MHA5010 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION AND PROJECT

APAReferencesandIn-TextCitations.docx

APA References and In-Text Citations

This handout is based on the second printing of the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010).

*Page numbers are only required within in-text citations if using direct quotations *

References

· Your references should be listed on a separate page of your paper with the heading References.

· All references should be arranged in alphabetical order by the first piece of information cited (usually author name).

· References should be double-spaced, and have a ½″ hanging indentation.

· If a there is no date for a work, use n.d. in place of the date.

· If there is no author for a work, begin with the title of the work instead.

· If a work has three to seven authors, list all authors by last name and initials, with the last author’s name preceded by an ampersand (&).

· If a work has an organization as its author, use the name of the organization in place of the author name.

· If a reference is listed, there must be an accompanying in-text citation

In-Text Citations

· Are required for paraphrased ideas and direct quotes

· Follow the Author, Date format… (Smith, 2019).

· Punctuation should follow the citation

· Must be represent all items on the reference page

Examples

Book with an editor

Bodie, V., & Oczarczak, A. (Eds.). (2010). Modern criminology. Chapel Hill, NC:

University of North Carolina Press.

In-text Citation: (Modern Criminology, 2010, p. 16)

Journal Article

Elam, H. J., & Elam, M. (2009). Blood debt: Reparations in Langston Hughes’s Mulatto.

Theatre Journal, 61(1), 85-103. Retrieved from

In-text Citation: (Elam & Elam, 2009, p. 90)

Website with Author

Doe, J. G., & Smith, E. S. (2011). How to grow tomatoes. Retrieved from

In-text Citation: (Doe & Smith, 2011)

Website without Author