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Introduction to APA Style

Introduction to APA Style. EDFS 6231, Fall 2007, Dr. Rui Kang Amended for EDUC 2130, Fall 2007, Lisa Thompson The examples in this presentation are from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5 th ed.). Reference List.

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Introduction to APA Style

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  1. Introduction to APA Style EDFS 6231, Fall 2007, Dr. Rui Kang Amended for EDUC 2130, Fall 2007, Lisa Thompson The examples in this presentation are from Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.)

  2. Reference List • Alphabetize • Use hanging indentation (Format → Paragraph → Indentation, Special: Hanging) • Make sure that references cited in text appear in the reference list; conversely, each entry in the reference list must be cited in text.

  3. Reference List-Journal Articles • Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., &Harlow, T. (1993). There’s more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204. Only the first word in the article title (and subtitle if there is one) is capitalized Journal title is italicized and each word capitalized, volume number is also italicized Not Italicized, article title

  4. Reference List-Journal Article • Kernis, M. H., Cornel, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., and Harlow, T. (1993) There’s More to Self-Esteem than Whether It Is High or Low: The Importance of Stability of Self-Esteem. Journal of personality and social psychology, 65, 1190-1204. • What’s wrong with the above citation?

  5. Reference List-Book • Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children of color: Psychological interventions with minority young. San Francisco: Jassey-Bass. • Saxe, G. B. (1991). Cultural and cognitive development: Studies in mathematical understanding. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  6. Reference List-Book Chapters • Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993). Psychiatric care of ethnic elders. In A. C. Gaw (Ed.), Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness (pp. 517-552). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

  7. Reference List-Book Chapters • Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993). Psychiatric Care of Ethnic Elders. In Gaw, A. C. (Ed) Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness. (p. 517-552). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. • What’s wrong with the above citation?

  8. Reference List-Electronic Resources • University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health and Aging. (1996, November). Chronic care in America: A 21st century challenge. Retrieved September 9, 2000, from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation web site: http://www.ussc.gov/annrpt/1997/sbtoc97. htm/

  9. Reference List-Group Author • Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1991). Estimated resident population by age and sex in statistical local areas, New South Wales, June 1990 (No. 3209.1). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Author.

  10. Reference List Order-Same Author • Cite the same author for more than one time, cite by chronological order • Brown, A. C. (1995) • Brown, A. C. (2000) • Cite the sameauthor and work from the same year • Brown, A. C. (2000a) • Brown, A. C. (2000b)

  11. Reference List Order-Same First Author • Cite two articles from the same first author, cite according to the name of the second author and so on • Gosling, J. R., Jerald, K., & Balfar, S. F. (2000) • Gosling, J. R., & Tevlin, D. F. (1996)

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