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APA Style Reference List Examples
| Journal article with 1 author |
Norris, T.D. (2019). Selling the library without sacrificing your values: Guiding principles for liaison librarians. International Information & Library Review, 51(1), 63-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2019.1572584 |
| Journal article with 2 authors |
Heilmann, A., & Llewellyn, M. (2004). Hystorical fictions: Women (re)writing and (re)reading history. Women, 15(2), 137-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/0957404042000234006 |
| Journal article with >2 authors and <20 |
Finn, D., Yu, J., & Penton, C.R. (2020). Soil quality shapes the composition of microbial community stress response and core cell metabolism functional genes. Applied Soil Ecology, 148, Article 103483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.103483 |
| Journal article with > 20 authors |
McComish, B.J., Sahebjada, S., Bykhovskaya, T., Willoughby, C.E., Richardson, A.J., Tenen, A., Charlesworth, J.C., MacGregor, S., Mitchell, P., Lucas, S.E.M., Mills, R.A., Mackey, D.A., Li, X., Wang, J.J., Jensen, R.A., Rotter, J.I., Taylor, K.D., Hewitt, A.W., Rabinowitz, Y.S. ... Burdon, K.P. (2020). Association of genetic variation with Keratoconus. JAMA Ophthalmol, 138(2), 174-181. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.5293 |
| Newspaper article |
Richtel, M. (2020, March 4). Nursing homes are starkly vulnerable to coronavirus. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html |
| Conference proceeding |
Machat, L. (2010). An ethnic lens on age identity: Identity research in gerontology and migration and ethnic studies. International Sociological Association, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010. |
| Magazine (print only, no volume #) |
Lasater, J.H. (2019 Nov/Dec). Restorative (Re)treat. Yoga Journal, (312), 98-105. |
| Government Agency Report |
U.S. Global Change Research Program (2018). Fourth national climate assessment. Volume II: Impacts, risks, and adaptation in the United States. Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, & B.C. Stewart (eds.). U.S. Government Publishing Office. https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA4_2018_FullReport.pdf |
| Dissertation/Thesis |
McCracken, A. (2019). Visibility, transgression, and community: An exploratory study of plus-size fashion YouTubers [Doctoral Dissertation, Iowa State University]. Iowa State University Digital Repository. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8748&context=etd |
| Book |
Peperzak, A.T. (2012). Thinking about thinking: What kind of conversation is philosophy? Fordham University Press. |
| e-book |
Mueller, L. (2019). Conceptual breakthrough in evolutionary ecology. Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-04049-1 |
| Book chapter (edited and with a doi) |
McDonald, M.R., and Warland, J. (2017). Vegetables and climate change. In Hatfield, H., Sivakumar, M., & Pueger, J. (Eds.), Agroclimatology: Linking agriculture to climate (pp.327-341). American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America. https://doi:10.2134/agronmonogr60.2018.0006 |
| Encyclopedic Works |
Palmer, L.J., & Palmer, X.Z. (2009). Encyclopedia of abortion in the United States (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. |
| Encyclopedic Entry |
American Psychological Association (2013). Anxiety disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th edition). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596.dsm05 |
| Blog Post |
Edge, K. (2020, March 4). #WOW - 1970s women's rights buttons. Cardinal Tales: The Blog of Special Collections and University Archives at Iowa State University. https://isuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/wow-1970s-womens-rights-buttons/ |
| webpage with no date given |
University Library (n.d.). Caring for the library's collection. Iowa State University. https://www.lib.iastate.edu/about-library/policies/library-use/caring-for-collection |