APA Style Rules and Tips

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• APA rules for citation of reference sources
• Reference citation in text
  • Author in text
  • Author in parentheses
  • Including a quotation
• Use of quotations
• Citation form
  • One author
  • Two authors
  • Three to five authors
  • Six or more authors
  • Group author
  • Author unknown
  • Anonymous author
  • Multiple works by the same author
  • Authors with the same surname
  • The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Old works
  • Varieties of publication date
• Personal communication and other unrecoverable data
• Citation of a work discussed in another
• Use of verb tense
• Reference list form
  • Particulars of form
    • For books
    • For articles
    • For articles and books "in press"
  • Electronic source
• Examples of reference list types
  • Journal article
  • Book
  • Chapter in an edited book
  • Group author
  • "In press"
  • Non-English source
  • English translation
  • Source reprinted in another
  • Magazine or newsletter article
  • Newspaper article
  • Encyclopedia or dictionary
  • Conference presentation and poster session
  • Report
  • Legal material
  • Dissertation
  • Audiovisual media
  • Electronic source
• Use of abbreviations
• Avoiding biased and pejorative language
• Use of terms "gender" and "sex"
• Sensitivity to labels
• Form
  • Page layout
  • Headings
  • Arranging items in sequence
  • Title page model
  • Abstract page model
  • Reference list page model
  • Appendix page model