Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The documentation style recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA) is widely used for writing in the social sciences. In APA style, whether paraphrasing or quoting an author directly, you must credit the source. For direct quotation in the text, the information provided will vary depending on whether your source was in print or electronic form. When citing print sources, give the author, year and page number in parentheses. Example: (Liptz, 1979, p. 235). In APA style, the alphabetical list of works cited is called "References." Indent the first line of each entry one-half inch, doublespace the second line and begin it at the left margin. The reference entries below follow the style of the 2001, 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual.
BOOKS
Books By One Author
Liptz, A. (1979). Prisons as social structures. Los Angeles: Scholarly Press.
Article In a Newspaper
Ingersoll, B. (1988, December 2). FDA asked to ban sales of quinine over the counter. Wall Street Journal, p. A-12.
OTHER SOURCES
Government Document
Department of Energy. (1987). Energy security. (DOE/S-0057). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
A Policy Posting
APA public policy action alert: Legislation would affect grant recipients
[Announcement posted on the World Wide Web]. Washington, D.C.: Author. <http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html >(1996, January 25)
An ERIC Document
Mead, J.V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating the teacher tales that on Teacher Learning. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED346082)
novice teachers
bring with them (Report No. NCRTL-RR-92-4). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research
Sources:
Harbrace College Handbook. (1990). New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich. APA Publication Manual (5th edition). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Assn. Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources. (1998). Bedfords / St. Martins.
<http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html >(1999, September 15)