Dr. Jan Cioe, OUC Psychology Dept.; adapted, with permission, by Ross Tyner, OC Library, 2006.09.21

APA (5th ed.) Citation Style

How to create reference list entries

Structure of a citation: Periodical [paper copy]

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of periodical, xx, yyy-yyy.

• includes items published on a regular basis– e.g., journals, magazines, scholarly newsletters, etc.

• hanging paragraph format

Structure of a citation: Periodical [paper copy]

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Author(s)

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Date

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Article title

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Journal title

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Volume number

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Structure of a citation: Periodical: Page numbers

Petrusic, W. M., Baranski, J. V., &

Kennedy, R. (1998). Similarity

comparisons with remembered and

perceived magnitudes: Memory

psychophysics and fundamental

measurement. Memory and Cognition,

26, 1041-1055.

Periodical Citation: PsycINFO

• Can you pick out the pieces?– Authors? Date? Article title? Periodical title?

Volume [issue]? Pages?

Structure of a citation:Online Periodical

• if you use an article database to get an online, full-text version of the article [HTML, PDF] you need to add some more information

Retrieved month, day, year, from source.

– when YOU retrieved it

Online Periodical: PsycINFO

Structure of a citation:Online Periodical

Petrusic, W. M. (1992). Semantic congruity

effects and theories of the comparison

process. Journal of Experimental

Psychology: Human Perception and

Performance, 18, 962-986. Retrieved

September 20, 2006, from the

PsycARTICLES database.

Structure of citation:Monograph

Author, A. A. (year). Title of work.

Location: Publisher.

• items published separately– books, reports, brochures, manuals, and

audiovisual media

Structure of citation:Monograph

Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2001). An

introduction to brain and behavior.

New York: Worth Publishers.

PscyINFO Citation: Monograph

Structure of a citation:Part of a Monograph

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Title

of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C.

Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-

xxx). Location: Publisher.

• e.g., book chapter in an edited book

Structure of a citation:Part of a Monograph

• special considerations– initials of editors go BEFORE surname– insert (Ed.) or (Eds.) after last editor followed

by comma– book title italicized with initial capital, capital

after colon, or capital for proper nouns [including abbreviations]

– page numbers of chapter

Structure of a citation:Part of a Monograph

Rasmusson, A. M., & Friedman, M. J.

(2002). Gender issues in the

neurobiology of PTSD. In R.

Kimerling, P. Ouimette, & J. Wolfe

(Eds.), Gender and PTSD (pp. 43-75).

New York: The Guilford Press.

Structure of a citation:Part of a Monograph

Kolb, B., & Gibb, R. (2002). Frontal lobe

plasticity and behavior. In D. T. Stuss

& R. T. Knight (Eds.), Principles of

frontal lobe function (pp. 528-540).

London: Oxford University Press.

Dr. Jan Cioe, OUC Psychology Dept.; adapted, with permission, by Ross Tyner, OC Library, 2006.09.21

For more detailed information…

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.)– available in the Reference Collection of the

Library -- BF 76.7 .P83 2001