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APA Style Guide: Other

This guide explains how to use the APA Style. It includes a short tutorial.

Other

In-Text-Citation:
  • Editor/Author/Organisation last name (Year)
  • (Editor/Author/Organisation last name , Year)
Example:
  • Coleman distinguishes confirmation bias as helping to maintain prejudice and stereotypes (2015)…
  • Confirmation bias can be described as maintaining prejudice and stereotypes (Coleman, 2015)…

Reference:

Entry Editor, Author or Organisation Author name, Initials. (Year). Title of Entry. In Title of reference source. Publisher. URL/SOI

Example:

Coleman A. M. (Ed.). (2015). Confirmation bias. In A dictionary of psychology (4th ed). Oxford University Press. https://tinyurl.com/y4skuys9


Note: include the words "Retrieved from before the url along with a date of retrieval, if the contents of the source are likely to change or be updated.

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author Last name (Year)
  • Author Last name, Year
Example:
  • Duffy (2015) explained the presentation of dysphasia after stroke...
  • Dysphasia is a common outcome of stroke (Duffy, 2015).
Reference:

Author(s) Last name, Initial(s). (Year, Month Day). Title of lecture [format, e.g. PowerPoint, Prezi, PDF etc.]. Platform or University. URL

Example:

Duffy, B. (2015, May 8). Dysphasia in stroke. [PowerPoint]. University College Dublin. http://www.ucd.ie/psychology

In-Text-Citation:
  • Author(s) Last name (Year)
  • (Author(s) Last name, Year)
Example:
  • O'Carroll et al. (2015) argue that...
  • Higher education participation was found to have a life-time economic benefit (O’Carroll et al., 2006).
Reference:

Author(s) Last name.  (Date).  Title of article (Publication No.) Name of Repository or Archive. URL

Example:

O'Carroll, C., Harmon, C., & Farrell, L. (2006) The economic and social impact of higher education. Irish Universities Association. Research Repository UCD. http://hdl.handle.net/10197/672

In-Text-Citation
  • Book with unknown author: (Title of Book, Year)
  • Magazine or journal article: (“Title of Article,” Year)
  • Anonymous: (Anonymous, Year)
Example:
  • In this work we see the importance of the human-animal bond (A Tail of a Lost Puppy, 2020) ...
  • The benefit of pet ownership is discussed in this piece (“Not just for Christmas,” 2020).
  • This poem aptly portrays how humans and domestic animals co-exist (Anonymous, 2020).

Reference (author unknown):

Title. (Date).  Publisher. URL

Example:

A tail of a lost puppy. (2020). Oaktree Press. 

Example (Anonymous source): 

Anonymous. (2020). Animals: What they give us. Oaktree Press.

Note: reference the item with the title in the place of the author, then format the rest as that source type is usually formatted.