Library at Lansing Community College

Books

Book with one author

Example

Chang, J. (1991). Wild swans: Three daughters of China (2nd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Parts of citation

Name of author. (Year of publication). Title (Edition). City of publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.08 and 4.16 #23 (pp. 224, 248)

Book with an editor or translator (anthology, compilation, bibliography)

Example

Mariani, P. (Ed.). (1991). Critical fictions: The politics of imaginative writing. Seattle, WA: Bay Press.

Parts of citation

Name of editor. (Ed.). (Year of publication). Title. City of publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.08 and 4.16 #25 (pp. 224, 249)

Book with multiple authors

Book with two authors

Example

Stuart, C., & Stuart, T. (1996). Africa's vanishing wildlife. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Parts of citation

Author's last name, A. A. & Author's last name, B. B. (Year of publication). Title (Edition). City of publication: Name of publisher.

Book with three authors

Example

Oliver, O. S., Chiras, D. D., & Reganold, J. P. (1998). Natural resource conservation (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Simon & Schuster.

Parts of citation

Author's last name, A. A., Author's last name, B. B., & Author's last name, C. C. (Year of publication). Title (Edition). City of publication: Name of publisher.

Book with more than six authors

List the first six authors, and then use "et al." for remaining authors.

Parts of citation

Author's last name, A.A., Author's last name, B. B., Author's last name, C. C., Author's last name, D. D., Author's last name, E. E., Author's last name, F. F., et al. (Year of publication). Title (Edition). City of publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.08 and 4.16B (pp. 224, 248)

Book with no author or editor

Alphabetize sources with no author or editor by first significant word in title.

Example

The American heritage dictionary of the English language (3rd ed.). (1992). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Parts of citation

Title (Edition). (Year of publication). City of publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.16 #26 (p. 249)

Dictionary entry or encyclopedia article

Entry or article with author

Example

Ford-Martin, P. A. (1999). Depressive disorders. In The Gale encyclopedia of medicine (Vol. 2, pp. 924-928). Detroit, MI: Gale.

Parts of citation

Name of author. (Year of publication). Title of entry. In Name of encyclopedia. (Edition number, Volume number, page range). City of publication: Name of publisher.

Entry or article with no author

Example

Puma. (1997). In New encyclopedia Britannica (15th ed., Vol. 9, p. 796). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Parts of citation

Title of entry. (Year of publication). In Name of encyclopedia. (Edition number, Volume number, page range). City of publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.16 #30 and 4.16 #38 (p. 250, 254)

Article or chapter in an edited book

Example

Ross, M. (1997). The death penalty is too expensive. In P. A. Winters (Ed.), The death penalty: Opposing viewpoints (pp. 134-138). San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.

Parts of citation

Name of author of article. (Year of publication). Title of article. In Name of editor (Ed.), Title of book (page range of article). City of book publication: Name of publisher.

APA Manual 4.10, 4.13, 4.16 B#34 (pp. 226, 229, 252)

Periodicals

Journal article

Newspaper article

Example

Goldberg, C. (2000, February 26). Big gap in screening U.S. infants for hereditary ills. The New York Times, p. A1.

Meyerson, H. (2002, May 11). Early outs will cut DNR to the bone. The Grand Rapids Press, pp. D1, D5.

Parts of citation

Name of author. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of newspaper, page range.

APA Manual 4.16 B#9-11 (pp. 242-243)

Magazine article

Examples

Conway, G. (2000, January/February). Feeding the world in the 21st century. Environment, 42, 8-18.

Magnets that move moods: New treatment for depression. (2002, June 24). Newsweek, 129, 57.

Parts of citation

Name of author. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of magazine, volume number, page range.

APA Manual 4.16 A#6 (p. 241)

Article with no author

Alphabetize sources with no author or editor by the first significant word in the title.

Example

"Ivory Crackdown." (2004, March 27). New Scientist, 181, 4.

Parts of citation

Title of article. (Date of publication). Title of magazine, volume number, page range.

APA Manual 4.16 #26 (p. 249)

Legal Documents

For further information about citing legal documents, APA suggests using The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation --- LCC Library Reference KF 245 .B58 2005

Michigan law (Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated)

Example

Safe Drinking Water Act. Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. ?325.1007 (West 1999).

Parts of citation

Title of the act. MCLA abbreviated title. Section number. (Publisher year).

APA Manual Appendix D.04 (p. 404); The Bluebook Rule 12.3.1; Table 1 (p. 215)

Michigan Supreme Court case

Example

People v. Davis, 472 Mich. 156 (2005).

Parts of citation

First party v. Second party, Volume number Michigan Reports abbreviated title First page of case (year case decided).

APA Manual Appendix D.03 (p. 399); The Bluebook Rule 10; Table 1 (p. 215)

Michigan Court of Appeals case

Example

Tuggle v. Department of State Police, 269 Mich App 657 (2005).

Parts of citation

First party v. Second party, Volume number Michigan Appeals Reports abbreviation First page of case (year case decided).

APA Manual Appendix D.03 (p. 397); The Bluebook Rule 10; Table 1 (p. 215)

Federal law (original version, as passed)

Example

Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act of 1988. Pub. L. 100-583. 3 Nov. 1988. Stat. 102.2960.

Parts of citation

Title of the law. Public law number. Date enacted. Statutes at Large cataloging number.

APA Manual Appendix D.04 (p. 404); The Bluebook Rule 12.3.1

Federal Court case

Example

United States Department of Defense v. Federal Labor Relations Authority. No 92-1223. Supreme Ct. of the US. 23 February 1994.

Parts of citation

Title of case. Number of the case. Name of court that decided the case. Date of decision.

APA Manual Appendix D.03 (p. 399); The Bluebook Rule 10

Examples are based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, fifth edition, and assistance provided by APA editorial staff. When available, APA rule numbers are referenced from: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001 (TLC second floor)