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WRITING BIBLIOGRAPHY (APA FORMAT) BOOK AND ARTICLE CITATIONS IN APA STYLE O BOOK REFERENCE Kuhn, T.S. (1970). The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. O BOOK REFERENCE O Authors last name, first letter capitalized, followed by a comma O Initials of authors first and middle names, each followed by a period O Date of publication, in parentheses, followed by a period O Book title, underlined or in italics, first letter of first word capitalized, followed by a period O Place of publication, followed by a colon O Name of publisher, followed by a period

ARTICLE REFERENCE O Authors last name, first letter capitalized, followed by a comma O Initials of authors first and middle names, each followed by a period O Date of publication, in parentheses, followed by a period O Title of article, first letter of first word capitalized (not underlined and not in italics), colon to introduce subtitle, first letter of subtitle capitalized, followed by a period o Title of journal, underlined or in italics o Volume number of journal, underlined or in italics, followed by a comma o Page numbers of article, followed by a period ARTICLE REFERENCE Dekeyser, R.M. (1995). Learning second language grammar rules: An experiment with a miniature linguistic system. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 17, 379-410.

O Book: Two authors Brett, A. & Provenzo, E.F. (1995). Adaptive technology for special human needs. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. O Book: Many authors Moran, T. E., Levy, R., McClure, A., & Guthrie, J.L. (1997). Evaluating transformation processes in municipal organizations. NY: Center for Social Inquiry. O Article in journal Maldonado, N.S. (1992). Making TV environmentally safe for children. Childhood Education, 68, pp. 229-230. O Article in monthly magazine Callihan, D. (1995, September).Through the window of pain. Pitt Magazine, 10, pp.20-23. O Article in weekly magazine: No author, one page Dreams of roads and railways. (1995, March 11). The Economist, p.48. O Article in daily newspaper: No author, discontinuous pages New bank attracts depositors with high rates. (1996, June 22). Edinboro Gazette, pp. 1, 5. Electronic Publications Note 1: There is no period at end of the entry because periods are part of electronic addresses; adding a final period would confuse the reader. Note 2: If you want to, you may add the date of access [in brackets] at the end of an on-line entry. This refers to the date on which you found the record through direct computer access. O World Wide Web: Article Weaver, R., Servesco, R., & Tian, J.(1996). Determining the destiny of plastic. Available: http://dirac.Py.Iup.Edu/college/chemistry/-course /plastic.html O

O World Wide Web: Article in electronic journal Ling, R. (1996). Cyber McCarthyism: Witch hunts in the living room. Electronic Journal of Sociology,Available:http://olympus.lang.arts.ualberta.ca:8010/vol002.001/Ling.Article.1996. html [1997, January 3] O Internet: Article Swaminathan, K. (1997). The limits of athletic endurance: A statistical model. Available: gopher:// gopher. upr.edu/32/GH. research unit physiol. ftp O CD-ROM Hille, T. (1996). Form and function in architecture, [CD.ROM]. Available: University of Michigan Press.