This section provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2009).
- Orientation to APA
- Parenthetical Citations
- Where to place citations
- One or two authors
- Three or more authors
- No authors
- Multiple sources in one reference
- Electronic sources
- Reference List
- Book
- Dissertation
- Government report
- Journal article
- Magazine or newspaper article
- Publication, private organization
- Conference paper or poster session
- Electronic source
- Format the references list
- Format and Headings
- Usage and Style
Cite a source with one author
First and subsequent citations
Within a paragraph, omit the year in citations after the first one if no confusion with other studies will result
Fisher (1999) administered a questionnaire . . . Fisher's results indicated . . .
[new paragraph] The questionnaire administered by Fisher (1999) was used by . . .
A source with 1 or 2 authors
Cite name(s) in first and all subsequent citations
(Carter & Dunbar-Odom, 2009)
Carter and Dunbar-Odom (2009)
Authors with same surname
Use initials even if the years are different
D. Baldwin (2001) and M. L. Baldwin (1999)
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