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APA (American Psychological Association) Style originated in 1929, when a group of
psychologists, anthropologists, and business managers convened and sought to
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establish a simple set of procedures, or style rules, that would codify the many
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As with other editorial styles, APA Style consists of rules or guidelines that a publisher APA citation and related resources.
observes to ensure clear and consistent presentation of written material. It concerns Online APA Tutorial
uniform use of such elements as selection of headings, tone, and length, punctuation A brief tutorial on the basics of APA
and abbreviations, presentation of numbers and statistics, construction of tables and citation style.
figures, citation of references, and many other elements that are a part of a manuscript.
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The APA style calls for three kinds of information to be included in in-text citations. The
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author's last name and the work's date of publication must always appear, and these
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items must match exactly the corresponding entry in the references list. The third kind of
papers using the 6th edition of the
information, the page number, appears only in a citation to a direct quotation.
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"The potentially contradictory nature of Moscow's priorities surfaced first in its policies
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towards East Germany and Yugoslavia," (Crockatt, 1995, p. 1).
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Note: All second and third lines in the APA Bibliography should be indented.
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A book in print Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education. DOI and URL
Philadelphia: Ballière Tindall. Flowchart
A book chapter, print Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of In order to simplify when to use a DOI
version subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen (Eds.), The
(Digital Object Identifier) and a URL
science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). New York, NY:
(Uniform Resource Locator) in your
Guilford Press.
citations, APA published this flow chart.
An eBook Millbower, L. (2003). Show biz training: Fun and effective
business training techniques from the worlds of stage, screen,
and song. Retrieved from http://www.amacombooks.org/
An article in a print Alibali, M. W. (1999). How children change their minds:
journal Strategy change can be gradual or abrupt. Developmental
Psychology, 35, 127-145.
An article in a journal Carter, S., & Dunbar-Odom, D. (2009). The converging
without DOI literacies center: An integrated model for writing programs.
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy,
14(1), 38-48. Retrieved from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/ (Click on image to enlarge)
An article in a journal Gaudio, J. L., & Snowdon, C. T. (2008). Spatial cues more  APA DOI and URL Flowchart
with DOI salient than color cues in cotton-top tamarins (saguinus
oedipus) reversal learning. Journal of Comparative
Psychology, 122, 441-444. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.122.4.441
Websites - professional The World Famous Hot Dog Site. (1999, July 7). Retrieved
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Websites - professional The World Famous Hot Dog Site. (1999, July 7). Retrieved
or personal sites January 5, 2008, from
http://www.xroads.com/~tcs/hotdog/hotdog.html

Websites - online U.S. Department of Justice. (2006, September 10). Trends in

government violent victimization by age, 1973-2005. Retrieved from
publications http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/vage.htm

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Emails (cited in-text According to preservationist J. Mohlhenrich (personal
only) communication, January 5, 2008). 
Mailing Lists (listserv) Stein, C.(2006, January 5). Chessie rescue - Annapolis, MD
[Message posted to Chessie-L electronic mailing list].
Retrieved from http://chessie-l-owner@lists.best.com

Radio and TV episodes DeFord, F. (Writer). (2007, August 8). Beyond Vick: Animal
- from library databases cruelty for sport [Television series episode]. In NPR
(Producer), Morning Edition. Retrieved from Academic
OneFile database.

Radio and TV episodes Sepic, M. (Writer). (2008). Federal prosecutors eye MySpace
- from website bullying case [Television series episode]. In NPR
(Producer), All Things Considered. Retrieved from
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/

Film Clips from website Kaufman, J.C. (Producer), Lacy, L. (Director), & Hawkey, P.
(Writer). (1979). Mean Joe Greene [video file]. Retrieved from
http://memory.loc.gov/mbrs/ccmp/meanjoe_01g.ram

Film Greene, C. (Producer), del Toro, G.(Director). (2015).

Crimson peak [Motion picture]. United States: Legendary
Pictures.
Photograph (from book, Close, C. (2002). Ronald. [photograph]. Museum of Modern
magazine or webpage) Art, New York, NY. Retrieved from
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=108890

Artwork - from library Clark, L. (c.a. 1960's). Man with Baby. [photograph]. George
database Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Retrieved from ARTstor

Artwork - from website Close, C. (2002). Ronald. [photograph]. Museum of Modern

Art, New York. Retrieved from
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object_id=108890

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