Note: These examples should not be used as an all-encompassing substitute for the actual citation style guide. Shorter margins affect the citation’s appearance online; your citations will be double-spaced and wider than the citations below.
Print Sources
Journal article, one author
Mellers, B. A. (2000). Choice and the relative pleasure of consequences. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 84-194.
Journal article, two authors, journal paginated by issue
Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and
the hiring process in organizations. Consulting
Psychology Journal: Practice and
Research, 45(2), 10-36.
Journal article, three to six authors
Saywitz, K. J., Mannarino, A. P., Berliner, L., &
Cohen, J. A. (2000). Treatment for sexually
abused children and adolescents. American
Psychologist, 55, 1040-1049.
Magazine article
Kandel, E. R., & Squire, L. R. (2000, November
10). Neuroscience: Breaking down scientific
barriers to the study of brain and mind. Science,
290, 1113-1120.
Daily newspaper article, discontinuous pages
Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects
economic, social status. The Washington Post,
pp. A1, A4.
Monograph with issue number and serial (or whole) number
Harris, P. L., & Kavanaugh, R. D. (1993). Young children’s
understanding of pretense. Monographs of the Society
for Research in Child Development, 58 (1, Serial
No. 231).
Periodical published annually
Fiske, S. T. (1993). Social cognition and social
perception. Annual Review of Psychology, 44,
155-194.
Elements of a reference to an entire book
Beck, C. A. J., & Sales, B. D. (2001). Family
mediation: Facts, myths, and future
prospects. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Edited book
Gibbs, J. T., & Huang, L. N. (Eds.). (1991). Children
of color: Psychological interventions with
minority youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Elements of a reference to an article or chapter in an edited book
Deborah Massaro’s article “Broadening the Domain of the Fuzzy Logical Model of Perception” appears from p. 51 to p. 84 in the 1992 book Cognition: Conceptual and Methodological Issues, a work edited by Henry Pick, Jr., Peter van den Broek, and Delores Knill.
Massaro, D. (1992). Broadening the domain of the
fuzzy logical model of perception. In H. L. Pick
Jr., P. van den Broek, & D. C. Knill (Eds.),
Cognition: Conceptual and methodological
issues (pp.51-84). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Book, group author (government agency) as publisher
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (1991). Estimated
resident population by age and sex in
statistical local areas, New South Wales, June
1990 (No. 3209.1). Canberra, Australian Capital
Territory: Author.
When the author and publisher are identical, use the word Author as the name of the publisher.
Several volumes in a multivolume edited work, publication over period of more than 1 year
Koch, S. (Ed.). (1959-1963). Psychology: A
study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Encyclopedia or dictionary
Sadie, S. (Ed.). The new Grove dictionary of
music and musicians (6th ed., Vols. 1-20).
London: Macmillan.
Entry in an encyclopedia
Bergmann, P. C. (1993). Relativity. In The new
encyclopaedia Britannica (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508).
Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica.
If an entry has no byline, place the title in the author position.
Brochure, corporate author
Research and Training Center on Independent
Living. (1993). Guidelines for reporting and
writing about people with disabilities (4th ed.)
[Brochure]. Lawrence, KS: Author.
Proceedings published regularly
Cynx, J., Williams, H., & Nottebohm, F. (1992).
Hemispheric differences in avian song
discrimination. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, USA, 89, 1372-1375.
Citation of a work discussed in a secondary source
Give the secondary source in the reference list; in text, name the original work, and give a citation for the secondary source. For example, if Seidenberg and McClelland’s work is cited in Coltheart et al. and you did not read the work cited, list the Coltheart et al. reference in the References. In the text, use the following citation:
Text citation:
Seidenberg and McClelland’s study (as cited in Coltheart, Curtis,
Atkins, & Haller, 1993) states that the theory is clearly …
Reference list entry:
Coltheart, M., Curtis, B., Atkins, P., & Haller, M. (1993).
Models of reading aloud: Dual-route and
parallel-distributed-processing approaches.
Psychological Review, 100, 589-608.
Electronic Sources
Article in an Internet-only journal
Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive
emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention
& Treatment, 3, Article 0001a. Retrieved November 20,
2000, from
http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html
Electronic copy of a journal article, three to five authors, retrieved from database
Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., & Oppler, S. H. (1993).
Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor
performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78,
443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2000, from
PsycARTICLES database.
Electronic copy of an abstract obtained from database
Fournier, M., de Ridder, D., & Bensing, J. (1999). Optimism
and adaptation to multiple sclerosis: What does optimism
mean? Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 303-326.
Abstract retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsycINFO
database.
Multipage nonperiodical document created by private organization, no date (generally called a “website”)
Greater New Milford (Ct) Area Healthy Community 2000,
Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.). Who
has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved October
5, 2000, from http://www.familymealtime.org
When an Internet document comprises multiple pages (i.e., different sections have different URLs), provide a URL that links to the home (or entry) page for the document.
Use n.d. (no date) when a publication date is not available.
Multimedia
Motion picture
Scorsese, M. (Producer), & Lonergan, K.
(Writer/Director). (2000). You can count on me
[Motion picture]. United States: Paramount
Pictures.
Harrison, J. (Producer), & Schmiechen, R.
(Director). (1992). Changing our minds: The
story of Evelyn Hooker [Motion picture].
(Available from Changing Our Minds, Inc., 170
West End Avenue, Suite 25R, New York, NY
10023)
American Psychological Association (Producer).
(2000). Responding therapeutically to patient
expressions of sexual attraction: A stimulus
training tape [Motion picture]. (Available from
the American Psychological Association, 750
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242)
Television series
Miller, R. (Producer). (1989). The mind [Television
series]. New York: WNET.
