APA Style Reference Samples
BOOKS
Single Author
Author. (Year). Title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Beeler, J. (1971). Warfare in Feudal Europe: 730-1200. Ithaca, New York:
Cornell University Press.
Two or MoreAuthors
Author, author & author. (Year). Title. Place of publication: Publisher.
Bain, J. S., Caves, R. E. & Margolis, J. (1966).Northern California's
Water Industry: The Comparative Efficiency of Public Enterprise in
Developing a Scarce Natural Resource. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns
Hopkins Press.
Editor(s)
Author. (Year). Title. Editor's name. (Ed.). Place of publication: Publisher.
Marx, K. (1977). Selected Writings. D. McLellan. (Ed.). Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
An Edition
Author. (Year). Title. (# ed.) Place of publication: Publisher.
Still, J. A. (1995). William Grant Still and the Fusion of Cultures in
American Music. (2nd ed.) Flagstaff, Arizona: Master-Player Library.
Multi-Volume Works
Editor. (Ed.). (Year). Title (Vols. #-#). Place of publication: Publisher.
Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A Study of Science (Vols. 1-6). New
York: McGraw-Hill.
Article(s) in a Single Volume from a Multi-Volume Work
Author. (Year). Chapter/Volume title. In Title. (Vol. #). Place of publication:
Publisher, pgs.
Cochran, T. C. (1993). Public Finance. In The New American State Papers: 1789-1860
(Vol. 6). Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 95-122.
ARTICLES
Single Author
Author. (Year). Article title. Magazine/Journal title, vol. #, pgs.
Ratnesar, R. (1999). Not Gone, but Forgotton?: Why Americans have stopped
talking about homelessness. Time, 153, 30-31.
Two or More Authors, journal paginated by volume
Author & author. (Year). Article title. Journal title, vol. #, pgs.
Kulcinski, G.L. & Santarius, J.F. (1998). Nuclear fusion: Advanced fuels under
debate. Nature, 396, 724-725.
Two or More Authors, journal paginated by issue
Author & author. (Year). Article title. Journal title, vol. #(issue #) pgs.
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in
organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research,,
45(2) 10-36.
EBSCOHost
Author. (Year, Month). Article title. Journal title, vol. #(issue #), pgs.
Retrieved Month Day Year from Database vendor: Database.
Lewis, K. B. (1998, September) Senate Approves New Alternative Fuel.
National Petroleum News 90(9), 36. Retrieved Nov. 12, 1999 from
EBSCOHost Searchbank: MasterFILE Premier database.
ProQuest Direct
Author. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Journal title, vol. #(n#).
Retrieved on Month Day Year from Database.
Montefiore, S. S. (1996, December 7). How the nineties have become the
eighties. The Spectator 277 (n8786). Retrieved on September 15, 2003 from
ProQuest.
Health Reference Center
Author. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Journal title. Retrieved Month Day Year from
Database vendor: Database.
Shelton, D. L. (1998, September 14). Medical innovation close at hand.
American Medical News. Retrieved February 6, 1999 from InfoTrac
Searchbank: Health Reference Center.
REFERENCE RESOURCES
Contemporary Authors (CA) or Contemporary Authors New Revision (CANR)
Editor. (Year). Article title. In Title. (Vol. #, pp. ). Place of publication: Publisher.
Peacock, S. (1988). Gershwin, Ira 1896 - 1983. In Contemporary Authors
(Vol. 164, pp. 153-158). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
Author. (Year). Article title. In Title. (Vol. #, pp. ). Place of publication: Publisher.
Pettis, J. (1988). Margaret Walker. In Dictionary of Literary Biography (Vol. 76,
pp. 173-181). Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Inc.
ERIC DOCUMENT (ED xxx xxx)
Author. (Year). Title. Place of publication: Publisher. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service
No. ED ### ###)
Lahti, J. et al. (1978). A Follow-Up Study of the Oregon Project: Final Report.
Portland State Univ., OR: Regional Research Inst. for Human Services. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED 165 880)
INTERNET SOURCES
Web Page
Author. (Date of posting/update). Page Title. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from
Responsible organization: URL
Schafer, N. I. (1998). Maya Angelou. Retrieved February 8, 1999,
from Empire:Zine Website by Spyder's Empire:
http://www.spydersempire.com/empirezine/spotlight/published/april/maya1.htm
E-mail
Author (personal communication, date) subject line.
J. Schmo (personal communication, November 24, 2003) informing me how to cite
an e-mail in an APA style reference list.
CD ROM SOURCES
Chaucer
Article title. (Year). CD ROM title. [CD ROM]. Place of publication/production: Publisher/producer.
When Was Chaucer Born?. (1995). Chaucer: Life and Times [CD ROM]. Woodbridge,
Conneticut: Primary Source Media.