Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
2. Edited Books
Format:
Last Name, Initial of Editor, & followed by last names and initials of other
editors if any (Ed. or Eds.). (Year of Publication). Title. Place of Publication:
Publisher.
Example:
Clynes, M. (Ed.). (1982). Music, mind and brain: The neurobiology of music.
York: Plenum.
New
3. Revised Editions
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other
authors if any. (Year of Publication). Title (Number of edition or Rev. ed.).
Place of Publication: Publisher.
Example:
Starke, M. (1997). Strategies for college success(3rd ed.). New York: Prentice
Hall.
3. Abstracts
Note: APA carefully notes that it is generally preferable to read and cite original
articles or documents, however, writers sometimes find the need to cite an abstract
rather than the original source they describe.
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year of Publication). Title of abstract [with "Abstract" in brackets if it does not
appear in the periodical title]. Title of Abstract Collection, Volume Number if
applicable, Abstract Number.
Example:
Mortimer, James A. & Pirozzolo, Francis J. (1985). Remote effects of head trauma.
Alzheimer's disease: Abstracts ofthe psychological and behavioral literature, 201.
4. Magazine Articles
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year of Publication, Month and Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of
Magazine, Volume Number, page numbers.
Example:
Lankford, K. (1998, April). The trouble with rules of thumb.Kiplinger's Personal
Finance Magazine, 52, 102-104.
5. Newspaper Articles
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, & followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year, Month and Day of Publication). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, page
numbers, continued page numbers [if article is on non-consecutive pages].
Example:
Brody, J. E. (1995, February 21). Health factor in vegetables still elusive. New York
Times, p. C1.
6. Book Reviews
Note: See APA's Publication Manual for formats of film and video reviews.
Format:
Last Name of Reviewer, Initials of Reviewer. (Year of Publication of the Review). Title
of the review [Review of the book Title of the book]. Title of the Periodical in Which
the Review is Published, Volume (Issue Number), Page Numbers.
Example:
Rose, T. (1998, February 24). Blues sisters [Review of the book Blues legacies and
black feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey,Bessie Smith, and Billie Holliday]. Village
Voice, 8, 139-141.
Internet sources
1. Online Abstracts
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Date of Publication or of Latest Update). Title of Abstract [Abstract]. Title of
Abstract Collection, Volume Number (Issue Number), Page Numbers (if given).
Retrieved Month Day, Year, from the World Wide Web: URL
Example:
Oliverio, A. (1997). The state of injustice: The politics of terrorism and the production
of order [Abstract]. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 38, 1-2.
Retrieved March 25, 2000, from the World Wide Web:
http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/ishwaran/ ijcsabst.htm#The State.
2. Online Journal Articles
APA lists different formats for subscriber-based journals and general access journals.
The following is an entry for a general access journal article
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume (Issue), Page numbers (if given).
Retrieved Month Day, Year, from : URL
Example:
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year, Month and Day). Title of article. Journal Title, Volume Number (Issue
Number), Page numbers if given. Retrieved Month Day, Year from URL, from Title of
database.
Example:
Schraw, G., & Graham, T. (1997). Helping gifted students develop metacognitive
awareness. Roeper Review, 20, 4-8. Retrieved June 11, 2004, from
http://web19.epnet.com, from the Expanded Academic ASAP database.
6. Online Works
Format:
Last Name, Initials of Author, followed by last names and initials of other authors if
any. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Publisher or Organization that placed work
online. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from the World Wide Web: URL
Example:
Darwin, Charles. (1859). The origin of species. An Online Library of Literature.
Retrieved March 20, 2000, from the World Wide Web:
http://www.literature.org/Works/Charles-Darwin/origin/
Example:
Hypertext. (No date). In Tech Encyclopedia. CMP's TechWeb. (Article reprinted from
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia). Retrieved March 20, 2000, from the World
Wide Web: http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/