Sample of American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Style

Karin Duran

Double space between and within references. For titles in reference lists, capitalize only the first word, the first word after a colon or a dash, and proper nouns. Titles of books and periodicals should be italicized. Use the "author, publication" date method for in-text references.

Books
Soto, S. (1990).  Emergence of the modern Mexican woman: Her participation in revolution and struggle  
    
          for equality, 1910-1940.  Denver: Arden Press.
Edited Books
Noreiga, C.A. & Lopez, A.M. (Eds.).  (1996).  The ethnic eye: Latino media arts.  Minneapolis, 
     
          Minn.: University of Minnesota Press.

Dissertation
Duran, K. J. (1986). The cultural perspective in the study of organizations and its application to academic
    
         libraries (Doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California, 1986).  Dissertation Abstracts    
    
         International, 47, 1100.

Duran, K. J. (1986) The cultural perspective in the study of organizations and its application to academic
     
         libraries.  Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Southern California.  

ERIC Documents

Mead, J. V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating the teacher tales that novice teachers bring with them
     (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research on Teacher Learning. (ERIC
     Document Reproduction Service No. ED346082)
Journals
Lazzari, M., Ford, H.R., & Haughey, K.L. (1996).  Making a difference: women of action in the community.  
     
         Social Work, 41 (2), 197-206.
Magazines
Leo, J. (1996, September 16).  No books, please; we're students. U.S. News & World Report, 121, (11),  24.

Newspapers
May, T.  (1995, February 8).  Valley focus: Lake View Terrace; residents press to close landfill.  Los 
     
        Angeles Times, (Valley edition), pp. A37-39.

Interviews
Chavez, C. (1968).  Personal interview.

Electronic Full-Text Sources 	

Hint: Follow the format above that best matches your online source before providing online citation information. Look for and include as many source identification elements as possible such as author, title, date of publication/creation, internet address and date of access information. Consult the APA web site for further examples http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Full-Text Book
California population by race/ethnicity, 1990.  (1996).  California Latina/Latino demographic data book.       
         
	Retrieved on Dec. 10, 1996 from, http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/latino.book.html  
Full-Text General Web Site
Kahloism. (1996) The World of Frida Kahlo.  Retrieved on July 17, 2003 from  
          
          http://members.aol.com/fridanet/kaholism.htm
Internet/WWW-Full-Text Periodical Article Located Using a CSUN Library Subscription Database
Internet address NOT required for these sources 
Martinez, G. A. (Jan-Apr. 2000).  Dispute Resolution and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Bilingual Review,
          
	 25(1), 39.  Retrieved on 18 July 2003, from Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac).

Hong, P. Y. (2 July 2003). In the classroom: 10 Years Later.  Chicanos Studies Are in the Mainstream; A Decade 
          
	 After a Hunger Strike at UCLA.  Los Angeles Times,  Home ed.:B2. Retrieved on 18 July 2003 from
           
	ABI-Inform Proquest.