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Format:: Books

The document provides examples of how to format citations for different publication types, including books, encyclopedia and dictionary entries, magazine and newspaper articles, and websites. It includes the author's name, publication date, title, publisher name and location for books, and additional publication information like volume and page numbers for encyclopedia entries, articles, and websites.

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Books

Format:
Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Book title.
Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company.

Examples:

Allen, T. (1974). Vanishing wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.:


National Geographic Society.

Boorstin, D. (1992). The creators: A history of the heroes of the


imagination. New York: Random House.

Nicol, A. M., & Pexman, P. M. (1999). Presenting your findings: A practical


guide for creating tables. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.

Searles, B., & Last, M. (1979). A reader's guide to science fiction. New
York: Facts on File, Inc.

Toomer, J. (1988). Cane. Ed. Darwin T. Turner. New York: Norton.

Encyclopedia & Dictionary

Format:
Author's last name, first initial. (Date). Title of Article. Title of
Encyclopedia (Volume, pages). City of publication: Publishing
company.

Examples:

Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia


britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield,


MA: Merriam-Webster.

Pettingill, O. S., Jr. (1980). Falcon and Falconry. World book encyclopedia.


(pp. 150-155). Chicago: World Book.

Tobias, R. (1991). Thurber, James. Encyclopedia americana. (p. 600). New


York: Scholastic Library Publishing.

Magazine & Newspaper Articles


Format:
Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Article
title. Periodical title, volume number(issue number if available),
inclusive pages. 

Note: Do not enclose the title in quotation marks. Put a period after
the title. If a periodical includes a volume number, italicize it and then
give the page range (in regular type) without "pp." If the periodical
does not use volume numbers, as in newspapers, use p. or pp. for
page numbers. 
Note: Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a
newspaper reference in APA style.

Examples:

Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal


articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-
896.

Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's
schools. Time, 135, 28-31.

Kalette, D. (1986, July 21). California town counts town to big quake. USA
Today, 9, p. A1.

Kanfer, S. (1986, July 21). Heard any good books lately? Time, 113, 71-
72.

Trillin, C. (1993, February 15). Culture shopping. New Yorker, pp. 48-51.

Website or Webpage

Format:
Online periodical:
Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Periodical,
volume number, Retrieved month day, year, from full URL

Online document:
Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of work. Retrieved month
day, year, from full URL 

Note: When citing Internet sources, refer to the specific website


document. If a document is undated, use "n.d." (for no date)
immediately after the document title. Break a lengthy URL that goes to
another line after a slash or before a period. Continually check your
references to online documents. There is no period following a URL. 
Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is
available.

Examples:

Devitt, T. (2001, August 2). Lightning injures four at music festival. The


Why? Files. Retrieved January 23, 2002, from
http://whyfiles.org/137lightning/index.html

Dove, R. (1998). Lady freedom among us. The Electronic Text Center.


Retrieved June 19, 1998, from Alderman Library, University of Virginia
website: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html 

Note: If a document is contained within a large and complex website


(such as that for a university or a government agency), identify the
host organization and the relevant program or department before
giving the URL for the document itself. Precede the URL with a colon.

Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to


optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, Article
0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from
http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html

GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/

Health Canada. (2002, February). The safety of genetically modified food


crops. Retrieved March 22, 2005, from http://www.hc-
sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biologics_genetics/gen_mod_foods/genmo
debk.html

Hilts, P. J. (1999, February 16). In forecasting their emotions, most people


flunk out. New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2000, from
http://www.nytimes.com

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