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Based on the 6th edition of
Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (2010)
 CONTENTS
Magazine Article
Online Magazine Article
Newspaper Article
Online Newspaper Article
Book
Book Chapter
Reference Book
Website Article
Magazines
 1. Magazine Article

Ronato, J. C. (Year, Month). Title of the article in small

letters: Capitalize the first word after the colon.
Magazine Title, volume number(issue number),
pppp.

Ronato, J. C. (2017, February). The life of Juan dela

Cruz: The average Filipino. Pilipinas Magazine,
75(23), 6668.
 Capitalization
Sentence case after . and :
Ronato, J. C. (2017). The life of Juan dela Cruz: The
average Filipino. Manila, Philippines: Author.
Book/Article Titles: capitalize Proper Nouns
Ronato, J. C. (2017). The life of Juan dela Cruz: The
average Filipino. Manila, Philippines: Author.
Magazine/Newspaper Titles: Capitalize Each
Word
Ronato, J. C. (2017, February). The life of Juan dela
Cruz: The average Filipino. Pilipinas Magazine,
75(23), 6668.
Lets Practice
pages
2729
 Answer:
Iyengar, R. (2016, September 26). The killing season:
Inside Philippine Rodrigo Dutertes war on drugs.
Time, 188(12), 2729.
 1.a Online Magazine Article

Ronato, J. C. (Year, Month). Title of the article in small

letters: Capitalize the first word after the colon.
Magazine Title, volume number(issue number).
Retrieved from URL.

Ronato, J. C. (2017, February). The life of Juan dela

Cruz: The average Filipino. Pilipinas Magazine,
75(23). Retrieved from
http://www.pinoy.com/etc
Newspapers
 2. Newspaper Article

Ronato, J. C. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article in

small letters: Capitalize the first word after the
colon. Newspaper Title, pp. Ax.

Ronato, J. C. (2017, February 13). The life of Juan dela

Cruz: The average Filipino. Pilipinas Chronicles,
pp. B1, B3, B5B7.

*you may use p. or pp. for pages

Lets Practice
The New York
Times

VOL. CLXVI
No. 57,437

December 5, 2016 MAURICIO LIMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

People gathered Sunday near the cemetery in Santiago de Cuba where Fidel Castros ashes were
sealed in a granite sepulcher.

A3 In Subdued Ending, Cubans Put Castro to Rest

By KIRK SEMPLE
SANTIAGO DE CUBABringing to an end nine days of national
mourning, the ashes of Fidel Castro were buried on Sunday in a
cemetery in this southeastern port city where, 63 years ago, he
began his socialist revolution.
 Answer:
Semple, K. (2016, December 5). In subdued
ending, Cubans put Castro to rest. The New
York Times, p. A3.
 2.a Online Newspaper Article

Ronato, J. C. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article in

small letters: Capitalize the first word after the
colon. Newspaper Title. Retrieved from URL

Ronato, J. C. (2017, February 13). The life of Juan dela

Cruz: The average Filipino. Pilipinas Chronicles.
Retrieved from http://www.pinoy.com/etc
Books
 3. Book

Ronato, J. C. (Year). Title of the book: Capitalize the f irst

word after the colon. City, Country: Publisher
Name.

Ronato, J. C. (2017). The life of Juan dela Cruz: The

average Filipino. Manila, Philippines: Filipinas
Publishing, Inc.
 *
author and publisher are the same: use
Author (publisher name)
Ronato, J. C. (2017). The life of Juan dela Cruz: The
average Filipino. Manila, Philippines: Author.
editions, vol. no., page no. in () after the title
Ronato, J. C. (2017). The life of Juan dela Cruz: The
average Filipino (2nd ed.). Manila, Philippines:
Filipinas Publishing, Inc.
Always end with a period . If the author
has two initials, no need to add an extra
period after the second initial:
Ronato, J. C.
Lets Practice
 Answer:
Kent, P. (2012). Search engine optimization for
dummies (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley
& Sons, Inc.
 3.b Book Chapter

Ronato, J. C. (Year). Title of the chapter in a book with

an editor. In J. dela Cruz (Ed.), Book title, (pp. xx
xx). City, Country: Publisher Name.

Ronato, J. C. (2017). In J. dela Cruz (Ed.) The life of

Juan dela Cruz, (pp. 6585). Manila, Philippines:
Filipinas Publishing, Inc.
 3.c Reference Book

Ronato, J. C. (Ed.). (Year). Title of the reference book.

City, Country: Publisher Name.

Ronato, J. C. (Ed.). (2017). This is the title of the

reference book. Manila, Philippines: Filipinas
Publishing, Inc.
Websites
 4. Website Article

Ronato, J. C. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article in

small letters: Capitalize the first word after the
colon. Retrieved from URL

Ronato, J. C. (2017, February 13). The life of Juan dela

Cruz: The average Filipino. Retrieved from
http://www.pinoy.com/etc

Article title. (Year, Month Day). Retrieved from URL

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