APA Examples of References by Type

In a Reference list In-text Citation

1. Book with one author
(King, 2000) or King (2000)
King, M. (2000). Wrestling with the angel: A life of Janet Frame. Auckland, New
compares Frames…
Zealand: Viking.
2. Books with two authors
(Dancey & Reidy, 2004) or
Dancey, C.P., & Reidy, J. (2004). Statistics without maths for psychology: Using
Dancey and Reidy (2004) said…
SPSS for Windows (3rd ed.). Harlow, England: Person/Prentice Hall.
3. Book with three to five authors (Krause, Bochner, & Duchesne,
Krause, K. L., Bochner, S. & Duchesne, S. (2006). Educational psycholody for 2006)
learning and teaching (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Thomson. Is used first time then in
subsequent citations, (Krause et
al., 2006)
4. Book or report by a corporate author e.g. organization, association,
government department
(University of Wikato, 1967)
University of Waikato. (1967). First of residence (Information series No. 3). Hamilton,
New Zealand: Author.
5. Book chapter in edited book
Helber, L.E. (1995). Redeveloping mature resorts for new markets. In M. V. Conlin & (Helber, 1995) or Helber (1995)
T. Baum (Eds), Island tourism: Management principles and practice (pp. 105- compares luxury resorts…
113). Chichester, England: John Wiley
6. Conference paper online
Bochner, S. (1996, November). Mentoring in higher education: Issues to be
(Bochner, 1996) or According to
addressed in developing a mentoring program. Paper presented at the
Bochner (1996)…
Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Singapore.
Retrieved from http://www.aare.edu.au/96pap/bochs96018.txt
7. Course handout/Lecture notes
Salter, G. (2007). Lecture 3: SPLS205-07A [PowerPoint slides]. Hamilton, New Salter, 2007)
Zealand: University of Waikato.
8. Film (see Library APA referencing webpage for music and other media)
Zhang, Y. (Producer/Director). (2000). Not one less [Motion picture]. China: (Zhang, 2000)
Columbia Pictures
9. Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with DOI (Hohepa, Schofield, & Kolt,
Hohepa, M. Schofield, G., & Kolt, G.S. (2006). Physical activity: What do high school 2006)
students think? Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(3), 3238-336,
doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.024 Then subsequently, if 3-5
authors (Hohepa et al., 2006)
10. Journal article – academic/scholarly (electronic version) with no DOI
Harrison, B., & Papa, R. (2005). The development of an indigenous knowledge (Harrison & Papa, 2005) or
program in a New Zealand Maori-language immersion school. Anthropology Harrison and Papa (2005)
and Education Quarterly, 36(1), 57-72. Retrieved from ProQuest Education recommend…
Journals database
11. Journal article – academic/scholarly (print version)
(Gibbs, 2005) or Gibbs (2005)
Gibbs, M. (2005). The right to development and indigenous people: Lessons from
contradicts…
New Zealand. World Development, 33(8), 1365-1378
12. Journal article – academic/scholarly (internet only – no print version)
(Snell & Hodgetts, n. d.) or Snell
Snell, D., & Hodgetts, D. (n. d.). The psychology of heavy metal communities and
and Hodgetts (n. d.) suggest “…”
white supremacy. Te Kura Kete Aronui, 1. Retrieved from
(para. 3)
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/tkka
13. Magazine article – popular/trade/general interest (Goodwin, 2002) or Goodwin
Goodwin, D. K. (2002, February 4). How I caused that story. Time, 159(5), 69 (2002) defends…
14. Newspaper article – print version
(Hartevelt, 2007)
Hartevelt, J. (2007, December 20). Boy racers. The Press, p.3
15. Newspaper article (Database like Newztext Plus) (also see Library referencing
webpage for internet version)
(Cumming, 2003)
Cumming, G. (2003, April 5). Cough that shock the world. The New Zealand Herald.
Retreived from Newstext Plus database.
16. Newspaper article with no author
(“Report Casts Shadow,” 2007)
Report casts shadow on biofuel crops. (2007, October 16). Waikato Times, p.21
17. Personal Communications (letters, telephone conversations, emails, (H. Clarke, personal
interviews communication, March 19, 2004)
18. Thesis – Institutional or personal webpage – outside the US
Dewstone, R.A. (2006). Using the Internet to enhance teaching at the University of (Dewstow, 2006) or Dewstow
Waikato (Master’s thesis, University of Wwaikato, Hamilton, New Zealand). (2006) identified…
Retrieved from http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/2241
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