APA Documentation Style

Use APA style in social sciences and natural sciences research papers. References should be listed alphabetically by author’s last name. Entries should be double spaced with no extra space between sources. Indent second and following lines five spaces. For more information on the References list see chapter four of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5^th ed., 2001).

Periodical Article Example:	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(no.), pages. Doe, F. M., & Ray, J. B. (1993). Husbands at home. Journal of Psychology, 65(2), 1154-1166.
Book Example:	Author, A. A. (Date). Title of work. Location: Publisher. Wilber, K. (1991). Grace and grit. Boston: Shambhala.
Chapter of a Book Example:	Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xxx-xxx). Location: Publisher. Bor, G. L., & Tul, C. (1994). Elder care. In A. C. Gaw & T. S. Elliott (Eds.) Cultural health. (pp. 510-542). New York: Knopf.
ELECTRONIC SOURCES (APA, 2001) More examples at: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html For information retrieved from a document on the Web, provide Internet address at end of retrieval statement. For information retrieved from an aggregated database, provide the name of the database. No address is needed. Use available from to indicate the URL leads to how to obtain the material, rather than to the material itself. Finish the retrieval element with a period, unless it ends with an Internet address.
Online Periodical Example:	Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Date). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume, xxx-xxx. Retrieved month, day, year from source. Evans, M. & Lang, R. (1969). The measurement of class. Psychological Methods, 2, 100-116. Retrieved November 7, 2003 from the ProQuest database.
Online Document Example:	Author, A. A. (Date). Title of work. Retrieved month, day, year from source. Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Association. (2000, October 12). Retrieved October 23, 2000, available from http://www.apastyle.org
NOTE: If the author of a document is not identified, begin the reference with the title of the document. If no date is given, use (n.d.)

For more examples, see chapter 4 of the Publication Manual of the

American Psychological Association (2001) or, part 5 of The Brief Handbook (2004).

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