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APA Citations

APA Citations. Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details. William Feather Publisher & Author. APA Citation Examples. • Journal Article • Book • Book Chapter • Dissertation • Nonperiodical Web Document • All Others…. Journal Article. • General Form

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APA Citations

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  1. APA Citations

  2. Beware of the person who can't be bothered by details.William FeatherPublisher & Author

  3. APA Citation Examples • • Journal Article • • Book • • Book Chapter • • Dissertation • • Nonperiodical Web Document • • All Others…

  4. Journal Article • • General Form • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume #, nn-nn. • • Example • Wright, S. P., Horn, L. J., & Sanders, W. L. (1997). Teachers and classrooms context effects on student achievement: Implications for teacher evaluation. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 11, 57-67.

  5. Journal Article: Details

  6. Journal Article: Example 1 Gerend, M. A. (2009). Does calorie information promote lower calorie fast food choices among college students? Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 84-86.

  7. Journal Article: Example 2 Miley, W. M., & Gonsalves, S. (2003). What you don’t know can hurt you: Students’ perceptions of professors’ annoying teaching habits. College Student Journal, 37, 447-455.

  8. Book • • General Form • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of book. City, ST: Publisher. • • Example • Raths, L. E., Wassermann, S., Jonas, A., & Rothstein, A. (1986). Teaching for thinking: Theory, strategies, and activities for the classroom. (2nd ed.). New York: Teachers College, Columbia University.

  9. Book Chapter • • General Form • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (p. # or pp. #-#). City, ST: Publisher. • • Example • Stallings, J. (1977). How instructional processes relate to child outcomes. In G. D. Borich, & K. S. Fenton (Eds.), The appraisal of teaching: Concepts and process (pp. 104-113). Reading, MA: Wiley & Sons.

  10. Dissertation • • General Form • Author, A. A. (year). Title of dissertation. Retrieved from Name of Database. (AAT #) • • Example • Biswas, S. (2008). Dopamine D3 receptor: A neuroprotective treatment target in Parkinson's disease. Retrieved from ProQuest Digital Dissertations. (AAT 3295214)

  11. ERIC Document • • General Form • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title of article. City, ST: Institutional (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED ### ###). • • Example • Kerker, R. M., & Clements, R. O. (1981). Reducing and combining classroom observation categories into behavioral profiles. Austin, TX: Research and Development Center for Teacher Education. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 230 492).

  12. Nonperiodical Web Document • • General Form • Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://web address • • Example • Angeli, E., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ • If there is no date of publication, use (n.d.) for no date.

  13. All Others… • • When in doubt, search Google for: • APA 6th Edition [type of publication] • • See also: • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

  14. My Deviations from Strict APA • Paivio, A. (1975). Perceptual comparisons through the mind's eye. Memory & Cognition, 3, 635-647. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225 • Hamfi, A. G. (1981). The funny nature of dogs. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48. Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/fdo Do not include the directory or data source for your articles as shown above.

  15. Other Issues • • Don’t copy other people’s citations, even the original author—they’re often wrong. • • Spell out completely the name of journals. • • Don’t use online formatting sites—I’ve never found one that is 100% correct. • • When to use the issue number (see example 2 on previous slide) • • Never pay for a research article.

  16. Research Question Development Do this for three articles related to one of your research question.

  17. Research Question Development

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