Examples of APA format, 5^th edition

REFERENCE LIST

Journal articles:

Author Last Name, First initial. Middle initial (if available)., (Year). Title of article with

only first letter and letter after : Capitalized. Journal Name in Italics, volume

number, page numbers.

Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Journal of

Psychology, 126, 190-193.

Saywitz, K. J., Mannarino, A. P., Berliner, L., & Cohen, J. A. (2000).  Treatment for the

periodontal patient. Journal of Dental Hygiene, 84, 90-95.

Internet resources:

Author Last Name, First initial. Middle initial., (Date of publication if available or n.d. if

no date is available). Title of article or if not available, title of resource. Retrieved

Month day, year, from http://www.address   (do not add period at the end)

Journal article retrieved from full text online:

VanderBos, G., Knapp, S., & Doe, J. (2001). Role of reference elements in the selection

of resources by psychology undergraduates [Electronic version]. Journal of

Bibliographic Research, 5, 112-115.

Stand alone document, no author identified, no date:

American Dental Association. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2002, from http://www.ada.org

Book Chapters:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (1994). Title of chapter. In A. Editor last name, B. Editor,

& C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. 113-123). Location: Publisher.

Examples within the text:

Plaque is a biofilm (Johnson & Fred, 2001).

Johnson and Fred (2001) discovered that plaque is a biofilm.

Plaque is a biofilm (Johnson & Fred, 2001; Milner, Jacobson, & Hunt, 2001).

The author stated, "Plaque is a biofilm" (Busch, 2002, p.311).

The author stated, "Plaque is a biofilm" (Madson, 2002, para. 2).

For five authors or less:

    Plaque is a biofilm (Kosslyn, Koenig, Baar, Reba, & Barrett, 2002). (For first citation)

    Plaque is part of the chain of decay (Kossyln et al., 2002). (For subsequent citations)

For six authors or more:

    Washington et al. (2000) found that plaque is a biofilm.

    Use et al. for first and subsequent citations.

If no author is found:

    Use double quotes around title of article or chapter.

    Plaque is a biofilm ("Plaque," 2002).

Resource: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 5^th edition