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APA Sample Reference Page
(Accepted format for Social Sciences, Psychology, Business and Nursing)

BOOKS

Single Author
Arnoldson, P.M. (2003). Exploration of the outer reaches of our universe. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.

Two Authors
Butterfield, A. E, & Jordanian, E. R. (2001). Our exploding star systems. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Note: List the authors’ names in the same order as they appear on the title page.

Three Authors
Drew, R. W., Bloome, R. H., & Morrison, C. (2001). History of scientific exploration. New York: Random.

Corporate Author
Energy Commission Association. (1999). Space travel and the UFO phenomenon. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Anonymous Author
New York Public Library American history desk reference. (1997). New York: Macmillan.

Two or more books by the same Author(s) [Order of references is chronological, not alphabetical]
Frye, N. (1957). The double vision: Language and meaning in religion. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto Press.

Frye, N. (1991). Anatomy of criticism: Four essays. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Anthology or Compilation (has editor or compiler, rather than an author)
Giles, E. (Ed.). (2001). Collected essays on the logistics of manned space stations. Los Angeles: Thameson.

Translation
Grimal, P. (1996). Love in ancient Rome (A. Train, Jr., Trans.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. (Original work
published 1964)

Work within an Anthology
Hansberry, L. (1991). A raisin in the sun. In L. Patterson (Ed.), Black theater: A twentieth-century collection of the works
of its best playwrights (pp. 221-276). New York: Dodd.

Ebook (Electronic book)
Campbell, P. (2000). Alien Encounters [Electronic version]. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook.


REFERENCE WORKS

Signed
Hernandez, M. (2003). Black Holes. In Encyclopedia of space and astronomical sciences (Vol.2, pp. 268-274). Chicago:
Encyclopedia Britannica.

Anonymous
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company. (1997). In Who’s who in aeronautics (p.345). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.





PERIODICALS

Signed Magazine Article
Kircher, J. P. (1999, December 23). Mathematical calculations on the age of our galaxy. Newsweek, 36-38.

Anonymous
Lunar and asteroid collisions. (1996, October). Astronomy, 24.

Scholarly Journal
MacGregory, A. (2004). Frequency losses in orbiting satellites. Journal of Space Research & Exploration, 21(4), 10-68.
Note: Journals are cited by year (199) volume (21) and issue (4) rather than the month or day. Page numbers are separated with a hyphen (10-68)

Newspaper
Medoza, C. (2005, September 24). Life in space stations a mental trial. New York Times Examiner, pp.B32, B37-39.
Note: For newspapers cite the section of the paper (B) and the first page of the article (32)

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION

Department of State. (1982). Cost of future American space stations. (DHHS Publication No. ADM 90-1679). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.


ONLINE SOURCES AND SERVICES

Complete Scholarly Project or Information Database
The history channel online. (1998). History Channel. Retrieved June 19, 2004, from

Professional or Personal Website
Dawe, J. (n.d.). Jane Austen page. Retrieved September 15, 2001, from


Online Service (subscription service)
Fox, J. (1999, March 2). What in the world happened to economics? Fortune, 90-102. Retrieved October 23, 2004, from
EBSCOhost database.


CITING A SOURCE WITHIN THE PAPER

APA documentation style requires that sources cited in the text must be included in the reference list, and that each item in the reference list must be cited in the text. Cite the source within the text as follows:
Walker (2000) compared reaction times
or
In a recent study of reaction times (Walker, 2000)

The information in the parenthesis tells the reader that the idea expressed came from a work by an author named Walker in a source with the date 2000. The full reference is included in the reference list, formatted according to the samples shown above.

Most important note: Only a very few examples have been included on this sheet. For detailed information, consult:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.

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