EDC-243: Children's Literature: Citing in APA

Books

Book with one author:

Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher. 

Example:

Chojnacki, M. (2013). Alternative movie posters: Film art from the underground. Schiffer Publishing.

Books with 2-20 authors:

Lastname, F. M., Surname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher. 

An edited book:

Editor, F. M. (Ed.). (Year). Title of book: Subtitle of book. Publisher.

Articles

Article found in a database or open web with one author:

Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx

Example:

Öztürk, F. Ö. (2017). The impact of science-fiction movies on the self-efficacy perceptions of their science literacy of science teacher candidates. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 17(5), 1573-1603. https://doi.org/10.12738/estp.2017.5.0058

Article found in print with one author:

Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx 

Article found on the open web with one author:

Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume if available(issue if available), pages if available. https://doi.org/xxxx 

Article (from the open web) with two authors:

Lastname, F. M., & Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx 

Article with 2-20 authors:

Lastname, F. M., Surname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages.    

Article with 21 or more authors:

Author1, F. M., Author2, F. M., Author3, F. M., Author4, F. M., Author5, F. M., Author6, F. M., Author7, F. M., Author8, F. M., Author9, F. M., Author10, F. M., Author11, F. M., Author12, F. M., Author13, F. M., Author14, F. M., Author15, F. M., Author16, F. M., Author17, F. M., Author18, F. M., Author19, F. M., ... Finalauthor, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume(issue), pages.    

Websites

Note: this is for websites only—online newspapers/magazines articles are similar to articles above

Web site with one author:

Lastname, F. M. (Date published). Title of page. Name of Website. URL

Example:

Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Purdue Online Writing Lab.  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Web site with a corporate or organizational author:

Organization name. (Date published). Title of page. Name of Website (if different from organization name).  URL