About APA Style
APA stands for the American Psychological Association. APA citation and formatting style is most commonly used in Psychology, Education & Social Sciences. Other disciplines beyond the Social Sciences also use APA. At SU, the Health and Human Performance program widely uses APA as the preferred citation and formatting style, but please check with your individual professor.
APA Citation Examples
Journal Article
Author's last name, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), pages. DOI or URL
Article Example
Ke, F., & Hoadley, C. (2009). Evaluating online learning communities. Educational Technology Research & Development, 57(4), 487-510. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-009-9120-2
Print book
Author's last name, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the book. Publisher name.
Print book example
Veletsianos, G. (2020). Learning online: The student experience. Johns Hopkins University Press.
eBook
Author last name, first initial. (Year). Book title. Publisher. DOI or URL.
eBook example
Chaffe-Stengel, P., & Stengel, D. (2012). Working with sample data: Exploration and inference. Business Expert Press. https://doi.org/10.4128/9781606492147
Website
Author last name, first initial. (Date). Title of page. Host site. URL
Website example
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). What is health literacy? https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/index.html
APA Manual of Style
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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Call Number: READY REF BF76.7 .P83 2020 (ask at Library Help Desk)Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Other APA Resources
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