APA Citation Style: Abridged Version

This page is an abridged version of the Library's full APA Citation Style page and focuses on the most common resources for research papers in psychology.

American Psychological Association (APA) style is one of several styles for academic writing. This page covers the most frequently used citation forms. The sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (BF 76.7 .P83 2010) is a comprehensive resource, available at most UBC Libraries.

  Reference List
(Your references should be double-spaced. They are single-spaced here to save space.)
Citations in Text (Paraphrase)
Citations in Text
(Direct Quote)

Journal article: With Digital Object Identifier (DOI) (p. 198 #1 of the APA Manual )

Rutherford, B. J. (2006). Reading disability and hemispheric interaction on a lexical decision task. Brain and Cognition, 60, 55-63. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2005.09.013

(Rutherford, 2006)

(Rutherford, 2006, p. 56)

Journal article: Three to five authors: Retrieved online with no DOI: Give URL of the journal home page (even if retrieved from a database) (p. 199 #3 & p. 177 table 6.1)

Mathieson, C. M., Bailey, N., & Gurevich, M. (2002). Health care services for lesbian and bisexual women: Some Canadian data. Health Care for Women International, 23, 185-196. Retrieved from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07399332.asp

You may break URLs and DOIs across lines before most punctuation (an exception would be http://) (p. 192).

First: (Mathieson, Bailey, & Gurevich, 2002)
Subsequent: (Mathieson et al., 2002)

First (spans two pages): (Mathieson, Bailey, & Gurevich, 2002, pp. 185-186)
Subsequent: (Mathieson et al., 2002, p. 195)

Journal article: Six or seven authors : With DOI: (p. 198 #1 & p. 177 table 6.1)

Robinson, C., Pesut, B., Bottorff, J. L., Mowry, A., Broughton, S., & Fyles, G. (2009). Rural palliative care: A comprehensive review. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 12, 253-258. doi:10.1089/jpm.2008.0228

(Robinson et al., 2009)

(Robinson et al., 2009, p. 254)

Journal article: Eight or more authors: With DOI: Advance online publication (no page numbers)
(p. 198 #2, p. 199 #5, & p. 171 sec. 6.05)

Bottorff, J. L., Carey, J., Mowatt, R., Varcoe, C., Johnson, J. L., Hutchinson, P., . . . Wardman, D. (2009). Bingo halls and smoking: Perspectives of First Nations women. Health & Place. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.04.005

Include the first six authors' names in the reference, then insert three spaced dots (an ellipsis - p. 172), and add the last author's name. (p. 184).

(Bottorff et al., 2009)

(Bottorff et al., 2009, Discussion section, para 1.)

Book
(p. 203 #18)

Mitchell, J. J. (2001). The mental and emotional life of teenagers. Calgary, AB: Detselig Enterprises.

(Mitchell, 2001)

(Mitchell, 2001, p. 23)

Chapter in an edited book
(p. 204 #25)

Porter, S., Woodworth, M., & Doucette, N. (2007). Memory for murder: The qualities and credibility of homicide narratives by perpetrators. In S. Christianson (Ed.), Offenders' memories of violent crimes (pp. 115-134). New York, NY: Wiley.

First: (Porter, Woodworth, & Doucette, 2007)
Subsequent: (Porter et al., 2007)

First: (Porter, Woodworth, & Doucette, 2007, p. 116)
Subsequent: (Porter et al., 2007, p. 130)

Electronic version of a print book
(p. 203 #19 & 21)

Dutton, D. (2006). The abusive personality: Violence and control in intimate relationships (2nd ed.). Retrieved from http://books.google.ca/books

(Dutton, 2006)

(Dutton, 2006, p.86)

Limited-circulation book or monograph: Retrieved from a database (p. 204 #22)

Johnson, S. (2008). Medically unexplained illness: Gender and biopsychosocial implications [Monograph]. Retrieved from PsycBOOKS database.

(Johnson, 2008)

(Johnson, 2008, p. 10)

Webpage
(p. 212 #61 & p. 171 sec. 6.05)

Mulhauser, G. (2009). An introduction to cognitive therapy & cognitive behavioural approaches. Retrieved from http://counsellingresource.com/types/cognitive-therapy/

(Mulhauser, 2009)

(Mulhauser, 2009, "Therapeutic Approach," para. 2)

Web report: Author different from the publisher (p. 205 sec. 7.03) so identify publisher as part of retrieval statement
(p. 206 #33)

Shields, M., & Wilkins, K. (2006). Findings from the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses (Report No. 83-003-XPE). Retrieved from Canadian Institute for Health Information website: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/NHSRep06_ENG.pdf

(Shields & Wilkins, 2006)

(Shields & Wilkins, 2006, p. 30)

PowerPoint presentation posted to WebCT Vista
(p. 212 # 61)

Cioe, J. (2006). Biological foundations of sexuality [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://www.elearning.ubc.ca

(Cioe, 2006)

(Cioe, 2006, p. 6)

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