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APA Citation Style
Guide to
Bibliographic Citation
Please Note:
This handout is based on the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
6th edition, 2010.
Your professor may prefer a different edition.
While Library staff have made every effort to avoid errors in this document, we strongly encourage students to verify this information with the publication manual itself or with your professor.
The Library, Durham College & UOIT
Revised July 2011
(includes APA’s additional corrections)
APA, 6th edition. Your professor may prefer different formatting – please follow his/her guidelines.
Avoiding Plagiarism
W hen writing a research paper, lab report or any other type of academic assignment, you will likely use resources such as books, articles and websites written by other people to support your argument.
However, when using someone else’s information, you must indicate where that information came from
(credit must be given where credit is due). If you fail to acknowledge your sources, you are guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offence which may lead to lost marks or a failing grade.
There are many different formats for providing credit (also known as bibliographic citation) to other sources within your research paper. This handout provides a brief summary of the APA style guidelines as outlined in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(2010). The examples presented illustrate the more common types of bibliographic citation.
Please note that this handout should only be used as a guide. For complete information and additional examples consult the Library’s copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY
DIFFER FROM THOSE OUTLINED BY THE APA GUIDELINES, 2010 EDITION. YOUR PROFESSOR
MAY PREFER TO USE A DIFFERENT EDITION OF THE APA GUIDELINES.
When to
Guide to
Bibliographic Citation
Please Note:
This handout is based on the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,
6th edition, 2010.
Your professor may prefer a different edition.
While Library staff have made every effort to avoid errors in this document, we strongly encourage students to verify this information with the publication manual itself or with your professor.
The Library, Durham College & UOIT
Revised July 2011
(includes APA’s additional corrections)
APA, 6th edition. Your professor may prefer different formatting – please follow his/her guidelines.
Avoiding Plagiarism
W hen writing a research paper, lab report or any other type of academic assignment, you will likely use resources such as books, articles and websites written by other people to support your argument.
However, when using someone else’s information, you must indicate where that information came from
(credit must be given where credit is due). If you fail to acknowledge your sources, you are guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offence which may lead to lost marks or a failing grade.
There are many different formats for providing credit (also known as bibliographic citation) to other sources within your research paper. This handout provides a brief summary of the APA style guidelines as outlined in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(2010). The examples presented illustrate the more common types of bibliographic citation.
Please note that this handout should only be used as a guide. For complete information and additional examples consult the Library’s copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY
DIFFER FROM THOSE OUTLINED BY THE APA GUIDELINES, 2010 EDITION. YOUR PROFESSOR
MAY PREFER TO USE A DIFFERENT EDITION OF THE APA GUIDELINES.
When to
Citations: oldest item listed first (e.g. an item written in 1998 would appear before an item written in 2008). If there are two items written by the same author in the same year, identify them by the suffixes a, b, c, d, etc. Psychological Association, 6 edition, 2010, p. 181. the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6 edition, 2010. In Text: The spinal column (Dorland’s Illustrated, 2000) has In Text: Plagiarism is quite often unintentional (Ballenger, 2007) as to see the largest growth in the next decade (Cherry & Jacob, 2005). In Text, first citation: The study (Kirton, Talotta, & Zwolski, 2001) concluded (Kirton et al., 2001) Kirton, C