APA citation style: Introduction

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The preferred style for all UWA Psychology, Education, Music Psychology, Music Education and Nursing papers is APA. This guides provides only a brief introduction to referencing in the APA style.  Please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, for more information. There are 2 variations from the Manual as used at UWA.  These were arrived at in consultation with the UWA School of Psychology.  They are:

• If no DOI (digital object identifier) is assigned and the article or e-book is retrieved from a database, include the name of the database in the reference list entry. There is no need to establish if the item is only available from that database or to look for the URL of the journal or book's own web site.
• Include the journal issue number if available.  There is no need to check if the journal paginates by volume or by issue.

• APA Citation Style Examples for UWA

  This guide divides references into different formats for ease of use. Hover your cursor over the Reference Formats tab above to select the format you want, or select from the links below.  

  Rules for naming authors, in-text and the reference list, are given mainly under Books & eBooks but they apply to all reference types.     In most examples of in-text citations with multiple authors only the first iteration of the citation is given.

  Reference formats	Special conditions	Author variations
  Books and eBooks	3-5 authors repeated citations	For 1,2,3-5 or 6-7 authors see examples under Books & eBooks
  Chapter in book	Article from CMO	8 or more authors
  Conference proceedings and papers	Author & publisher the same	Author/year same, 2 or more works
  Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries	Citing a work that someone else has cited	Editor/s
  Images	Direct quotes & paraphrases	First author/ year same, 3+ authors 2+ works
  Journal articles	Multiple citations in same parentheses	Linking multiple authors: & or and
  Multimedia & Software	No date available (n.d.)	No author - Article
  Music resources	Numbered edition other than 1st	No author - Book
  Newspapers & Magazines	Parentheses () or brackets [] for extra information	Organisation as author
  Reports	Retrieved from a database
  Standards & Patents	Retrieval date (if required)  Wiki example
  Tables & Figures (republished or  adapted)	Title which includes a subtitle
  Theses
  Web sources (pages, blogs, social media, etc)

 APA Citation Style Examples for UWA (pdf)