This section provides a quick resource for citing references in papers using the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2009).
- Orientation to APA
- Parenthetical Citations
- Where to place citations
- One or two authors
- Three or more authors
- No authors
- Multiple sources in one reference
- Electronic sources
- Reference List
- Book
- Dissertation
- Government report
- Journal article
- Magazine or newspaper article
- Publication, private organization
- Conference paper or poster session
- Electronic source
- Format the references list
- Format and Headings
- Usage and Style
Reference list entry: Electronic source
Web site: no author, no date of publication
If there is no author, title moves to the first spot. Use retrieval date only because the content at that address likely changes.
Research initiatives. (n.d.). Retrieved January 11, 2007, from MIT, Comparative Media Studies website, http://cms.mit.edu/research/index.php
Online discussion list
Kahn, S. (2009, September 5). Re: Composition-rhetoric labor caucus [electronic mailing list message]. Retrieved from h-rhetor mailing list, http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=h-rhetor
Blog Posting
Lopez-Duran, N. (2009, August 27). Re: Gender and age differences in the symptomatology of child depression [Web log message]. Retrieved from Child Psychology Research Blog, http://www.child-psych.org/
Email: (falls under the APA category of personal communications)
Personal communications should not be included in your reference list.
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