Citing Sources

Using APA Style

Caruth Health Education Center Library

St. Petersburg College
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Objectives:
1)

Format document using MS Word 2007

2)

Review APA 6th edition format of print resources

3)

Review APA 6th edition citation rules for print sources within text

4)

Review APA 6th edition format of electronic resources

5)

Review APA 6th edition citation rules for electronic resources within text
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Basic Format for All Document Pages

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Set all margins

All margins = 1 inch

(American Psychological Association [APA], 2010, p. 229)

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Font

Font Style
Font size

(APA, 2010. p. 228)

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Text alignment

flush left

(APA, 2010, p. 229)

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Spacing and indenting

Locate
Special:
Locate
paragraph
Select:
Locate
First
line
Line
spacing:
Select:
Double
Click
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Title page
Running head:
abbreviated title
no more than
50 characters
(all caps)
left justify
in the
Header section
of the page

Page number
right justified
in
Page Header
Note:
Word defaults the placement of the Running head at
0.5".
To set 1" from the top
Locate and click
Page Layout
Page Setup
Layout tab
From edge: change to 1

Full title
and
Byline:
Author name
Affiliation
Date
(upper half of page)

(APA, 2010, pp. 23,24, 229)

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Body
Abbreviated title
Page number
center entire title
on the first line following
the Abbreviated title
Paragraphs
Indent first line
inch or 5 spaces

(APA, 2010, p. 27)

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Reference list
Page Header
Type the word

References
highlight the word
click center
Type full citation
Highlight entire citation
Select Paragraph
Locate Special
Click Hanging
Click OK
Type next citation
(APA, 2010, p. 37)

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Formatting Print Resources

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Book with one author

Author Last name, initials of first and middle names if available

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Joel, L. A. (2006). The nursing experience: Trends,

challenges, and transitions (5th ed.). New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division.
(APA, 2010, pp. 186, 202-203)

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Book with two authors

Author Last name, initials of first and middle names of both authors
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Cooper, M. D., & Wiechmann, L. (2006). Essentials of dental

hygiene: Clinical skills. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice
Hall.
(APA, 2010, p. 184)

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Book with three authors

Author Last name, initials of first and middle names of each author
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name
Hamric, A. B., Spross, J. A., & Hanson, C. M. (2005). Advanced
practice nursing: An integrative approach (3rd ed.). St. Louis,
MO: Elsevier Saunders.
(APA, 2010, p. 184)
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Book with up to seven authors

Authors Last name, initials of first and middle names of each author
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name
Winn, W. C., Jr., Allen, S. D., Janda, W. M., Koneman, E. W.,
Procop, G. W., Schreckenberger, P. C., & Woods, G. L. (2006).
Konemans color atlas and textbook of diagnostic microbiology
(6th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
(APA, 2010, p. 184)

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Book with eight or more authors

Authors Last name, initials of first and middle names of first six
authors, final authors last name, initials of first and middle names
Date of publication (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Fossum, T. W., Hedlund, C. S., Johnson, A. L., Schulz, R. S.,

Seim, H. B., III, Willard, M. D., Carroll, G. L. (2007). Small
animal surgery (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier.
(APA, 2010, pp. 182, 184, 198)

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Book with a group or corporate author

Author name of group or corporation

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Agency for Healthcare Administration. (2005). Hospital-based

skilled nursing unit utilization. Tallahassee, FL: Author.
(APA, 2010, pp. 187, 205)

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Book with an editor

Author List the editor as author: Last name, initials of first and middle names
Ed. (abbreviation for editor. Multiple editors, Eds.)
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Parker, M. E. (Ed.). (2006). Nursing theories and nursing

practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis.
(APA, 2010, p. 202)

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Entry within a reference resource:

no author or editor

Title of entry
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY) or no date (n.d.)
In Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

Ethic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Websters collegiate dictionary (11th

ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
(APA, 2010, pp. 203, 205)

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Chapter of a book
Author Last name, initials of first and middle names of each author
Date of publication (YYYY)
Title of chapter
Editor name
Ed. (abbreviation for editor. Multiple editors, Eds.)
Title of book in italics
Edition (only when given)
Pages of chapter
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name
Finkelman, A. W. (2007). The health care system. In M. A. Nies & M. McEwen
(Eds.), Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations
(4th ed., pp. 148-166). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
(APA, 2010, p. 204)

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Journal article

Author Last name, initial of first and middle names if available

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Article title
Journal name in italics
volume number in italics, (issue number), page numbers

Meeker, J. A., & Miller, S. M. (2005). Hereditary

hemochromatosis. Medical Laboratory Observer, 37(10),
10-18.
(APA, 2010, p. 199)

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Journal article with seven authors

Authors Last name, initials of first and middle names of all authors
Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Article title
Journal name in italics
volume number in italics, (issue number), page numbers
Walker, S. N., Pullen, C. H., Boeckner, L., Hageman, P. A.,
Hertzog, M., Oberdorfer, M. K., & Rutledge, M. J. (2009).
Clinical trial of tailored activity and eating newsletters with
older rural women. Nursing Research, 58(2), 74-85.

(APA, 2010, p. 184)

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Newspaper article

Author Last name, initial of first and middle names if available

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY, Month day)
Article title
Newspaper name in italics
Section and page number

Krugman, P. (2005, December 26). Medicine: Who

decides? The New York Times, p. E5.
(APA, 2010, p. 200)

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Government publication

Author Name of government agency

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Document title in italics
Publication number
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

National Institute of Mental Health. (1990). Clinical training in

serious mental illness (DHHS Publication No. ADM 901679). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
(APA, 2010, p. 205)

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Brochure

Author Name (Corporation, Governmental Agency, Association)

Date of publication in parentheses (YYYY)
Document title in italics
[Brochure]
Publisher location-name of City, State abbreviation
City, Country if not U.S.
Publisher name

American Nurses Association. (2001). Code of ethics for nurses

with interpretive statements [Brochure]. Silver Spring, MD:
Author.
(APA, 2010, pp. 203, 212)

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Sample Reference list

(APA, 2010, p. 59)

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Citing Print Resources Within Text

(or Parenthetical citations)

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Parenthetical citation examples

Quote from a book
with three authors
Paraphrase from a
newspaper article

Paraphrase from a
brochure
Quote from an entry
in a reference
resource:
no author or editor

Paraphrase from a
journal article with
seven authors
Second reference
for three authors
within same
paragraph

(APA, 2010, pp. 176-177 )

Quote from book

with one author
(40 words or more)
Block
Indent inch
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For a work by a

Government Agency
Organization

First citation:
Agency name
abbreviation in brackets
year
(National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 1990)

Subsequent citations:
abbreviation
year
(NIMH, 1990)

(APA, 2010, p. 177)

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