Citing a Book in APA
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Publisher City, State: Publisher.
APA format example:
🞆 Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
Citing an e-book from an e-reader
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work [E-Reader Version]. Retrieved from [Link] or
DOI:xxxx
APA format example:
🞆 Eggers, D. (2008). The circle [Kindle Version]. Retrieved from [Link]
Citing a magazine article in print
APA format structure
🞆 Author, A. (Year, month of Publication). Article title. Magazine Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp.
APA format example:
🞆 Tumulty, K. (2006, April). Should they stay or should they go? Time, 167(15), 3-40.
Citing a magazine article found online
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A.A.. (Year, Month of Publication). Article title. Magazine Title, Volume(Issue), Retrieved
from [Link]
APA format example:
🞆 Tumulty, K. (2006, April). Should they stay or should they go? Time, 167(15) Retrieved from
[Link]
Citing a general website article with an author
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Retrieved from URL
APA format example:
🞆 Simmons, B. (2015, January 9). The tale of two Flaccos. Retrieved from [Link]
triangle/the-tale-of-two-flaccos/
Citing a general website article without an author
APA format structure:
🞆 Article title. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Retrieved from URL
APA format example:
🞆 Teen posed as doctor at West Palm Beach hospital: police. (2015, January 16). Retrieved from
[Link]
[Link]
Citing a newspaper article in print
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Newspaper Title, pp. xx-xx.
APA format example:
🞆 Rosenberg, G. (1997, March 31). Electronic discovery proves an effective legal weapon. The New York
Times, p. D5.
Citing a newspaper article found online
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Newspaper Title, Retrieved from
newspaper homepage URL
APA format example:
🞆 Rosenberg, G. (1997, March 31). Electronic discovery proves an effective legal weapon. The New York
Times, Retrieved from [Link]
Citing a journal article in print
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp.
APA format example:
🞆 Nevin, A. (1990). The changing of teacher education special education. Teacher Education and Special
Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 13(3-
4), 147-148.
Citing a journal article found online
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Publication Year). Article title. Periodical Title, Volume(Issue), pp.-pp. DOI:[Link]
or Retrieved from journal URL
APA format example:
🞆 Jameson, J. (2013). E-Leadership in higher education: The fifth “age” of educational technology
research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 889-915. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12103
Citing an encyclopedia entry in print
APA format structure:
🞆 Author, A. (Publication Year). Entry title. In Encyclopedia title, (Vol. XX, pp. XX). City, State of
publication: Publisher.
APA format example:
🞆 Kammen, C., & Wilson, A.H. (2012). Monuments. In Encyclopedia of local history. (pp. 363-364).
Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.
Reference: [Link]
For more information about research writing, visit [Link].
Note: The second and the remaining lines of the bibliography entry are indented.
Be careful of the punctuation marks.
Jameson, J. (2013). E-Leadership in higher education: The fifth “age” of educational technology
research. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 889-915. DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12103.
