Power HourAPA Style

September 29, 2011

Important to be familiar with APA Style

Citation generators and suggested citations are not always correct.

You need to be able to identify errors.

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Criminal Justice Abstracts

Academic Search Premier

Academic Search Premier

From the “Closed Web”

APA Rules Begin at the left margin Double space between lines and within

citations If you need more than one line, indent the

second and subsequent lines

Begin with Author StatementCard, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E.

Add Date of Publication

Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008).

(include days and months for articles from newspapers or magazines only)

Add Title of ArticleCard, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization

among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, con-

sequences, and considerations in assessment and

intervention.

(capitalize first letter of first word in main title and any subtitles, as well as proper nouns)

Add Journal Title and Volume Number

Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization

among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, con-

sequences, and considerations in assessment and

intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23

(all in italics)

Add Page number(s)Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization

among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, con-

sequences, and considerations in assessment and

intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23, 451-461.

Add doi number (if available)Card, N. A., & Hodges, E. V. E. (2008). Peer victimization

among schoolchildren: Correlations, causes, con-

sequences, and considerations in assessment and

intervention. School Psychology Quarterly, 23, 451-461.

doi:10.1037/a0012769

What is a doi number? Stands for Digital Object Identifier. “…is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a

registration agency … to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the internet” (APA, 2010, p. 189).

Usually located near the top of page one of an article and on the longer view of the database entry.

More About the doi. Don’t confuse the DOI with an ISSN

number or an accession number. If you do not see the letters doi before a number, it is not a doi number.

If an article does not have a DOI, then use the URL for the periodical’s home page.

For Articles without a doiKelly, S. (2008). What types of students

efforts are rewarded with high marks?

Sociology of Education, 81, 32-52.

Retrieved from http://www.asanet.org/

cs/journals/soe

From the “Open Web”

Date available at the bottomof the page—August 24, 2010

Mayo Clinic. (2010, August 24). Bullying: Help

your child handle a school bully. Children’s

Health. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.

com/health/bullying/MH00126

Parenthetical Documentation

Authors not named in the text.

Authors named in the text.

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