APA Style - 6th Edition

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of the article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), pages. doi or journal homepage URL or database information

Gilbert, P. (2009). Human adjustment and the problem of death. Death Studies, 33(8), 771-774. doi:10.1080/07481180903070509

Johnson, L. (2015). Computer and video games: the impact on children's health. Journal of Child Health, 45(2), 64-65. Retrieved from http://chc.sagepub.com

Philpot, M., & Banerjee, S. (1998). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in the elderly. Behavioural Neurology, 11(2), 117-121. Retrieved from ProQuest Central database

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Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Book title. Place of Publication: Publisher.

Cross, E. (1990). The comprehensive encyclopedia of early Christianity. New York: Garland.

Dunkling, L., & Gosling, W. (1984). The complete American dictionary of first names. New York: Facts on File.

Ferguson, R., Smith, P., & Livingstone, E. (Eds.). (1997). The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University Press.

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Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of publication). Name of ebook. Place of Publication: Publisher. Retrieved from URL

Dawkins, R. (1976). The selfish gene. New York: Oxford. Retrieved from http://ebrary.com

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Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Title of page. Retrieved from https://randomwebsite.com

Scribe, A. (2006). APA documentation. Retrieved from http://www.docstyles.com/apa

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Author, F.M. (Date of publication). Title of webpage/article. Title of overall website. Retrieved from URL

Blythe, A. (2017, August 15). Governor and NC media settle lawsuit over McCrory's records Here's what they agreed to. Raleigh News & Observer. Retrieved from http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article167408167.html

What to make of Roy Cooper's pipeline fund. (2018, February 17). Charlotte Observer. Retrieved from http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article200636304.html

Owner/Author/Creator. (Publication Date or n.d.). Title of image in italics [media type such as Painting, Mural, Photograph, Infographic, etc.]. Retrieved from URL

Emery, A. (2016). Flamingo [Photograph]. Retrieved from https://unsplash.com/@alanemery?photo=SYzUF6XcWBY

Basic Form:

Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year). Title of work: Subtitle if necessary. In Editor First Initial(s) Lastname (Ed.), Title of anthology: subtitle (Volume number or page numbers). Publisher location: Publisher. (Original work published Year)

Examples:

Fassbinder, R.W. (1992). Imitation of life: On the films of Douglas Sirk. In M. Töteberg & L. A. Lensing (Eds.), The anarchy of the imagination (pp. 77-89). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. (Original work published 1971)

Freud, S. (1953). The method of interpreting dreams: An analysis of a specimen dream. In J. Strachey (Ed. & Trans.), The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 4). Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books (Original work published 1900)

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Film director. (Director). (Year of publication). Film title [Motion picture]. Country: Production Company.

Soderbergh, S. (Director). (2000). Traffic [Motion picture]. United States: USA Home Entertainment.

Ghosh, B., Crain, C., & Bennett, B. (2007, December 24). Hold the cheers. Time, 170(26), 58-63.

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Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year of Publication). Article title. Journal title, Volume Number(issue number), pages.

Herbert, L. (2015). The limits of a legal rights approach to gendered human rights violations. International Journal of Human Rights, 12(4), 483-504.

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Author Last Name, First Initial or Poster's username. (Date of publication). Title of video [Video file]. Video posted to [URL]

Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Video posted to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs

Basic Form (Episode):

Writer, A. (Writer), & Director, A. (Director). (Year of Airing). Episode title [Television series episode]. In Executive Producer, A. (Executive Producer), TV series name. Retrieved from homepage URL

Example (Episode):

Kang, K. (Writer), & Fryman, P. (Director). (2006). Slap bet [Television series episode]. In Bays, C. (Executive Producer), How I met your mother. Retrieved from http://hulu.com

Basic Form (Movie):

Producer, A. (Producer), & Director, A. (Director). (Year of release). Movie title [Video file]. Retrieved from homepage URL

Example (Movie):

Kohler, W., Davidson, K., Knopfler, W, & DiCaprio, L. (Producers), & Ladkani, R., Davidson, K. (Directors). (2016). The ivory game [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.netflix.com

Basic Form:

Last name, F. [Twitter handle]. (Year, Month Day). Content of tweet [Tweet]. Retrieved from URL

Trump, D. [realDonaldTrump]. (2017, January 3). I will be having a general news conference on JANUARY ELEVENTH in N.Y.C. Thank you [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816433590892429312