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APA Citation Guide

Examples of reference page entries

Below are basic formats followed by examples. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the various and potential formats for your references page. Here are many more reference page entry examples.

Articles from a database 

Author, A. A., Author B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pages–pages. https://doi.org/XXXXXXXXXXX

Example: 

Reed, M. J., Kennett, D. J., Lewis, T., Lund-Lucas, E., Stallberg, C., & Newbold, I. L. (2009). The relative effects of university success courses and individualized interventions for students with learning disabilities. Higher Education Research & Development28(4), 385–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360903067013

Print Books and eBooks

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of publication. Publisher.

Example for a print book:

Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.

Example for an eBook:

Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000

Online Videos (For example: YouTube, TED, etc.)

Author, A. A. [username]. (Year, Month Day). Title of video [Video]. Website. http://xxxxx

Example: 

Jones, P. [patrickJMT]. (2009, October 24). Easily memorize the unit circle [Video]. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03McKEg9ASA

Website:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of page. Website. http://xxxxx

General copyright dates are not sufficient to use as the publication date. If no creation or publication date is given, use n.d. If the author and website are the same, omit the website.

Example: 

Rappeport, A., Kanno-Youngs, Z. (2023). U.S and Mexico try to promote trade while curbing flow of fentanyl. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/07/us/politics/us-mexico-trade-fentanyl.html

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