APA Citation Format Examples

From the Franklin Middle School Library (April 2005)

Paper & “Traditional” Materials

Book by a single author

Millionaire, J. (2003). How to get rich without really trying. New York, NY: Reality Television Press.

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Book with two authors

Sawyer, T., & Finn, H. (1855). Raft construction made easy. Hannibal, MO: Mississippi Press.

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Book with an editor

March, J. (Ed.). (1963). How to get your first book published. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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Article in an encyclopedia

Frome, E. (1995). The art of hiring good help. Household Encyclopedia. (Vol. 2, pp. 78-80). New York: Winter Press.

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Article from a magazine

Nye, B. (1998, October 15). Putting science to music. Science Teacher Workshop, 130, 120-122.

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Article from a newspaper

Meany, O. (2001, September 15). I survived Sunday school bullies. The News-Gazette, pp. A1, A3, A8-10.

APA Citation Format Examples – Online & Electronic

Article from an online encyclopedia

Lookatcha, G. (1998). Mirrors and how they work. In Encyclopedia Americana [Online]. Grolier. Retrieved February 29, 1999 from: http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/build-page?artbaseid=0138720-2

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Article from an online database

1) Ussmak, D. (2000). A big boost for octopus migration research. Scientific American, 283 (6), 37. Retrieved December 9, 2002, from EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite database.

2) Smith, J. (2001). Tracing Pacific air chemistry. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82 (5), 1030-1. Retrieved December 3, 2002, from WilsonSelectPlus database.

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Government web page

1) Author unknown:

Congressional Subcommittee on Electronic Citation. (2001, October 15). Citation: How Horrible Is It? Washington, D.C.: Retrieved October 16, 2003, from http://citation.house.gov/citations.html

2) Author known:

Beck, B. (2003, September 15). Historic Galileo Mission Nears End. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved September 16, 2003, from http://www.nasa.gov/news/mission/galileo_dies.html

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Corporate web page

1) Author known:

Kent, C. (1999). In-depth Interviews with Superman. Retrieved March 1, 2003, from The Daily Planet: http://daily.planet.com/~kentc/superman.html

2) Author unknown (no date of publication):

The Writer's Workshop. (n.d.). Retrieved August 16, 2003, from University of Illinois, Center for Writing Studies: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

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Article from an online newspaper

Weintraub, E. (2003, August 22). Adding History to Island's Heritage Trail. Vineyard Gazette. Retrieved September 10, 2003, from http://www.mvgazette.com/features/index.php?story=20030829_isabel_powell

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Non-text web based material (picture, map)

da Vinci, L. Mona Lisa. Painting. Online Art Museum. Retrieved August 30, 2001, from http://onlineart.org/mona