APA Style Guide

I. Documenting Full-Text Articles from Computer Databases

Citations for full-text articles from computer databases are similar to those for articles from print sources.

First, give the name for the printed source:

Author's name, if given [surname, first initial]

Date of the publication in parentheses

Title of the publication in italics

Second, give information about the electronic source:

After the publication title give the medium in brackets [e.g.Online]
give the volume/issue (of print source)
give paging or other indicator of length
write "available" and specify the path

Third, for Online material, give the date you accessed this information (yy, mm dd).

Examples: (The following were taken from databases available through GALILEO)

Magazine Article in Periodical Abstracts:

Lewington, J. (1996, February 9). Canadian universities
 
scramble to reverse enrollment decline. Chronicle of 
 
Higher Education [Online], 42, A40 (660 words). 

Available: UMI/Periodical Abstracts [1998, September 10].

Scholarly Journal in Periodical Abstracts:

Rogers, R.L. & Petrie, T.A. (1996). Personality correlates
  
of anorexic symptomatology in female undergraduates. Journal 

of Counseling & Development [Online], 75(2), 138 (5,025 words). 

Available: UMI/Periodical Abstracts [1998, September 21].

Newspaper Article from Business DateLine:

Twedt, S. (1996, November 3). Nurses in survey report

stressful work conditions. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [Online], 

p.A1 (959 words). Available: UMI/Business Dateline [1998, September 25].

Article from LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe:

Kuska, B. (1998, May 6). Covering genetics: How the

media fares. Journal of the National Cancer Institute

[Online], p.652 (565 words). Available: LEXIS-NEXIS/Academic 

Universe [1998, October 8].

Abstract from PsycINFO:

Houser, L. (1997). [Abstract of Searle's chinese box:

Debunking the chinese room argument, Minds & Machines, 

7(2)], [Online]. Available: APA/PsycINFO [1998, October 12].

II. Documenting Material from the Internet

Cite the full-text Internet reference in the following order:

Author's name, if given [surname, first name]
Date of the publication [write "No date" when not available]
Title of the article
Publication information [varies depending on the type of material]
Type of medium in brackets [e.g.Online]
write "Available" and specify path
Date of access in brackets

Examples:

Electronic journal

Wolfinger, N.H. & Robow, J. (1997, October 31). The different
  
voices of gender: Social recognition. Current Research in Social 

Psychology [Online], 2(6), 50(15pp.). Available:
 
http://lime.weeg.uiowa.edu/~grpproc/ crisp/crisp.2.6.htm 

[1998, October 26].

Electronic text of a book

Wollstonecraft, M. (1869). A Vindication of the Rights 

of Woman [Online]. Available: http://www.inform.umd.edu/

EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/ReadingRoom/Nonfiction/VindicationofRights 

[1998, October 29].

Government site

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (1997, 

December 20). Drug use survey shows mixed results for nation's youth:  

Use among younger adolescents appears to be slowing [Online]. Available: 

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/1997pres/971220.html [1998, October 30].

Organization site

American Psychological Association. Task Force on Women, 

Poverty, and Public Assistance. (1998, September 28). Making ‘welfare 

to work' really work [Online].  Available: http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo

/welftowork.html [1998, November 2].

This document was based on material found in:

American Psychological Association. (1994). Publication 

manual of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). 

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Li, X. & Crane, N.B. (1996). Electronic styles: A handbook 

for citing electronic information. Medford: Information 

Today.

For further information on citing electronic sources consult the following web page: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

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