APA 6th Edition for Reference Quotes

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What is APA?

APA style is a set of rules that organize the format of paper, journals, article, etc., including how to cite the good and right references in order to avoid plagiarism.

There are some explanation and examples that can guide us to know deeply about the commonly type of references.

This is the way to cite references based to APA 6th Edition

APA RULES FOR THE REFERENCES PAGE – The following sections show some of the more
commonly used APA citation rules.

JOURNALS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS IN PRINT FORMAT

General Form
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article.
          Title of Journal, xx, xxx-xxx.


One Author
 
Williams, J. H. (2008). Employee engagement: Improving participation in
       safety. Professional Safety, 53(12), 40-45.
 
Two to Seven Authors [List all authors]
 
Keller, T. E., Cusick, G. R., & Courtney, M. E. (2007). Approaching the transition to adulthood: 
            Distinctive  profiles of adolescents aging out of the child welfare system. Social Services Review,
            81, 453-484
 
Eight or More Authors [List the first six authors, … and the last author]

Wolchik, S. A., West, S. G., Sandler, I. N., Tein, J.-Y., Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L.,...Griffin, W. A (2000)

        An experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children of divorce.          Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 843-856

       

Magazine Article

Mathews, J., Berrett, D., & Brillman, D. (2005, May 16). Other winning
         equations. Newsweek, 145(20), 58-59.

 Newspaper Article with No Author and Discontinuous Pages

Generic Prozac debuts. (2001, August 3). The Washington Post, pp. E1, E4.

BOOKS, CHAPTERS IN BOOKS, REPORTS, ETC.

General Form

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

One Author

Alexie, S. (1992). The business of fancydancing: Stories and poems. Brooklyn, NY: Hang Loose Press.

Corporate Author with an Edition and Published by the Corporate Author

American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th  ed.). Washington, DC: Author.


Indirect Quotation with Parenthetical Citation

Libraries historically highly value intellectual freedom and patron confidentiality (LaRue, 2007).

Indirect Quotation with Author as Part of the NarrativeLaRue (2007) identified intellectual freedom and patron confidentiality as two key values held historically by libraries.

Direct Quotation with Parenthetical Citation
 
Darwin used the metaphor of the tree of life "to express the other form of interconnectedness–genealogical rather than ecological" (Gould & Brown, 1991, p. 14).

Direct Quotation with Author as Part of the Narrative

Gould and Brown (1991) explained that Darwin used the metaphor of the tree of life "to express the other form of interconnectedness– genealogical rather than ecological”(p. 14)