Lesson 1: Making Meaning Of APA Format - Using APA Format To Effectively Communicate Meaning

Entire Book, Report, Brochure, or Manual

Reference List:

Author, Initial. (Date). Title of work. Location: Publisher.

Bankart, P. (1997). Talking cures: A history of Western and Eastern psychotherapies. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Notes:

Author / Date:  For a description of how to list various authors – see the Author commentary.  For a description of how to appropriately identify the date – see the Date commentary.

Title:  For title of the work, only the first letter is capitalized unless it is a two-part title.  Capitalize proper nouns.

Bankart, P. (1997). Talking cures: A history of Western and Eastern psychotherapies. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

 Include additional information on the publication in parentheses following the title (e.g., edition, volume number).

Fox, J. (2001). Leading communication groups (2nd ed.). Toronto, ON: Riley.

 Include additional descriptors of the work in brackets following the title and publication information (e.g., brochure, manual, data file).

Fox, J. (2001). Leading communication groups (2nd ed.) [Manual]. Toronto, ON: Riley. or Fox, J. (2001). Basic communication skills for group leaders [Brochure]. Toronto, ON: Riley.

 For reports, include the report numbers provided in parentheses following the title (e.g., Report No. XXX, Publication No. XXX)

Fox, J. (2001). Leading communication groups (Report No. 56 – NN - 23432). Toronto, ON: Canadian National Archives.

Location and Publisher:

 Location typically includes city and state or province, along with publisher name – see the Publisher commentary.

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 Page numbers are not included.

Report retrieval information:

 For reports that are only available from the Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC) or the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), include the document number at the end of the reference.  Do not use a period after the number.

Fox, J. (2001). Leading communication groups (Report No. 56 – NN - 23432). East Lansing, MI: National Centre for Research on Teaching Learning. (Eric Document Reproduction Service No. KS239479)

For additional information see APA 6.32; 7.02 – 18, 23, 25-28; 7.03

For the following sources, which you are less likely to use, please see the relevant sections of the APA Manual:  Multivolume edited works – APA 7.02 – 23  Reference books – APA 7.02 – 27-28  Non-English books – APA 7.02 – 28  English translations – APA 7.02 – 26

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