Biology Assignments

APA Citation Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm

 

In the body of the paper cite the author and year of the article after:

  • general information
  • all numbers
  • all quotes

Journal or Magazine Article
(use for journals that start each issue with page one)
 

Wilcox, R. V. (1991). Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek:
     The Next Generation. Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.
 


Journal or Magazine Article
(use for journals where the page numbering continues from issue to issue)
 

Dubeck, L. (1990). Science fiction aids science teaching. Physics
     Teacher, 28, 316-318.
 


Newspaper Article
 

Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). Trekking through college: Classes
     explore modern society using the world of Star Trek. Los Angeles
     Times, p. A3.
 


Article from an Internet Database
(for more details, see the American Psychological Association's official site)
 

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). Star Trek on the brain:
     Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved
     July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
 


Book
 

Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek chronology: The history
     of the future. New York: Pocket Books.
 


Book Article or Chapter
 

James, N. E. (1988). Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according
     to Kirk and Spock. In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic
     (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
 


Encyclopedia Article
 

Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana
     (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.
 


ERIC Document
 

Fuss-Reineck, M. (1993). Sibling communication in Star Trek: The Next
     Generation: Conflicts between brothers. Miami, FL: Annual Meeting
     of the Speech Communication Association. (ERIC Document
     Reproduction Service No. ED 364932)
 


Website
(for more details, see the American Psychological Association's official site)
 

Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved
     October 8, 1997, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club
     Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/
     503r.html


 
Notes
  • In the body of the paper use the author's last name and the year of the article after accredited information.
  • Use "et.al" to represent a list of authors.
  • doublespace all lines.
  • Margins should be 1 inch
  • Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
  • Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
  • If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
  • Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
  • Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).

Robert Delaney APA Citation Style American Psychological Association, 5th edition available at

 http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citama.htm  Accessed August 2005