APA Cheat Sheet

AllinformationtakenfromPublicationmanualoftheAmerican
PsychologicalAssociation,6thed.availableattheReferenceDesk(BF76.7
P832010).

CitingBooks:
Printedbook:
Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.Location:Publisher.

Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA:

AcademicPress.

EBooks:

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofbook.RetrievedfromURL(ordoinumber)

Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency.

Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp

Schiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto

healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722

BookChapter:

Author,A.A.(year).Chaptertitle.Inauthor,BookTitle(pp.xxxx).Location:
Publisher.

ONeil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Mensandwomensgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor

forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender

issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107123).NewYork,NY:Springer.

ForadditionalhelpseetheAPAlibguideat:http://libguides.library.kent.edu/apa

CitingPrintJournal/Magazine/NewspaperArticles:
Articlefromajournalthatusescontinuouspagination(eachissuestarts
onthepagewherethelaststopped):

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#,pppp.

Kernis,M.H.(1993).Theresmoretoselfesteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The

importanceofstabilityofselfesteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial

Psychology,65,11901204.

Articlefromajournalthatdoesnotusecontinuouspagination(each
issuestartsonpage1):

Author,A.A.(year).Titleofarticle.TitleofJournal,vol#(issue#),pppp.

Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations.

ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),1036.

Magazinearticle:

Author,A.A.(year,month).Titleofarticle.TitleofMagazine,vol#(issue#),pppp.

Chamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.,Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker

wellbeing:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir

researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),2629.

Newspaperarticle:
Author,A.A.(year,monthday).Titleofarticle.TitleofNewspaper,pppp.

Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The

WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4.

CitingElectronicJournals/Magazines/NewspaperArticles:

Beforeyouciteanelectronicarticleyouneedtoknowiftheelectronic
articlehasaDOI(digitalobjectidentifier).

IfthearticledoeshaveaDOIfollowtheexamplesforcitingaprint
sourceandaddthedoiinformationattheendofthecitation.

HerbstDamm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe

survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225229.

doi:10.1037/02786133.24.2.225

Stultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma

treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482488.doi:

10.1037/00029432.76.4.482

IfthearticledoesnothaveaDOIgivetheURLofthe
journal/magazine/newspaperhomepage.(Youmayneedtodoaweb
searchtofindthisinformation).

Clay,R.(2008,June).Sciencevs.ideology:Psychologistsfightbackaboutthemisuse

ofresearch. MonitoronPsychology,39(6).Retrievedfrom

https://www.apa.org/monitor

Hager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand

considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),2836.Retrievedfrom

http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.com

InternetSources:
WebPage:

Author,A.A.(dateoflastupdate).Sitetitle.RetrievedfromURL

U.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis

neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml

Podcast:

Author/Producer,A.A.(year,Monthdate).Podcasttitle.[Audiopodcast].Retrieved
fromURL

VanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast].

Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/

Youtubevideo:

Author,A.A.(year,Monthday).Title[Videofile].Retrievedfromurl

Norton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video

file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

Intextcitation

APAstyleusestheauthoranddatewhencitingsourcesinthetext.Ifyouinclude
theauthorsnameinthenarrativeyouonlyneedtoincludetheyearinparentheses.
Ifyoudontincludetheauthorsnameinthenarrativethenyouputitandtheyear
inparentheses.Thereisawonderfulchartonpage177ofthemanualthathelpsto
explaintherules.

Ex.
Walker(2000)comparedreactiontimes..

Ex.
Inarecentstudyofreactiontimes(Walker,2000)

Oneworkbymultipleauthors:
Ifyourarticle,bookorwebsitehas1or2authorsyoumustalwaysusebothofthem
inyourintextcitations.

Ex. ashasbeenshown(Joreskog&Sorbom,1989)

Ifyourworkhas3,4,or5authorsyoumustcitealltheauthorsforthefirstintext
citation.Ifyoucitethatworkagainyouonlylistthefirstauthorandetal.

Ex.
thiswasfoundtobetrue(Wasserstein,Zappulla,Rosen,Gerstman,&Rock,
1994)

Ex.
Thetestingwasconcludedin1985(Wassersteinetal.,1994)


Ifyourworkhas6ormoreauthorsyoumustcitethefirstauthorandthenandetal.

