APA CITATION STYLE EXAMPLES

BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS

Nathan, A. J. (1990). China's crisis: Dilemmas of reform and prospects for democracy. New York: Columbia University Press.

Ross, C. S., & Dewdney, P. (1998). Communicating professionally: A how-to-do-it manual for library applications. New York: Neal-

Marquart, J. W., Olson, S. E., & Sorensen, J. R. (1994). The rope, the chair, and the needle: Capital punishment in Texas, 1923 -

Roeder, K., Howdeshell, J., Fulton, L., Lochhead, M., Craig, K., Peterson, R., et al. (1967). Nerve cells and insect behavior.

Webster’s ninth new collegiate dictionary (1988). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc.

American Hospital Association. (1993). American Hospital Association guide to the health care field.

Bent, J., & Humphreys, K. K. (Eds.). (1996). Cost Engineering: Vol. 4. Effective Project Management Through Applied

Esquivel, L. (1992). Like water for chocolate: A novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies.

Mitchell, T. R., & Larson, J., Jr. (1987). People in organizations: An introduction to organizational behavior (3rd ed.). New York:

Inge, M. T. (Ed.). (1989). Handbook of American popular culture (2nd ed., Vol. 103). New York: Greenwood Press.

Massaro, D. (1992). Broadening the domain of the fuzzy logical model of perception. In H. L. Pick Jr., P. van den Broek, and D. C.

U. S. Attorney General's Commission on Pornography. (1986). Attorney General's Commission on Pornography: Final report.

ENCYCLOPEDIA & DICTIONARY ENTRIES

Authors, A. A. (Year). Title of article. In Title of encyclopedia. (Volume #, pagination). Location: Publisher

Hensel, J. W. (1999). Technical education. In Encyclopedia Americana (International ed., Vol.26, pp. 354-356).

Methane (1990). In Encyclopedia Americana (International ed., Vol. 18, pp. 321-322). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

PERIODICALS

Author, A. A. (Date of publication <year, month day>). Article Title. Journal Title, Volume #, (issue #), Pagination. 

Stone, R. (1999, August 6). A long march to save Africa's dwindling wild lands. Science, 285, 825.

The decade of the spy. (1994, March 7). Newsweek, 123, 26-27.

Frank, M. (1993, June). The wild, wild west. Architectural Digest, 50, 180-185, 193.

Cole, T. B. (1999). Case management for domestic violence. Journal of the American Medical Association, 282, 513-514. 

Klimosky, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and

Trachtenberg, J. A. (1994, April 10) What's in a movie soundtrack? Catchy tunes and big business. Wall Street Journal [Eastern

Southpaws: Today, think of those with a different side. (1999, August 13). The Detroit Free Press, p.A10.

Schillinger, L. (1999, August 8). Arbor days [Review of the book Life in the treetops: adventures of a woman in field biology]. The New

Loos, R. (1996). Hunting animals is morally acceptable. In A. Harnack (Ed.), Animal rights: Opposing viewpoints. (Reprinted from The

National Cancer Institute. (2000, June). Cancer Research - because lives depend on it [Brochure]. Bethesda, MD: Author.

Torline, D. R. (1993, November). Handling difficult people: Quadrant theory approach. Paper presented at the meeting of Baker

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Taylor, A. S. (1986). Dual career couples and geographic transfer: Executive's reaction to commuter marriage and attitude toward the

Richter, J. (Producer), & Hausmann, J. (Director). (1985). Cezanne: The man and the mountain [Motion picture]. United States: Home

Home Depot. (2001). Home Depot 2000 Annual Report. Atlanta, GA: Author.

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