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BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRY SAMPLES: APA FORMAT

This list presents one of many possible bibliographic styles. You can find the bibliographic form your
field uses by consulting your textbooks, journals for your field, or styles guides for your field in the library.
Use one bibliographic form consistently and correctly.  Note:  with APA style (as with most styles, your
reference page should be organized according to alphabetical order by author (or by title if no author).

 

1. Book with a single author

Adams, J. J.  (2002).  Urban Economy and Public Policy.  New York: St. Martin's Press.

2. Book with two authors

Barber, E. C. & Grice, C.G.  (2001).  Law School Administration. New York: Simon and Schuster.

3. Book with three or more authors

Jenson, J. E, Hatley, T.F., Wills, E.P., & Lewis, D.Q.  (2003).  Soil Science.  San Francisco: W. H.Freeman.

 4. Chapter in a book (also see #1.)

Laxton, Gregory D.  (1986).  Eye Movement and Meaning.  In Paralanguage (pp.78-96). New York:  Prentice Hall.

5. Chapter in a book with an editor

Watson, Mark.  (1996).  Nitrogen Fixing Trees.  In R. Brown. (Ed.) Farming for the Future. (pp. 33-38). 
              Farmingdale, N.Y.: Baywood.

 6. Reprinted article in a book or anthology with an editor

Milgram, S. (1994).  The Perils of Obedience.  In L. Behrens & L.J. Rosen (Eds.), Writing and Reading Across
    the Curriculum (5th Ed.), pp. 322-335. New York: Harper Collins.(Originally published 1974).  [Note: the
    in-text citation form is (Milgram, 1974/1994, p. 324)]

 7. Book or report with a private organization or corporate author

Life Insurance Research Association. (1998).  Marketing Strategies.  Boston: Author.  [Note: This indicates
     the book is published by the author.]

 8a. Journal article

Duncan, Roberta R. 1996.  Remediation of Lead in Water Supplies.  Environmental Sciences, 99, (18), 7-18.

 8b. Magazine article (no volume or issue number, just a date)

Latham, N. (1999, June). Palouse Writers. Journal of Northwest Publications, pp. 19-23.

 8c. Unsigned journal article

Lyme Disease. 1998. Science, 298(5), 31.

 9a. Newspaper article, signed

Long, B.  (2003, July 21).  Commissioners Tackle Waste Disposal. The New York Times. Sec 6: 6-7, 25.

9b. Newspaper article with a dateline, unsigned

Nonpoint Source Water Quality Standards. (1997, July 10). Moscow/Pullman Daily News (Moscow,
    Idaho), 1A, 4A.

 10. Report/Article from the Internet

Progress Strategies, Inc. (2003, Oct. 5). Selecting Novell for Your Enterprise.  Novell Software Information
    Page. Retrieved November 1, 2004 from http://www.novell.com/intranetware/product/int.html
    [Note: If there is no posting date use n.d. (no date) and use the date accessed with your in-text citation.
     If there is no author, start the reference with the Web page title and cite the title with your in-text citation.]
The in-text citation for this is (Progress Strategies, 2003, p. 5).
** Also see the APA Online for details: http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html 

What to do if there is no stated author with an Internet site:
 Selecting Novell for Your Enterprise.  (2003, Oct. 5).  Novell Software Information
    Page. Retrieved November 1, 2004 from http://www.novell.com/intranetware/product/int.html
The in-text citation for this is (Selecting Novell, 2003, p. 5)).

11a.  Government report (from the Government Printing Office)

Department of Energy (DOE). (2003). Siting and Construction of New Production Capacity (DOE
    Publication No. 0122d).  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

 11b.  Government report (from an agency)

Forest Service, Northern Region (USDA). (1997). Forest Plan: Clearwater National Forest. Orofino,
    Idaho: Clearwater National Forest.

12. Paper in a proceeding

Matasayo, Paul and Lotz, Juan. (2002).  A Study of Item and Factor Analysis.  E. Kosakos (Ed.),
    Proceedings of the 33rd British Psychological Conference, 2, (1), 106-115.

 13. Paper presented at a conference or symposium

Mann, H. T. (1998).  Metabolism of 5-HT Inhibitor.  L.Lawrence and T. Rosen  (Eds.),  Symposium on
    Drugs and Heart Metabolism.  Chicago,IL. University of Chicago. 107-110. (23rd Congress of the
    American Heart Society).

 14. Routine report

Robert, D.A. (2000, May 4).  A Review of Recent Developments in the Technology of Superconductive
    Materials. Columbus, OH: Batelle Memorial Institute.

15. Unpublished paper

Reston, M. W. (2001).  The Curvature of Light Rays in the Atmosphere. Unpublished draft, University of
    Pittsburg, Department of Physics.  Pittsburg, PA.

16. Brochure

Gunderson Medical Foundation. (n.d.). Lyme Disease. LaCrosse, WI: author.

 17. Dissertation or thesis

Romerez, B.A. (2000).  Transcultural Child Psychoanalysis. (Doctoral dissertation, University of California
    Berkeley, CA.

18. Telephone interview

Miller, G. F.  (2003, November 7). Telephone interview. 

 19. Interview/Personal Communication

Stedmann, J.K.  (2004, September 9). Professor of Economics, Washington State University.  Interview.

 20. Email message

Johnson, M. <mjohnson@wsu.edu > (1998, April 9). Bunker Hill Site Remediation Plans [personal
    email]. (2003, April 12). 
        [Note:  the first date is the date sent; the second is the date accessed.]

 21. Class lecture

Meredith, J. (2004, spring semester).  Animal Behavior, Biology 421. Class Lecture. University of Idaho.

 22. Television program, movie, or radio program

Hamlin W. (Producer) and Lewis, L. (Director). (2002, May 1). Flow: Happiness in Everyday Life.
    Narrator, Bill Moyer. ABC News Special.

 23. Encyclopedia or reference book

Coleman, A. N. (1987). Liminology. Encyclopedia of Biology  (pp. 312-314). [with author]

Liminology. 1987. Encyclopedia of Biology (pp. 312-314).  [with no stated author]

 24. Journal article from the abstract only. (Only use this if the article is not available).

Dunlap, J.L. & Michaels, G.T. (1998).  The Effects of JIT Organization on Worker Safety.  Japanese
    Computer Services Journal of Management, 43, 78-92. (From Psychological Abstracts, 1999,
    Abstract No. 11474).