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1 BASICS OF APA CITATIONS

2 APA Needs 4 Components Who – the author responsible for the content (can be a person or an organization) When – when the content was created What – the title of the content Where – where the content can be found Books need: City/state of publication and Publisher Articles need: journal title, volume/issue numbers, pages, and DOI Websites need: URL

3 Citing an Article

4 Citing an Article - WHO

5 Three authors listed: 1. Traci Mann 2. Denise de Ridder 3. Kentaro Fujita

6 Citing an Article - WHO All authors are listed with their last name first There are no first or middle names in APA—only initials If there is more than one author, list them in order with commas separating them, and an ampersand (&) before the last author

7 Citing an Article - WHO Three authors listed: 1. Traci Mann 2. Denise de Ridder 3. Kentaro Fujita Mann, T.,de Ridder, D.,& Fujita, K.

8 Citing an Article - WHEN

9 For journal articles you only need a year Place the year in parentheses () and follow it with a period. Mann, T., de Ridder, D., & Fujita, K.(2013).

10 Citing an Article - WHAT

11 Article titles are listed plainly (no quotation marks or italics) Only capitalize the first word, the first word of the subtitle (after the : colon) and any proper nouns End the title with a period.

12 Citing an Article - WHAT Article title Self-Regulation of Health Behavior: Social Psychological Approaches to Goal Setting and Goal Striving Self-regulation of Mann, T., de Ridder, D., & Fujita, K. (2013). health behavior: Social psychological approaches to goal setting and goal striving.

13 Citing an Article - WHERE

14 1. Journal Title Capitalize Each Important Word Italicize End with a comma 2. Volume Italicize 3. Issue Place rightnext to the volume (no space) Do not italicize Put issue in parentheses () End with comma 4. Page numbers Put beginning and end page numbers with a dash in between End with period 5. DOI doi:XXXXXXX OR: http://dx.doi.org/XXXXXXXX

15 Citing an Article - WHERE Journal Title: Health Psychology Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Mann, T., de Ridder, D., & Fujita, K. (2013). Self-regulation of health behavior: Social psychological approaches to goal setting and goal striving. Page numbers: 487-498 DOI: 10.1037/a0028533 Health Psychology,32(5),487-498. doi:10.1037/a0028533

16 Citing an Article - WHERE Mann, T., de Ridder, D., & Fujita, K. (2013). Self-regulation of health behavior: Social psychological approaches to goal setting and goal striving. Health Psychology, 32(5), 487-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0028533 Journal Title: Health Psychology Volume: 32 Issue: 5 Page numbers: 487-498 DOI: 10.1037/a0028533

17 Citing an Article - WHERE NO DOI? Google the journal title and find the journal’s homepage

18 Citing an Article - WHERE Locate the URL in the address bar

19 Citing an Article - WHERE Type Retrieved from and put the journal’s homepage. Do not end with a period Mann, T., de Ridder, D., & Fujita, K. (2013). Self-regulation of health behavior: Social psychological approaches to goal setting and goal striving. Health Psychology, 32(5), 487-498. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/hea/


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