Research Papers and Reports
Using APA Style
For: All Undergraduate Students
Course Year: 2007 / 2008
K. Moed Academy for European Studies and Communication Management The Hague University - Haagse Hogeschool The Hague, September 2007
CONTENTS
CONTENTS 1
1 Introduction 3 1.1 Citing Error! Bookmark not defined. 1.2 Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing 3 1.3 APA-style 4
2 In-Text Citations 5 2.1 The Basics 5 2.2 Some basic examples: one author 6 2.3 Two authors 7 2.4 Sources with 3-5 authors 7 2.5 Source with 6 or more authors 8 2.6 Group author 8 2.7 Citations for works with unknown authors 9 2.8 Citing several different works by different authors 9 2.9 Secondary sources 9 2.10 Citing translations 10 2.11 Citations for interviews and personal communication 10 2.12 Internet sources 10 2.13 Anonymous Internet sources 11 2.14 Audiovisual media 11
3 Reference List: Printed Sources 12 3.1 Introduction 12 3.2 Books 12 3.2.1 General format 12 3.2.2 One author 13 3.2.3 No author identified 13 3.2.4 Two to six authors 13 3.2.5 More than six authors 13 3.2.6 Edited work 13 3.2.7 Multi volume work / Encyclopedia - Dictionary 13 3.2.8 Translations 14 3.2.9 Two or more works by the same author 14 3.3 Other non-periodical documents 14 3.3.1 General format 14 3.3.2 Individual authors 14 3.3.3 Corporate author 15 3.3.4 Organisational author 15 3.4 Articles in periodicals 16 3.4.1 General format 16 3.4.2 Articles in scholarly and professional journals 16 3.4.3 Articles in (monthly, weekly) magazines 17 3.4.4 Articles in newspapers 17 3.5 Articles in books 18 3.5.1 Article (chapter) in an edited work 18 3.5.2 Article (entry) in a reference work 18 3.6 Other periodical articles 19 3.6.1 Reviews 19 3.6.2 Letter
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