SOP Referencing—APA Style

Below are examples showing how to create parenthetical citations and Reference List entries for
the most common types of sources. For further information, use your Campus Pipeline account
(look under the tab “School Services” and page to the bottom, where there is a link to Style
Guidelines by Richard L. Gorsuch).

Books

In-Text Citation

One scholar suggests that God has not only one thing in mind for our earth, but many (Mouw,
2001, p. 50).
or
Mouw suggests there are “multiple divine purposes in the world” (2001, p. 50).

References

Mouw, Richard J. (2001). He shines in all that’s fair: Culture and common grace.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans

Journal Article

In-Text Citation

(Stassen, 2003, p. 267).

References

Stassen, Glen. (2003). The fourteen triads of the sermon on the mount (Matthew 5:21-7:12).
Journal of Biblical Literature, 122, (2): 267-308.

On-line Source

In-Text Citation
Use author and year if available, or whatever you put in place of author in Works Cited.
(The Presbyterian Church (USA)).

References

The Presbyterian Church (USA). Presbyterian 101, http://www.pcusa.org/101/ (accessed

September 19, 2005).
Comments on Parenthetical Citations:

Generally, use author’s last name, year and page number if used.

With more than one author by the same last name, use a first initial and last name throughout.

When an author has more than one work in the same year, attach a, b, c (etc.) to the year.
(Wu, 2004a, 12).
(Wu, 2004b, 81).