The Writer's Handbook
APA Documentation Guide
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
Reference list entry: Dissertation
Dissertation: unpublished dissertation, obtained from database
Hostetter, Autumn B. (2008). Mind in motion: The gesture as simulated action framework (Doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Thesis database. (UMI No. 3327832).
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