Ex.
Davisetal.(1999)foundthat

Ex.
Accordingtothestudy(Davisetal.,1999)

Directquotations:
Ifyouuseadirectquotationorimageinyourpaperyoumustsaywhatpage(ifan
article)orparagraph(ifawebsite)thequotationcamefrom.

Ex. (Cheek&Buss,1981,p.332)

Ex.
(Myers,2000,5)

ReferenceListbasicformat:

Alwaysdoublespaceyourreferencelist!
Alwaysindentthesecondandsubsequentlinesofacitation!
Alwaysarrangeyourreferencelistbytheauthorslastname
Onlyusethefirstandmiddleinitialsoftheauthorsname,donottypeoutthe
fullname!
Ifthearticleorbookhasmultipleauthors,youmustlistallofthemupto7!
Usethe&symbolbeforethelastauthorsname,donottypeouttheword
and!
Alwaysitalicizethejournalormagazinetitleandthevolumenumber!
Alwaysitalicizethebooktitle.
Onlycapitalizethefirstword,firstwordofasubtitle,orpropernounsinan
articleorbooktitle.
Makesureyouknowtheformatoftheitemyouareciting(printor
electronic).
Donotincluderetrievaldatesunlessthesourcematerialmaychangeover
time(Wikis).

Someimportantinformation&changesinthe6thedition:
There should be 2 spaces after periods that end a sentence in the body of the
paper.
The number of authors that must be listed on the references page is now 7 and you
no longer use et al. on the references page.
The preferred font is Times New Roman 12pt.
The paper should be double-spaced.
There should be 1-inch margins on all sides of the document.
The method and level of headings is simplified in the new edition.
Both the page number and running head should be located in the header of the
paper so it appears on each page.


References

Chamberlin,J.,Novotney,A.Packard,E.,&Price,M.(2008,May).Enhancingworker

wellbeing:Occupationalhealthpsychologistsconvenetosharetheir

researchonwork,stress,andhealth.MonitoronPsychology,39(5),2629.

Hager,M.H.(2007).Therapeuticdietorderwriting:Currentissuesand

considerations.TopicsinClinicalNutrition,22(1),2836.Retrievedfrom

http://www.topicsinclinicalnutrition.com

HerbstDamm,K.L.,&Kulik,J.A.(2005).Volunteersupport,maritalstatus,andthe

survivaltimesofterminallyillpatients.HealthPsychology,24,225229.

doi:10.1037/02786133.24.2.225

Kernis,M.H.(1993).Theresmoretoselfesteemthanwhetheritishighorlow:The

importanceofstabilityofselfesteem.JournalofPersonalityandSocial

Psychology,65,11901204.

Klimoski,R.,&Palmer,S.(1993).TheADAandthehiringprocessinorganizations.

ConsultingPsychologyJournal:PracticeandResearch,45(2),1036.

Norton,R.(2006,November4).Howtotrainacattooperatealightswitch[Video

file].Retrievedfromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

ONeil,J.M.,&Egan,J.(1992).Mensandwomensgenderrolejourneys:Metaphor

forhealing,transition,andtransformation.InB.R.Wainrib(Ed.),Gender

issuesacrossthelifecycle(pp.107123).NewYork,NY:Springer.

Robinson,D.N.(1992).Socialdiscourseandmoraljudgment.SanDiego,CA:

AcademicPress.


Schiraldi,G.R.(2001).Theposttraumaticstressdisordersourcebook:Aguideto

healing,recovery,andgrowth.doi:10.1036/0071393722

Schwartz,J.(1993,September30).Obesityaffectseconomic,socialstatus.The

WashingtonPost,pp.A1,A4.

Shotton,M.A.(1989).Computeraddiction?Astudyofcomputerdependency.

Retrievedfromhttp://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp

Stultz,J.(2006).Integratingexposuretherapyandanalytictherapyintrauma

treatment.AmericanJournalofOrthopsychiatry,76,482488.doi:

10.1037/00029432.76.4.482

U.S.GeneralAccountingOffice.(1997,February).Telemedicine:Federalstrategyis

neededtoguideinvestments.Retrievedfrom

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml?/gao/index.hml

VanNuys,D.(Producer).(2007,December19).Shrinkrapradio[Audiopodcast].

Retrievedfromhttps://www.shrinkrapradio.com/

This sheet is only a sample of basic APA formatting, if you have

questions please check the Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association, 6th ed. which is at the Reference Desk (BF
76.7P