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Unpublished Manuscripts (Essays & Theses)
For those of you citing my work which was donated to the library, the format is below:
Wilkins, T.J. (2004). The influence of Standard Jamaican English phonology on the phonology of Jamaican Creole. Unpublished undergraduate thesis. University of the West Indies, Trinidad
Wilkins, T.J. (year). Title of essay. Unpublished manuscript. University of Cambridge, England.
The document below was prepared by Xin Li at Honolulu Community College (2002)
Original document can be found at http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/apahcc.html
How to Document Sources in APA Style | ||
Visit the APA style web site at http://www.apastyle.org |
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I. References
References provide the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It should begin on a separate page from the text of the essay under the label References (with no quotation marks, underlining, etc.), centered at the top of the page.
Basic Rules
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BOOKS - General Format |
One Author
Two Authors
Three to Six Authors
Edited Book
Book with an Author and an Editor
Chapter from a Book
No Author or Editor
Encyclopedia Article |
PERIODICALS - General Format Author, A. A. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number, pages. |
Journal Articles
Magazine Articles Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Beyond the melting pot. Time, 135, 28-31.
Newspaper Articles
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INTERNET SOURCES - General Formats
Article from a Database
Online Document |
Because the Internet is constantly changing, it is important that you give the uniform resource locator (URL) of the Internet resource and the date you accessed it. Provide as much identifying information as possible. The APA citation will include as many of the following elements in the order listed. For some Web sites you may only have a title, a date of access and an address to cite.
Articles from Library Electronic Databases
Electronic Newspaper Article
Document with Author and Date
Document with No Author, No Date
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AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA: Formats vary for citing audiovisual media. Consult pp. 266-268 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition for samples of citation format. |
Motion Picture or Videotape
Radio or Television Program II. Quotations in Text When you quote, summarize, or use the ideas from another source, you should list the author's last name, followed by a comma, then by publication year in parentheses in your text. Indicate the page when citing a specific part of a source. Always give page numbers for quotations. Example: A traumatic response frequently entails a "delayed, uncontrolled repetitive appearance of hallucinations and other intrusive phenomena" (Caruth, 1996, p.11) One work by one author More than one author with the same last name Two or more works in the same parentheses
Six or more authors
If the source has no known author, use the title
Citation: ("California," 1999)
Specific part of a source
(Jones, 1995, chap. 2) Personal communications (e-mail, personal interviews, and telephone conversations, etc.)
Citation: (J. Smith, personal communication, May 16, 1998)
A general reference to a web site
Citation: (http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/library) |
Created by: Xin Li
Last Updated: 11/06/02
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