APA Citation style for REACH

Citing online journal articles

In-text citations 

Include author’s name and date in signal phrase:

Hart (1996) wrote that some primatologists “wondered if apes had learned Language, with a capital L” (p. 109).

Or include name, date and page numbers in parentheses:

The chimpanzee Nim was raised by researchers who trained him in American Sign Language by guiding his hands (Terrace, 1979, p. 94).

Book citation

Highmore, B. (2001). Everyday life and cultural theory. New York: Routledge.

Unknown author

Begin with the title of the book in the reference list: 

Everday life and cultural theory. (2001). New York: Routledge.

In the text of the paper, include the first few words of the title: (Everyday life, 2001, p. 83).

Publication location

If there is more than one publication city for a book, list the first one. If it is not a well-known city or if it could be confused with another place, give an abbreviation for the state: Oxford, MA.

Publication date

If there is more than one publication year for a book, list the most recent date with the copyright symbol ©.

No date

Use the abbreviation n.d.: 

Highmore, B. (n.d.). Everyday life and cultural theory. New York: Routledge.

Article or chapter in an edited book

Meskell, L. (2001). Archaeologies of identity. In I. Hodder (Ed.) Archaeological theory today (pp. 187-213). Cambridge, England: Polity Press.

Entry in a reference book

Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The new encyclopedia britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Article in a Journal

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

No volume or issue number

Include the month or season with the year:

Scruton, R. (1996, Summer). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 5-13.

Newspaper article

Lohr, S. (2004, December 3). Health care technology is a promise unfinanced. The New York Times, p. C5.

Website

Archer, Z. (n.d.). Exploring nonverbal communication. Retrieved July 18, 2001, from

      http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/~archer

No page numbers

If the paragraphs are numbered, include the paragraph: (Hall, 2001, para. 5).

If not, include the heading of the section and the paragraph within that section: (Hoppin & Taveras, 2004, Weight-Loss Drugs section, para. 6).

Online book 

Seton, E. T. (1911). The Arctic prairies: A canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. Retrieved March 20, 2008, from Google Books: http://www.google.com/books?id=oyw6jc6kNgYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=arctic+prairies&ei=Z43iR5HeJ4qMiQGxjOHVBA

Personal interview, email or conversation 

T.K. Lutes (personal communication, April 18, 2006)
Personal communications are not included in the References List

Lecture, speech or sermon 

Hybels, B. (2008, March). "Read, relate, pray." Sermon presented at Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, IL. 

Secondary source (text cites another author)

In the text, name the original author and give a citation for the secondary source.

Example: According to Plato (as cited in Benson, 2006, p. 33)

List the secondary source in your reference list.

Two or more works in an in-text citation

If you want to cite more than one source in the same place in your paper, include them in the same parentheses and separate them with a semicolon.

Example: Several studies (Balda, 1980, p. 31; Smith, 2003, p. 91; Pepperberg & Funk, 1990, p. 110)

Bible 

1 Cor. 13:1 (Revised Standard Version)
Only list the version in your first Bible reference, unless you switch versions. Don't  include the Bible in your References List.  

Trinity College Catalog

Trinity International University. (2008). Trinity College 2008-09 catalog. Deerfield, IL: Author. Retrieved from http://www.tiu.edu/files/college/academics/tc0809catalog.pdf

In-text citation: (Trinity International University, 2008, p.1)

Table, chart or graph 

Include a note at the bottom of the table.

For a table from a journal article: 

Note. From "Title of Article," by A. N. Author and C. O. Author, 2000, Title of Journal, 50, p. 22.

For a table from a book:

Note. From Title of Book (p. 103), by A. N. Author and C. O. Author, 1999, Place of Publication: Publisher.

Government documents and other reports 

See the Hacker style manual or the APA citation site from Purdue

More help on APA:

Hacker, D. (2004). A pocket style manual (4th ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. 

Publication of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.) Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

APA Citation from Purdue  

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