American Psychological Association: Basic Structure

APA format is the official style of the American Psychological Association and is used in most types of science and
social science writing. Before you create a reference page for your papers, essays, articles, or reports, it is important to learn how to format your references in proper APA style. The following examples and guidelines can help you prepare book references in proper APA format. Basic Structure: The basic structure of a book reference should list the author's last name, first initials, publication year, book title, location and publisher. Your reference should appear as follows: Author, I. N. (Year). Title of book. Location: Publisher. For example: Rogers, C. R. (1961). On becoming a person. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Edited Book with One or More Authors: Edited books with one or more authors should follow the basic structure of a book reference
and include the initials, last name, and 'Ed.' in parentheses after the book title. For example: Adler, A. (1956). The individual psychology of Alfred Adler: A systematic presentation of selections from his writings. (H. L. Ansbacher & R. R. Ansbacher, Eds.). New York: Basic Books. Edited Book with No Author: Edited books with no author should list the last name and first initials of the editor or editors, followed by 'Ed.' or 'Eds.' in parentheses. The remainder of the reference should follow the basic structure and include the publication year, book title in italics, location, and publisher. For example: Atkinson, J. W. & Raynor, J. O. (Eds.). (1974). Motivation and achievement. Washington, DC: V. H. Winston. Article Featured in an Edited Book: Articles by individual authors that appear in edited books should list the last name and first initial of the author, followed by the publication
date and book title. Next, the editors should be noted followed by the location and publisher. For example: Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2005) History of Forensic Psychology. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), The Handbook of Forensic Psychology (pp.1-27). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Translated Books: Books translated from another language should include the last name and first initial of the author, followed by the year of publication and book title. The first initials and last name of the translator and the notation 'Trans.' should then be included in parentheses. Next provide the location, publisher and a note of the original date of publication. For example: Freud, S. (1914). The psychopathology of everyday life. (A. A. Brill, Trans.). London: T. Fisher Unwin. (Original work published 1901). Tips:: 1. Remember that your reference page needs to be double-spaced.
2. The first line of each reference should be flush-left with the margin of the page. Each subsequent line of your reference should be indented.
APA format details a set of clear rules for referencing articles that appear in academic journals and other periodicals. Article references will vary somewhat based on where the article appears and who authored the content. The reference section is one of the easiest places to lose points due to incorrect APA format, so always check your references before you hand in your psychology papers. Learning to reference articles in proper APA format can help you throughout your study of psychology. Check out the following rules and guidelines for referencing articles in APA format. Basic Structure: Start by listing the authors last name and first initials, followed by the date of publication in parentheses. Provide the title of the article, but only capitalize the first letter of the title. Next, list the journal or periodical and volume
number in italics. Finally, provide the page numbers where the article can be found. For example: Author, I. N. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the Journal or Periodical, volume number, page numbers. or Smith, L. V. (2000). Referencing articles in APA format. APA Format Weekly, 34, 4-10. Magazine Articles: The structure for an article appearing in a magazine is similar to that of a journal article. However, the publication date should also include the month and day of publication. For example: James, S. A. (2001, June 7). Magazine articles in APA format. Newsweek, 20, 48-52. Newspaper Articles: References for newspaper articles follow the basic structure, but use the initials p. or pp. to denote page numbers. For example: Tensky, J. A. (2004, January 5). How to cite newspaper articles. The New York Times, pp. 4D, 5D.

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