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
| Format | Example | |
| Author's last name, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), pages. | Carter, K. (1995). Teaching stories and local understandings. Journal of Educational Research, 88(6), 326-330. | |
| Online | Author's last name, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the article. Journal Title, volume number (issue number), pages. DOI or URL | 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 |
| Format | Example | |
| Author's last name, Initial(s). (Year of publication). Title of the book. Publisher name. | 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. | Chaffe-Stengel, P., & Stengel, D. (2012). Working with sample data: Exploration and inference. Business Expert Press. https://doi.org/10.4128/9781606492147 |
| Format | Example | |
| Website | Author last name, first initial. (Date). Title of page. Host site. URL | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). What is health literacy? https://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/learn/index.html |
APA Manual of Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: READY REF BF76.7 .P83 2020 (ask at Library Help Desk)Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Other APA Resources
- RefWorksRefWorks is a citation management tool that allows you to save and organize your citations.