APA Citation Style

Book
Okunda, M., & Okunda, D. (1993). Star Trek chronology: the history of  the  
                future. New York : Pocket Books.

Book with Editor
Stanton, D. C., & Farbman, E. (Eds.). (2003). The female autograph: Theory
               and practice of autobiography. Middletown , CT : Ibis
               Bookstore Press.

Article or Chapter from a Reference Book
James, N.E. (1988). Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according
            to Kirk and Spock. In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic
             (pp. 219-223). Westport , CT : Greenwood .

Encyclopedia Article
Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The Encyclopedia Americana
             (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury , CT : Grolier.

Journal or Magazine Article
 Dubeck, L. (1990). Science fiction aids science teaching. Physics
                Teacher, 28, 316-318.

Newspaper Article
Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). Trekking through college: Classes
                explore modern society using the world of Star Trek. Los 
                Angeles Times, p. A3.

Article or book with no author or editor
New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from heart failure. (1993, July 15).
                The Washington Post, p. A12.

Article from an Internet Database
Mershon, D.H. (1998, November-December). Star Trek on the brain: Alien
                minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29,
                2004 , from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Website
Lynch, T. (1996). Trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved February 2, 2004,
                from Bradley’s Science Fiction Club Web site:
                http://www. bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/ep/503.html

Helpful Hints:

·        Arrange items on your reference list alphabetically by author, books, articles, etc.

·        Indent the second and following lines 5 to 7 spaces or one half inch.

·        Place the author’s last name first, followed by a comma and the first and middle (if used) initials. For entries with more than one author, put commas after all last names and sets of initials, and put and ampersand (&) before the name of the last author.

·        Capitalize only the first word in titles and subtitles. Do not capitalize other words except for proper names (ex. United States ).

·        Identify the city of publication and add the two-letter U.S. Postal Service abbreviation for the state unless the city is one of the following: Baltimore , Boston , Chicago , Los Angeles , New York , Philadelphia , or San Francisco .

·        If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.

·        Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.) to stand for no date.

·        Single space all lines and skip a line in between references.

·        Put all book, periodical, and website titles in italics. The volume number for a journal should also be put in italics.  

Additional Resources:

·        APA Citation Style

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm

Long Island University – B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library

·        APA Formatting

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_apa.html

OWL – Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

·        APA Style Website

http://www.apastyle.org

From the American Psychological Association (try links)

·        APA Style Checklist

http://spsp.clarion.edu/mm/RDE3/C14/Checklist.html

Bill Southerly's APA Research Report Checklist