Guide to APA Bibliography

Forms of APA bibliography entries, taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition.  For each entry, lines after the first should be indented.

The examples included here are only the basic forms of APA bibliography entries.  If you cannot find the information that you need here, you can

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• Periodicals

  • Journal Article by a Single Author

    • Hayes, J. R. (1993). Taking criticism seriously. Research in the Teaching of English, 27(3), 305-315.

  • Journal Article, Two Authors, Nonconsecutive Pagination

    • Blattner, N.H.., & Frazier, C.L. (2002). Developing a performance-based assessment of students' critical thinking skills. Assessing Writing, 8(1), 47-64.

  • Journal Article, Three to Six Authors

    • Warriner, A., Montgomery, N., Rinaldi, J., & Yatrakis, P. (1998). Towards excellence in computing in five years at Sacred Heart University: Year one. Computers & Composition, 15(1), 41-60.

  • Journal Article, More than Six Authors

    • Moon, J., Chen, M., Gandhy, S.U., Strawderman, M., Levitsky, D.A., Maclean, K.N., et al. (2010). Perinatal choline supplementation improves cognitive functioning and emotion regulation in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome. Behavioral Neuroscience, 124(3), 346-361.

  • Magazine Article

    • Doubilet, D., & Hayes, J. (2010, April). Riches in the wreckage. Diver, 18(3), 36-42.

  • Newsletter Article

    • Reno, S. (2010, May/June). The world of ideas and the world of practice: Romanticism and online writing centers. The Writing Lab Newsletter, 34(9/10), 7-10.

  • Daily Newspaper Article, No Author

    • Terrorism concerns rise during election season. (2004, April 19). The Southeast Missourian, p. A7.

  • Daily Newspaper Article, Discontinuous Pages

    • Bliss, M. (2004, April 19). Cape officials to consider tax holiday. The Southeast Missourian, pp. A1, A4.

  • Weekly Newspaper Article, Letter to the Editor

    • Berkowitz, A. D. (2000, November 24). How to tackle the problem of student drinking [Letter to the editor]. The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. B20.

• Books, Brochures, and Book Chapters

  • Entire Book

    • O'Conner, P.T. (1999). Words fail me: What everyone who writes should know about writing. New York: Harcourt Brace.

    • Hogan, J.M., Andrews, P.H., Andrews, J.R., & Williams, G. (2007). Public speaking and civic engagement. Upper Saddle River: Allyn & Bacon.

  • Edited Book 

    • Brummett, B. (Ed.). (2000). Reading rhetorical theory. New York: Harcourt.

    • Root, R.L., Jr., & Steinberg, M. (Eds.). (2010). The fourth genre: Contemporary writers of/on creative nonfiction (5th ed.). New York: Longman.

  • Book, No Author or Editor

    • Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2006). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

  • Book, Revised Edition

    • White, E.M. (1998). Teaching and assessing writing (Rev. ed.). West Lafayette: Parlor Press.

  • Encyclopedia or Dictionary

    • Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed.). (2006). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

  • English Translation of a Book 

    • Sebald, W.G. (1998). The rings of Saturn. (M. Hulse, Trans.). New York: New Directions. (Original work published 1995.)

  • Article or Chapter in an Edited Book, Two Editors

    • Michael, D. (2010). Advice to my friend Beth's undergraduate creative nonfiction students. In R.L. Root, Jr., & M. Steinberg (Eds.), The fourth genre: Contemporary writers of/on creative nonfiction (pp. 376-377). New York: Longman.

  • Entry in an Encyclopedia

    • Eggen, B.J.L., & Hemmati-Brivanlou, A. (2002). BMP antagonists and neural induction. In Encyclopedia of life sciences (Vol. 3, pp. 353-357).

• Reviews

  • Review of a Book

    • Ball, A.F. (2000). Race, rhetoric, and composition. [Review of the book Race, rhetoric, and composition]. CCC, 51(4), 668-672.

• Electronic Media

  • Internet Article Based on a Print Source

    • Gilbert, P.B., DeGruttola, V., Hammer, S.M. & Kuritzkes, D.R. (2001). Virologic and regimen termination surrogate end points in AIDS clinical trials. JAMA, 285, 777-784. Retrieved from http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/vol285/issue6/index.dtl

  • Article in an Internet-Only Journal

    • Prandoni, P. (2008). Prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism with low-molecular-weight heparins: Clinical implications of the recent European guidelines. Thrombosis Journal, 6(13). doi:10.1186/1477-9560-6-13

  • Article in an Internet-Only Journal, Retrieved via File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

    • Stalder, D.R. (2010). The power of proverbs: Dissonance reduction through common sayings. Current Research in Social Psychology, 15(7). Retrieved from http://www.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/crisp/crisp15_7.pdf

  • Document from a Web Site  

    • Burns, S. (2010). Is college worth the money? Retrieved from http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/CutCollegeCosts/

    •       IsCollegeWorthTheMoney.aspx

    • Vegetable of the month: Exotic vegetables. (n.d.). Retrieved July 6, 2010, from http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/month/

    •       exotic_vegetables.html

  • Electronic Copy of a Journal Article, Three to Five Authors, Retrieved from Database

    • Wan, C.Y., Ruber, T., Hohmann, A., & Schlaug, G. (2010). The therapeutic effects of singing in neurological disorders. Music Perception, 27(4), 287-296. Retrieved from ProQuest database (2018706561).

    • Aviv, R.I., Tomlinson, G., Kendall, B., Thakkar, C., & Valentine, A. (2010). Cavum septi pellucidi in boxers.Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal, 61(1), 29-32. doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2009.09.002

  • Daily Newspaper Article, Electronic Version Available by Search

    • Savage, C., & Stolberg, S.G. (2010, June 29). Kagan shifts on disclosure of legal views at hearings. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com