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American Psychological Association (APA) Style:
Citation of Electronic Documents
Note:
If you cannot find all of the information required in the citation,
cite what is available. For further information on citing
electronic and
print documents refer to the APA
web site
or see the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association.
| Electronic
Documents |
Author/Editor. (Date). Title.
Retrieved month day, year,
from name of source |
Example:
McKinney, N. (2002). Acupuncture and Chinese
medicine. Retrieved March 20,
2002, from
http://www.bcna.bc.ca/artframe.htm
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| Electronic
Documents with a Print
Equivalent* |
Author/editor.
(Date). Title. [Electronic version].
Retrieved month day, year, from name of
source |
| * If the print and
electronic form of the document are the same, a reference for the print
form is preferred. Otherwise, cite the electronic document.
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Example:
Industry Canada.
(1999). Shopping on the Internet.
[Electronic version]. Retrieved March 20,
2002, from
http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/C2-
418-1999E.pdf
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| Electronic
Journal Articles, General
Access |
Author. (Date). Title of
article. Title of Journal, *volume
(issue). Retrieved month day, year, from
name of
source |
* Volume and issue
numbers may not be available. If they are not used, the name
of
the periodical is sufficient.
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| Example
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Flowers, J. (2001,
Fall). Online learning needs in
technology education. Journal
of Technology
Education, 13(1). Retrieved
March 20, 2002, from
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/v13n1/flowers.html
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| Electronic
Journal Articles, Retrieved from
a
Database |
Author. (Date). Title of
article. Title of Journal, volume
(issue), pagination. Retrieved month day,
year, from
name of source. |
| Example
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Gray, J. (2000, November
27). Silence is golden:
the record industry sees big bucks in
controlling the
Net. Canadian Business,
73(22). Retrieved
March 20,
2002, from CBCA database. |
| Newsgroups,
Listservs |
Author. (Year, month day posted). Subject of
message. Message posted to
address of
newsgroup/listserv. |
| Example
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Nordqvist, C.
(2001, September 21). Medical
pharma biotech abbreviations. Message
posted to
a_natural_path. |
| E-Mail* |
| Sender (personal communication, Month, day,
year) |
| *Because personal communications are
not accessible or recoverable data, they are not included in the
reference/works cited list. They should be cited in text only.
|
| Example
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| Doe, J.K. (personal
communication, March 20, 2002) |
| CD-ROMs |
Author/editor. (Date). Title.
[CD]. Place of publication:
publisher. |
| Example
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Masters, T. &
Masters, R. (1995). Medical terminology:
a visual guide. [CD].
Cincinnati, OH:
South-Western.
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