Overview of APA Referencing Style Examples
Just like Harvard referencing sytle, APA referencing style is also a very common styles in academic and professional writing. It covers several areas, including 1) title page, 2) abstract, 3) in-text citations, and 4) reference page.
The APA referencing style examples for the respective areas are as illustrated below.
Title Page
The title page should contain the below.
-Paper’s title
-Author’s name
-Institution affiliation
Further, the title page should page header flush left. The page number should flush right.
Title: The title should
-Be in uppercase and lowercase letters.
-Be placed in the page’s upper half.
-Be less than 12 words.
-Not contain abbreviations.
-Be double-spaced.
Author’s Name: The author’s name should
-Appear after the title
-Include first name, middle name in initials, and last name.
-Not use titles like PhD or Dr.
Institutional Affiliation: Institutional affiliation should
-Should indicate the place where research was conducted.
Abstract
The abstract should
-Begin on a new page.
-Have the page header.
-Have the word “Abstract” centered at the top.
-Not be indented.
-When possible include keywords at the bottom.
APA Referencing In Text Citations
In-text citations should
-Include author’s name and publication date.
-Be followed by a complete reference in the reference list.
-Capitalize proper nouns such as author names and their initials, e.g. C. Williams.
-Capitalize words in the “Title” that are four words and longer, e.g. Relevance and Details.
-When you capitalize, capitalize all the hyphenated words, e.g. Drug-Related Cases.
-Capitalize the first word after a colon or dash, e.g. “Exploring Rhetoric: The Case of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.”
-Italicize longer works’ titles, including books, edited collections, documentaries, movies, albums, or television series, e.g. The God Father, The Big Bang Theory, Marco Polo.
-Include quotation marks for titles of shorter works like song titles, TV series episodes, edited collections articles, and journal articles, e.g. “This Must Be Looked Into: A Corpus Study of the Prepositional Passive.”
Short Quotation APA Referencing Style Examples
In short quotations you should:
-Include author’s name, publication year, and page number for direct quotes, e.g.
According to Williams (2019), “Referring to examples helps refine your referencing skills” (p. 219).
Williams (2019) observes “examples help refine individual’s referencing skills” (p. 219).
He stated, “Referring to examples helps refine your referencing skills” (Williams, 2019, p. 219).
Long Quotation APA Referencing Style Examples
In long quotations you should:
-Create free-standing blocks for quotations 40 words and longer.
-Omit quotation marks.
-Start in a new line.
-Be indented using half and inch margin, just like a new paragraph.
-Include parenthetical citation after the closing punctuation mark.
Williams (2019) study found that:
Referring to examples helps refine your referencing skills. This is particularly the case where individuals are new to referencing. Students who relied on referencing guides with examples exhibit better skills in areas such as general paper format, in-text citations, and reference list. (p. 219).
APA Reference Page Examples
APA reference page may contain references from different sources. Such references vary based on their source as illustrated below.
Books
Edited Book without Author
Robertson, I., Callinan, M., & Bartram, D. (Eds.). (2002). Organizational effectiveness the role of psychology. Chichester: Wiley.
Edited Book with Author(s)
Gaines, L. K., & Worrall, J. L. (2012). Police administration. C. W. Jason (Ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delma.
A Translation
Tyler, M. (2005). Conventions of sound in the poetry of Seamus Heaney (W. L. Charles & J. K. Jameson, Trans.). New York: Routledge. (Original work published 1859)
Note: In text citations for a source like the above should have both the dates, e.g. Tyler (1859/2005).
An Edition of the Book
Moloney, K. M. (2015). Seamus Heaney and the emblems of hope (3rd ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri.
Article/Chapter in an Edited Book
Collins, F. (2003). Seamus Heaney: The crisis of identity. In J. M Huffman (Ed.), Nation and poetry (pp. 101-134). Newark: University of Delaware.
Note: “The crisis of identity” is the title of chapter and “Nation and poetry” is title of book.
In the parentheses, citation should appear as Collins (3rd ed., pp. 101-134).
Multivolume Work
Heaney, S. (Ed.). (1996). The spirit level (Vols. 1-5). London: Faber and Faber.
Journal Articles
Volume Paginated Articles
MacIntosh, E. W., & Doherty, A. (2010), The influence of organizational culture on job satisfaction and intention to
leave. Sport Management Review, 13, 106–117.
Issue Paginated Article
Chegini, M. G. (2010). The Relationship between organizational culture and staff productivity public
organizations. Journal of Social Sciences, 6(1), 127-129.
A Magazine Article
Daniels, M. A. (1998, December). Motivation and job satisfaction. Time, 36, 226–231.
Newspaper Article
Roodt, G. (2002). Job satisfaction in relation to organisational culture. Washington Post, pp. 1A, 2A.
Letter to Editor
Burgess, M. G. (2010) Video-assisted-refereeing versus conventional refereeing [Letter to the editor]. Technology
America, 127(3), 19.
Review
Tietjen, M. A., & Myers, R. M. (2008). Motivation and job satisfaction [Review of the book Management Decision:
Getting it Right, by J. W. Jacobs & M. Michaels]. Management Journal, 36, 226–231.
Electronic Sources
Webpage
Kawa, A. (2014). Introduction to YARN [PDF file]. (James, C. K. & Esther, N. T., Trans.) Retrieved from
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/bd-yarn-intro/index.html (Original work published 1999).
Web source without Author and Date
SNIA Education. (n.d). Retrieved from
Note: Include access date if there is a likelihood the page’s content will change over time, e.g.
SNIA Education. (n.d). Retrieved December 29, 2019, from
Online Periodical Article
Moses, M. (2015). Apache Hadoop essentials. Technology Online Periodical, 309. Retrieved from
http://enos.itcollege.ee/~jpoial/allalaadimised/reading/Apache-Hadoop-Tutorial.pdf
Online Journal Article with DOI
Justin, M. K. (2016). Hadoop architecture explained-What it is and why it matters. Journal of Information
Technology, 40, 1255-1274. doi:10.1108/03090560710821161
Online Journal Article without DOI
Paulson, W. P. (2016). EHR architecture. Journal of Information Technology, 11. Retrieved from
https://www.dezyre.com/article/hadoop-architecture
Electronic Books
Taylor, D. (n.d). Introduction to HDFS for big data applications. Retrieved from
https://www.snia.org/sites/default/education
Gates, D. (n.d). Introduction to HDFS and Hadoop for big data applications. Available from
https://www.snia.org/sites/default/education
Kindle Books
Kelvin, A. (2018). Introduction to YARN [Kindle DX version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
Chapter or Section of an Online Book or Web Document
Kennedys, A. (2019). Introduction to YARN properties. In W. Williams and S. M. Samuels (Eds.), Information
Technology Interoperability. Retrieved from https://www.snia.org/sites/default/education
Kennedys, A. (2019). Introduction to YARN properties. In W. Williams and S. M. Samuels (Eds.), Information
Technology Interoperability. Retrieved from Goldstar database.
Note: “Introduction to YARN properties” is the chapter/section, while “Information Technology Interoperability” is the book.
Also the URL should point to the specific chapter/section and not the whole book.
Data Sets
United State Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Medicare Insured Population in California
[Data file]. Retrieved from https://www.hhs.gov/programs/health-insurance/california