APA Style

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Library

Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (2010).
This is a guide to some of the most frequently used entries. For additional information, please consult copies of the Publication Manual in the library [call
number: Ref BF76.7.P83 2010].

Type of Entry

Examples of References

Citation in Text

Book Single Author

Shotton, M. A., Jr. (1989). Computer addiction? A

study of computer dependency (2nd ed.). London,
England: Taylor & Francis.

(Shotton, 1989)

Book Three or More

Authors

Luce, M. F., Bettman, J. R., & Payne, J. W. (2001).

Emotional decisions: Tradeoff difficulty and
coping in consumer choice. Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.

(Luce, Bettman, & Payne,

2001)
1st citation
(Luce et al., 2001)
subsequent citation

Book Edited

Jankowiak, W. R. (Ed.). (2008). Intimacies: Love and

sex across cultures. New York, NY: Columbia
University Press.

(Jankowiak, 2008)

Book Online Only

OKeefe, E. (n.d.). Egoism & the crisis in Western

values. Retrieved from http://www.onlineoriginals.
com/showitem.asp?itemID=135

(OKeefe, n.d.)

Book One Chapter

Haybron, D. M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of

subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R. J. Larsen
(Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp.
17-43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

(Haybron, 2008)

Article Print
Scholarly Journal
(continuous pagination)

Corrigan, P. (2004). How stigma interferes with mental

health care. American Psychologist, 59, 614-625.

(Corrigan, 2004)

Article Print
Scholarly Journal
(pagination by issue)

Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the

hiring process in organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45(2),
10-36.

(Klimoski & Palmer, 1993)

Article Online with

Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer

support, marital status, and the survival times of
terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225.

(Herbst-Damm & Kulik,

2005)

Sillick, T. J., & Schutte, N. S. (2006). Emotional

intelligence and self-esteem mediate between
perceived early parental love and adult happiness.
E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48.
Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.
php/ejap

(Sillick & Schutte, 2006)

Digital Object Identifier

(DOI); see the Manual

pp. 187-191.
Article Online
without Digital Object
Identifier (DOI); see the
Manual pp. 187-191.

Continued

Article Print
Magazine

Posner, M. I. (1993, October 29). Seeing the mind.

Science, 262, 673-674.

(Posner, 1993)

Article Print
Newspaper; No Author

New drug appears to sharply cut risk of death from

heart failure. (1993, July 15). The Washington Post,
p. A12, A15.

(New Drug, 1993)

Article Online
Newspaper

Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves

keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved
from http://www.nytimes.com

(Brody, 2007)

Article Encyclopedia

Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new

encyclopedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508).
Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica.

(Bergmann, 1993)

Review Book

Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text

or context? [Review of the book The social life of
information, by J. S. Brown & P. Duguid]. Science,
290, 1304.

(Schatz, 2000)

DVD

Grazer, B., & Howard. R. (Producers), & Howard, R.

(Director). (2002). A beautiful mind [DVD].
Universal City, CA: Universal.

(Grazer & Howard, 2002)

Annual Report

Nabisco. (2008). 2007 Annual Report. Parsippany, NJ:

Author.

(Nabisco, 1996)

Congressional Hearing

Urban Americas need for social services to strengthen

families: Hearing before the Subcommittee on
Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and
Means, House of Representatives, 102d Cong. 1
(1992).

(Urban Americas Need,

1992)

Government
Document Online

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

(2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools
(NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/
asth_sch.pdf

(U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, 2003)

ERIC Document

Kubota, K. (2007). Soaking model for learning:

Analyzing Japanese learning/teaching process
from a socio-historical perspective. Retrieved from
ERIC database. (ED498566)

(Kubota, 2007)

Thesis/Dissertation

Leick, D. M. (2007). Family stories: The transfer of

moral values to future generations (Unpublished
masters thesis). University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point, Stevens Point, WI.

(Leick, 2007)

Personal
Communication

***Cite personal communication in text only. Do NOT

include them in the reference list.***
-See the Publication Manual 6.20 (p. 179)

(P. Becker, personal

communication, September 2,
2009)

Statute
See the Manual pp.
219-221.

Mental Health Systems Act, 42 U.S.C. 9401 (1988).

Mental Health Systems Act

of 1988