Apa Citation

APA CITATION STYLE:  EXAMPLES
based on the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 
 5th edition, CSB & SJU Reference BF 76.7 .P83 2001 

See also the library's Citing Sources and the APA's official site at www.apastyle.org. 
Follow these color codes: |
Author(s) or Editor(s) | Date | Title of Book | Title of Article | Title of Periodical |
Volume | Pages |Place of Publication | Publisher or Database | Other Information |
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See APA Style Essentials for general document guidelines.
(In a real paper, the following citations would be double-spaced, in hanging indent format.)
BOOK
Geissler, E. M.  (1998). Pocket guide to cultural assessment (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
You can also goto WorldCat.org, search the world's largest database of library books, and click on "Cite this item" for almost any book.  Its APA citations are not 100% correct, though; beware of capitalization, state of publication, and punctuation errors (see NOTES).
BOOK CHAPTER, ESSAY, or ARTICLE when author is credited
de Paula, T. C. M., Lagana, K., & Gonzalez-Ramirez, L. (1996). Mexican Americans. In J.G. Lipson, S. L Dibble, & P. A. Minarik (Eds.), Culture and nursing care: A pocket guide (pp. 203-221). San Francisco: USCF Nursing Press.
BOOK CHAPTER, ESSAY, or ARTICLE when no author is credited (paper version)
Russians. (1998). In T. L. Gall (Ed.), Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life (Vol. 4, pp. 332-339). Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
BOOK CHAPTER, ESSAY, or ARTICLE whenno author is credited (online version)
Russians. (1998). Worldmark encyclopedia of cultures and daily life. Retrieved January 9, 2003 from Discovering Collection database.
ARTICLE in a STANDARD ENCYCLOPEDIA (paper copy)
Islam. (1992). In The new encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 22, pp. 1-43). Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
ARTICLE in a STANDARD ENCYCLOPEDIA (web site version)Islam. (1992). In Britannica.com. Retrieved February 9, 2002 from Britannica.com database.
JOURNAL ARTICLE (paper copy)
Oguisso, T. (1999). Professional nursing in Brazil. International Nursing Review, 43, 81-94.
JOURNAL ARTICLE (from an online database)   (for more details, see the APA's official site)
Kavanagh, K., Absalom, K., Beil, W., & Schliessmann, L. (1999). Connecting and becoming culturallycompetent: A Lakota example. Advances in Nursing Science,21, 9-31. Retrieved March 26, 2001 from ProQuest/Nursing Journals database.
JOURNAL ARTICLE (online, on a web site)   (for more details, see the APA's official site)
Outbreak news. (2001, February 23). Weekly Epidemiological Record, 76, 57-64. Retrieved February 28, 2001 from http://www.who.int/wer/pdf/2001/wer7608.pdf
MAGAZINE ARTICLE(paper copy)
Ulrich, T. (1997, September 22). Linking an Amish hereditary disease with cerebral palsy, a pediatrician challenges a dark inheritance. Time, 150, 30-33.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE (from an online database)
Ulrich, T. (1997, September 22). Linking an Amish hereditary disease with cerebral palsy, a pediatrician challenges a dark inheritance. Time, 150, 30-33. Retrieved March 1,2001 from InfoTrac/Expanded Academic ASAP database.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (paper copy)
Padilla, H. (2000, June 6). Hugo prohibits custom animal slaughter; the vote will officially close a Hmong slaughterhouse, where animals were sacrificed for religious reasons. Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), p. 1B.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (from an online database)
Padilla, H. (2000, June 6). Hugo prohibits custom animal slaughter; the votewill officially close a Hmong slaughterhouse, where animals were sacrificed for religious reasons. Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), p. 1B. Retrieved February 28, 2001 from Lexis-Nexis Universe/General News database.
PAMPHLET / BROCHURE  (Cite like a book but add [Brochure] as shown)
Research and Training Center on Independent Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and writing about...