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SS 376 -- Social Science Research Methods: APA

APA Publication Manual

APA Tutorials

Basic APA Citation Examples

The following is not a comprehensive, just a quick overview of the very basics.

Basic Format for Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. 

Example:

Giger, J., & Davidhizar, R. (2007). Transcultural nursing: Assessment and intervention (5th ed.). Mosby Elsevier.

Basic Format for Articles

With DOI

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy  

Example:

Giger JN, & Davidhizar R. (2002). The Giger and Davidhizar Transcultural Assessment Model. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(3), 185–188. https://doi.org/10.1177/10459602013003004

Without DOI

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. 

Example:

Davidhizar R, & Giger JN. (2001). Educational innovations. Teaching culture within the nursing curriculum using the Giger-Davidhizar Model of Transcultural Nursing Assessment. Journal of Nursing Education, 40 (6), 282–284. 

Database Comments

APA 7th edition notes the following about including database information in citations: 

"Provide database or other online archive information in a reference only when it is necessary for readers to retrieve the cited work from that exact database or archive" (p. 296).

 

 

Citation Help in EBSCO

EBSCO has a feature that helps in creating citations.

  1. Perform a search in an EBSCO database like CINAHL.
  2. Click on the article's title.
  3. Click on the button:EBSCO's Cite button
  4. Scroll down to the APA version of the citation and copy the citationAPA example stilton
  5. NOTE: You may have to correct the citation. Details, like capitalization, may be off.

Citation Help in the Catalog

Our catalog also has a feature that can help you with citations.

  1. Perform a search for an item that you want.
  2. Click on the Cite button: Cite Button in WMS
  3. Choose APA in the dropdown list: WMS' citation dropdown list
  4. Scroll down and copy the citation: WMS Citation example
  5. NOTE: You may have to correct the citation. Details, like capitalization, may be off.