For each type of source in this guide, both the general format and an example will be provided.
Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
Numbers in brackets refer to specific pages in the manual.
Journals are generally scholarly (often referred to as academic or peer-reviewed), and magazines are generally more for entertainment.
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General Format
In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):
(Author surname et al., Year)
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Author Surname et al., Year, page number)
References:
Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial., & Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (year). Article title: Subtitle. Journal Title, Volume(issue), page range. http://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx [if available] OR URL of journal home page [if available].
Example
Surnames and initials for up to twenty authors should be provided in the reference list. For more than 20 authors, list the first 19, followed by an ellipsis (i.e. ...), then list the final author.
In-Text Citation (Quotation):
(Kumar et al., 2019, p. 185)
References:
Kumar, D. T., Iyer, S., Christy, J. P., Siva, R., Tayubi, I. A., Doss, C. G. P., & Zayed, H. (2019). A comparative computational approach toward pharmacological chaperones (NN-DNJ and ambroxol) on N370S and L444P mutations causing Gaucher's disease. In Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology (Vol. 114, pp. 315-339). Academic Press.