apa quiz 3

how to cite an unknown author

Unknown Author parenthetical citations use a shortened version of the source's title instead of an author's name. Use quotation marks and italics as appropriate Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.).(1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

how to cite Two or More Works by the Same Author

Use the author's name for all entries and list the entries by the year (earliest comes first). Berndt, T. J. (1981). Berndt, T. J. (1999).

what should be capitalized when citing books, chapters, articles, or Web pages

capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns. Do not capitalize the first letter of the second word in a hyphenated compound word.

what page is references on

new page at end of document

formatting of reference

"References" centered at the top of the page (do NOT bold, underline, or use quotation marks for the title). All text should be double-spaced just like the rest of your essay.

All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented how much?

All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation.

When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another citation, as the first author of a group, list the one-author entries first.

Berndt, T. J. (1999). Friends' influence on students' adjustment to school. Educational Psychologist, 34, 15-28. Berndt, T. J., & Keefe, K. (1995). Friends' influence on adolescents' adjustment to school. Child Development, 66, 1312-1329.

referencing Introductions, Prefaces, Forewords, and Afterwords

Cite the publishing information about a book as usual, but cite Introduction, Preface, Foreword, or Afterword (whatever title is applicable) as the chapter of the book. Funk, R., & Kolln, M. (1998). Introduction. In E. W. Ludlow (Ed.), Understanding English grammar (pp. 1-2). Needham, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

how should reference list be alphabetized

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.

reference list provides what information

provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper.

If the work has more than seven authors, how is it listed on the reference page

list the first six authors and then use ellipses after the sixth author's name. After the ellipses, list the last author's name of the work.

how should a single author be cited

Last name first, followed by author initials. Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.

References that have the same first author and different second and/or third authors are arranged alphabetically by the last name of the second author, or the last name of the third if the first and second authors are the same.

Wegener, D. T., Kerr, N. L., Fleming, M. A., & Petty, R. E. (2000). Flexible corrections of juror judgments: Implications for jury instructions. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 6, 629-654. Wegener, D. T., Petty, R. E., & Klein, D. J. (1994). Effects of mood on high elaboration attitude change: The mediating role of likelihood judgments. European Journal of Social Psychology, 24, 25-43.

how to cite multiple articles by the same author, or authors listed in the same order

list the entries in chronological order, from earliest to most recent.

should anything be italicized in the reference list

Italicize titles of longer works such as books and journals.

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end of your paper

what should be capitalized when citing journal titles

Capitalize all major words in journal titles.

what should not be italicized

Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections.

Maintain the punctuation and capitalization that is used by the journal in its title.

Maintain the punctuation and capitalization that is used by the journal in its title.

how to cite an organization as an author

Organization as Author American Psychological Association. (2003).

do you write the full title in the reference list

Present the journal title in full.

how to reference Two or More Works by the Same Author in the Same Year

If you are using more than one reference by the same author (or the same group of authors listed in the same order) published in the same year, organize them in the reference list alphabetically by the title of the article or chapter. Then assign letter suffixes to the year. Refer to these sources in your essay as they appear in your reference list, e.g.: "Berdnt (1981a) makes similar claims..." Berndt, T. J. (1981a). Age changes and changes over time in prosocial intentions and behavior between friends. Developmental Psychology, 17, 408-416. Berndt, T. J. (1981b). Effects of friendship on prosocial intentions and behavior. Child Development, 52, 636-643.

how to cite 3 to 7 authors

List by last names and initials; commas separate author names, while the last author name is preceded again by ampersand. Kernis, M. H., Cornell, D. P., Sun, C. R., Berry, A., Harlow, T., & Bach, J. S. (1993). There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: The importance of stability of self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 65, 1190-1204.

how should two authors be cited

List by their last names and initials. Use the ampersand instead of "and." Wegener, D. T., & Petty, R. E. (1994). Mood management across affective states: The hedonic contingency hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 1034-1048.

how are authors names listed on reference page

Authors' names are inverted (last name first); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors

how to cite more than 7 authors

More Than Seven Authors List by last names and initials; commas separate author names. After the sixth author's name, use an ellipses in place of the author names. Then provide the final author name. There should be no more than seven names. Miller, F. H., Choi, M. J., Angeli, L. L., Harland, A. A., Stamos, J. A., Thomas, S. T., . . . Rubin, L. H. (2009). Web site usability for the blind and low-vision user. Technical Communication, 57, 323-335.