APA STYLE EXAMPLES
ONLINE DATABASE SOURCE
TYPE
(Online Database
Source)
Journal Article from an Online
Database
Magazine/Article from Online
Database
Newspaper Article from Online
Database
Reference Book Article from
Online Database
Reference eBook Article
INTERNET SOURCE
TYPE
(Internet Source)
Document from Internet
An Internet Article Based on a
Print Source
Article in an Internet-Only
Journal
Entry in an online dictionary
from a university project.
EXAMPLE
Double space and alphabetize citations in your actual reference list. Journal title and volume
numbers are placed in italics.
Hemmens, C. & Levin, D. (2000). Resistance is futile: The right to resist unlawful arrest in an era
of aggressive policing. Crime and Delinquency, 46, 472-496. Retrieved September 1,
2001, from Criminal Justice Periodicals database.
Rosenblatt, R. (2000, May 1). Goodbye, Columbus. Hello, Mr. Chips: Will online universities take
away the four best years of our lives? Time, 155, 92. Retrieved September 3, 2001, from
General Reference Center Gold database.
Okie, S. (2001, May 8). Promising vaccine targets ravager of minds. Washington Post, p. A01.
Retrieved September 8, 2001, from Health and Wellness Resource Center database.
nd
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1998). In Encyclopedia of World Biography (2 ed.). Farmington Hills,
Michigan: Gale Research. Retrieved January 15, 2004, from Biography Resource Center
database.
Zahn, M.A. (2002). Homicide: behavioral aspects. In J. Dressler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Crime and
nd
Justice (2 ed.) (pp. 779-786). New York. Macmillan Reference USA. Retrieved
September 6, 2004, from Gale Virtual Reference Library database.
EXAMPLE
Double space and alphabetize citations in your reference list. Journal title and volume numbers
are placed in italics.
Hill, G. (1998). The failure of the Human Potential Movement: From self-actualization to
experientialism. Retrieved September 7, 2001, from http://www.pacificnet.net/
~cmoore/ghill/esalen2.htm
Murray, B. (2000). Reinventing class discussion online: Professors find that role-playing, peer
feedback and other icebreakers get students talking on the Web [Electronic version].
Monitor on Psychology, 31. Retrieved September 22, 2001, from http://www.apa.org/
monitor/apr00/reinventing.html
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
Malignant melanoma (1997, September 27). In Online Medical Dictionary. Retrieved October 22,
2004, from University of Newcastle upon Tyne, The CancerWeb Project:
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?malignant+melanoma/
September 2005
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APA STYLE EXAMPLES continued

PRINT SOURCE

TYPE EXAMPLE
(Print Source) Double-space and alphabetize citations in your actual reference list. Titles and volumes are
italicized.

Books by Single Author Senge, P. M. (1990). The fifth discipline: The art and practice of the learning organization. New
York: Doubleday/Currency.

Books by Two or More

Authors
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (1995). The craft of research. Chicago: University
Note: list all authors up to six
of Chicago Press.
then for subsequent authors
abbreviate as et.al.
th
Book with No Author or Editor Merriam-Websters collegiate dictionary (10 ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Given

Work in an Anthology or Jackson, S. (2003). The Lottery. In E.V. Roberts and H.E Jacobs (Eds.), Literature: An Introduction
Chapter in a Book
to Reading and Writing (Compact ed.) (pp. 213-218). Englewood Cliffs: NJ: Prentice Hall
Pearson Education.

An Article in a Reference Book Barnes, J. (1986). Hellenistic philosophy and science. In J. Boardman, J. Griffin, & O. Murray
(Eds.), The Oxford history of the classical world (pp. 365-385). Oxford: Oxford University
Press.

Aristotle (1970). In E. M. Horsely (Ed.), McKay international encyclopedia (pp. 60-61). New York:
David McKay.

Article in a Journal Kroll, B. M. (1980). Developmental perspectives and the teaching of composition. College English,
41, 741-752.

Article in a Magazine Wallis, C. (2003, December 15). Does kindergarten need cops? Time, 162, 52-53.

Article in Newspaper Purdum, T. S. (1996, August 25). Advisers see bright side to criticism of first lady. New York
Times, p. A1, A23.
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Ph.D., for Wor-Wic Community College) available in the Media and Resource Centers and on Handouts -
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