What kind of information should be included?

Book
Book Title
Author or Authors
City where published
Publisher
Year of Publication
Article

Title of Article
Author or Authors
Title of Magazine or journal
Date of issue(for magazines)
Year and volume no (for journals)
Pages on which article appeared)

APA STYLE
General Rules:
Names of authors listed in inverted order (surname first followed by initials of first and middle
names)
Year of publication in parentheses, followed by a period.
Title of the book, italicized with only the initial letter of the first word and proper nouns capitalized
followed by a period.
Place of publication, followed by a colon.
Name of publisher, followed by a period. Omit terms: Publishers, Co. and Inc. but retain words
Press and Book.
Reference List General Rules:
Type all reference entries in double space
Use the hanging indent format
Entries listed alphabetically, according to authors last names. Anonymous works are listed
alphabetically according to the first significant word of the title (omit articles)
Place period followed by one space between units
Cite only the sources you actually used, not all sources consulted.
Examples:
Books
1. A book entitled The Filipino Family in the Eighties published 1994 by De La Salle University Press
in Manila and written by Eduardo Calasanz.
Calasanz, E. (1994). The Filipino family in the eighties. Manila: De La Salle University Press.
2. A book entitled Immunization in the Philippines by Pedro Ramos-Jimenez, Michael Gonzales, Ace
Lim, published 1999 by Het Spinhuis Inc in Amsterdam.
Ramos-Jimenez, P., Gonzales, M., & Lim, A. (1999). Immunization in the Philippines. Amsterdam:
Het Spinhuis.
Periodicals

3. An article written by R.G. Manasan entitled Metropolitan arrangements in the Philippines: Passing
Fancy or the Future Megatrend for journal publication, published 2001 by Asia-Pacific Social
Science Review, volume 1, no.1, page 44-82.
Manasan R.G. (2001). Metropolitan arrangements in the Philippines: Passing fancy or the future
megatrend. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review, 1(1), pp.44-82.
4. An article from The Philippine Daily Inquirer entitled Its not the Money that Counts, published July
2, 2014 on page C2.
Its not the money that counts. (2014, July 2). The Philippine Daily Inquirer, p.C2.
5. An article written by A. McKenna entitled Scandal, Resentment, Idolatry: The Underground
Psychology of Terrorism published in 2002, posted online in a journal entitled Anthropoetics,
volume 8, no.1; retrieved on March 1, 2014 from
http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap0801/resent.htm
McKenna, A. (2002). Scandal, Resentment, Idolatry: The underground psychology of terrorism.
Anthropoetics, 8(1). Retrieved March 1, 2014 from
http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap0801/resent.htm

Using Quotes
refer to p.164
Follow author-date method Ex. (Jones, 1998)
o Short Quotations
o Long Quotations (refer to p.105)
refer to p.105
Use ellipses
Embedded quotation
Signal phrases
Quotations Activity on page 107

Using the Summary

refer to p. 108
It is a condensed version of a longer text. This is useful only if the main points are needed in a
research paper. It represents only the original ideas of the writers but should be written in the
words of the researcher.
Includes all main points and leaves out unimportant details
Summary Activity on page 109

Using the Paraphrase

refer to p.110
It is a restatement of an authors idea in your own words to make the ideas suitable to your style.
Clearer, simpler, but not shorter than the original
Should not misrepresent meaning nor duplicate the sentence pattern of the original
Change wording and sentence structure but retains meaning
Change order of ideas
Paraphrasing Activity on page 111

Activity on page 119 (by pair; 1 whole sheet of paper)