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    American Psychological Association Reference Format 6th Edition

    1. Book with one author

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Kromkowski, J. A. (2008). Race and ethnic relations. USA: McGraw-Hill.

    Note: Title of the book is italicized, capitalize only the first letter of the word, the first letter of the word after a colon, and proper nouns; the
    publisher is abbreviated; end the citation with a period.

    Kromkowski (2008) states that …


    ... (Kromkowski, 2008).

    2. Book with two authors

    Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the book. Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2009). Abstracts and the writing of abstracts. Michigan: University of Michigan Press.

    Note: Use “&” in separating the authors.

    Swales and Feak (2009) define …


    … (Swales & Feak, 2009).

    3. Book with three or more authors

    Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the book. Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Reinking, J. A., Hart, A. W., & von der Osten, R. (2002). Strategies for successful writing. (6th ed.). USA: Prentice Hall.

    Reinking, Hart, and von der Osten (2002) …


    … (Reinking, Hart, & von der Osten, 2002).

    Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author, C. C., Author, D. D., Author, E. E., Author, F. F.,…& Author, Z. Z. (Year). Title of the book. Place of
    Publication: Publisher.

    Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, and Harlow (1993) … *first citation


    Kernis et al. (1993) … *second citation
    … (Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993) *first citation
    … (Kernis et al., 1993) *second citation

    Harris et al. (2001) argued ... *6 or more authors


    … (Harris et al., 2001).

    4. Book with a later edition

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. (edition). Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Cardon, P. W. (2016). Business communication: Developing leaders for a networked world. (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

    Note: Use number and abbreviate the edition.

    Cardon (2016) states …


    ... (Cardon, 2016).

    5. Book with a group author, same publisher as the author

    Group Name. (Year). Title of the book. (edition). Place of Publication: Author.

    American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (6th ed.). USA: Author. 

    Note: Use “Author” for the Publisher.

    American Psychological Association (2010) …


    ... (American Psychological Association, 2010).

    6. Edited Book

    Author, A. A. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the book. (edition). Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Ball, M. J. (Ed.). (2010). The Routledge handbook of sociolinguistics around the world. New York: Routledge.

    Note: Use “Ed.” for a single editor; use “Eds.” for two or more editors.

    Ball (2010) …
    ... (Ball, 2010).

    7. Article in Journal

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Name of Journal/Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

    Fan-ping, T. (2011). Analyses of move structure and verb tense of research article abstracts in Applied Linguistics Journals. International Journal
    of English Linguistics, 1(2), 27-39.

    Note: Do not italicize the title of the article; italicize the name of the journal and volume number.

    Fan-ping (2011) …
    ... (Fan-ping, 2011).
    8. Article in Monthly Magazine

    Author, A. A. (Year, Month). Title of the article. Name of Magazine, volume number(issue number), pages.

    Quammen, D. (2005, September). Spirit of the wild. National Geographic, 208(3), 122-143.

    Note: Spell-out the month; do not italicize the title of the article; italicize the name of magazine and volume number.

    Quammen (2005) …
    ... (Quammen, 2005).

    9. Article in Newspaper

    Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Name of Newspaper, pages.

    Schultz, S. (2005, December 28). Calls made to strengthen state energy policies. The Country Today, pp. 1A, 2A.

    Note: Use pp. for pages.

    Schultz (2005) …
    ... (Schultz, 2005).

    10. Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis, Master’s Thesis, or Doctoral Dissertation

    Author, A. A. (Year). Thesis title (Unpublished undergraduate thesis). University/College, Address.

    Bonifacio, R. M. (2010). Archetypal portrayal of the main characters’ psyche in Twilight Saga (Unpublished undergraduate thesis). Central
    Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon.

    Note: Italicize the thesis title.

    Bonifacio (2010) …
    ... (Bonifacio, 2010).

    11. Article in Electronic Journal

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Name of Journal/Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. Retrieved from URL

    Hyland, K. (2008). Genre and academic writing in the disciplines. Language Teaching, 41(4), 543-562. Retrieved from
    http://www2.caes.hku.hk/kenhyland/files/2012/08/Genre-and-academic-writing-in-the-disciplines.pdf

    Note: Cite the complete URL; no period after the URL.

    Hyland (2008) …
    ... (Hyland, 2008).

    12. Article from the Internet

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Retrieved from URL

    University of Oxford. (2018). Plagiarism. Retrieved from https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/ academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism?wssl=1

    Note: Mention the name of the university/organization if the author is not specified.

    University of Oxford (2018) …


    ... (University of Oxford, 2018).

    13. Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

    Word. (Year). In Name of Encyclopedia/Dictionary online. Retrieved from URL

    Feminism. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica online. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/724633/feminism

    Note: Italicize the name of the encyclopedia/dictionary.

    Encyclopædia Britannica (2017) …


    ... (Encyclopædia Britannica, 2017).

    14. Encyclopedias

    Author, A. A. (Year). Word. In Name of Encyclopedia. (Vol. number, pp.). Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica. (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica.

    Note: Italicize the name of the encyclopedia; use “Vol.” for volume number; use “pp.” for pages.

    Bergmann (1993) …
    ... (Bergmann, 1993).

    15. Dictionaries

    Word. (Year). In Name of the dictionary. (edition). Place of Publication: Publisher.

    Jejunum. (2003). In Merriam-Webster's dictionary. (11th ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

    Note: Italicize the name of the dictionary.

    Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (2003) …


    ... (Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, 2003).

    Citing an Indirect Source


    Johnson argued that...(as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102).
    Johnson argued that...(in Smith, 2003).
    … (Johnson, in Smith, 2003).

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