: Patrician leaders who
transformed America. New York:
Atlantic Monthly Press. |
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Jefferson, T., & Cosway, M. (1999).
Jefferson in love: The love letters between Thomas
Jefferson & Maria Cosway (J. P. Kaminski,
Ed.). Madison, WI:
Madison House. |
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Thompson, K. W. (Ed.). (1984).
The Eisenhower presidency: Eleven intimate
perspectives of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Lanham, MD: University Press of America. |
| Landy, M. (2001).
Politics and friendship: Martin Van Buren and Andrew
Jackson.
In P. D. Bathory & N. L. Schwartz (Eds.),
Friends and citizens: Essays in honor of Wilson
Carey McWilliams (pp. 80-96).
Lanham, MD: Rowan &
Littlefield. |
| Heinze, A. R. (1992).
The morality of reservation: Western lands in the
Cleveland period, 1885-1897. Journal of the
West,
31 (3),
81-89. |
| Scherr, A.
(1999). Governor James Monroe and the
Southampton slave resistance of 1799.
Historian, 61,
577-578. |
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Weems, R. E., & Randolph, L. A. (2001).
The ideological origins of Richard M. Nixon's "Black
Capitalism" initiative. Review of Black
Political Economy, 29
(1),
49-61. |
| King, J. D., &
Riddlesperger, J. W., Jr. (2003).
Presidential leadership of Congressional civil rights
voting: The cases of Eisenhower and Johnson.
Policy Studies Journal,
21, 544-555. |
| Highton,
B.
(2002). Bill Clinton,
Newt Gingrich, and the 1998 House elections
[Electronic
version]. Public Opinion Quarterly,
66, 1-17. |
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Redmond, E. J. (2001, Winter-Spring).
The mapmaker of Mount Vernon.
The Early America Review,
3 (3). Retrieved May
30, 2003, from http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/2001/mapmaker_mv.html |
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Siracusa, J. M., & Coleman, D. B. (2000).
Scaling the nuclear ladder: Deterrence from Truman to
Clinton. Australian Journal of International
Affairs, 54,
277-296.
Retrieved May 30, 2003, from Academic Search Elite
database. |
NOTES:
Authors:
- Always use initials for an author's first and middle names.
- Cite all authors if there are six or less. If there are seven or more
then list the first six followed by "et al.".
Publication Date:
- For books and journals, give the copyright date of the work in
parenthesis.
- If no date is available, write n.d. in the
parenthesis.
Titles:
- Capitalize only the first word in book and article titles and subtitles as
well as any proper names that appear in them.
- For journals, give the full title in both upper and lower case letters.
- The titles of books and journals should always be italicized. If
you're using a typewriter instead of a word processor, then titles should be
underlined.
Place of Publication:
- Abbreviate the names of U.S. states and territories using the official
two-letter U.S. Postal Service codes.
Retrieval Information:
- For documents retrieved from the Web, provide the URL (Internet address)
at the end of the retrieval statement.
- If the item derives from a database (such as those on EBSCOhost, InfoTrac,
or FirstSearch) just give the name of the database; the URL is not necessary.
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