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Not all of your sources will fit the following; therefore, you may need to consult the APA Manual available at the Cornerstone Area beside the Reference Desk. If you have questions about how to cite sources, feel free to ask a Reference Librarian or your instructor.
You will need to cite your sources in two places—within your paper as an in-text or parenthetical citation and at the end of your paper in a Bibliography or Works Cited list.
Typically, in-text citations will include the author(s) last name and the publication year of the material (Smith 2004). However, some materials, like World Wide Web pages, do not identify an author and/or page number. An example of how to create an in-text citation for World Wide Web pages is given below.
These are articles found online that can come from print sources (i.e. Time, Newsweek, etc.) or be based solely online (Journal of Electronic Publishing, Journal of Mythic Studies). You will need to note in your citation when and where you found the article. If it is an online version of a print article, you will need to note this by indicating that is an [Electronic version], after the title. The following Works Cited/Bibliography examples are only guidelines; utilize the APA Manual for additional examples.
What you need:
Works Cited/Bibliography Format:
McGinn, D. (2005, June 27). Rewinding a video giant [Electronic version].
Newsweek, 145(26). Retrieved July 12, 2005, from
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8259044/site/newsweek.
*note* Only the first letter of the first word of the title is capitalized.
What you need:
Works Cited/Bibliography Format:
Siiner, M., & Jesper, H. (2002). An unraveling of principles we all have to use. Psycholoquy, 13. Retrieved July 18, 2005, from http://psycprints.ecs.stoton.ac.uk/archive/00000211
Online subscription sources are journal, magazine, or newspaper articles found through a UCF library database. These articles will not be found by searching the World Wide Web using a search engine like Google or Yahoo. Each database may differ slightly; therefore, several examples are provided below. The following Works Cited/Bibliography examples are only guidelines; utilize the APA Manual for additional examples.
What you need:
Read, B. (2005, March 18). Seriously, iPods are educational. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 30. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from LEXIS-NEXIS Academic database.
Quinn, R.G. Mothers, molls, and misogynists: resisting Italian womanhood in the Sopranos. Journal of American Culture, 27(2), 166-174. Retrieved July 5, 2005, from Academic Search Premiere EBSCO database.
*note* 27(2) indicates that this article is found in volume 27, issue 2.
Ansen, D. (2005, July 11). Is anybody making movies we'll actually watch in 50 years? Newsweek, 146(2), 62+. Retrieved July 12, 2005, from ABI Inform/Global database.
*note* 62+ indicates that the page numbers are not consecutive (i.e. the article is on pages 62, 63, 64, and 80. This is often the case with Newspaper and Magazine articles.
Online encyclopedias, like Encyclopedia Britannica Online, can be accessed through the library or the World Wide Web. Many of these sources will provide a suggested citation for each article. However, not all will be adapted to APA style. The following Works Cited/Bibliography examples are only guidelines; utilize the APA Manual for additional examples.
What you need:
Jazz Poetry. (2005). Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved July 12, 2005, from Encyclopaedia Brittanica Online at http://search.eb.com/eb/article?tocId=9125209
There are many different kinds of web sites, so it is impossible to give just one set of
precise instructions for citation format. If you can not find some of the information needed,
cite what is available. The following Works Cited/Bibliography examples are only guidelines;
utilize the APA Guidebook for additional examples.
What you need (at minimum):
What you need (if available):
While younger activists admired King, tension was created when he decided not to participate in 1961's Freedom Rides (Carson 2005).
Carson, C. (Ed.). (2005). The Martin Luther King, Jr. papers project. Retrieved July 14, 2005 from http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king
Border, N. (n.d.). Home Page. Retrieved July 12, 2005, from
http://mypage.iu.edu/~nborder/
This page is adapted from a guide by Indiana University, which credits the following sources
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. (5th ed.) (2001). Washington, DC: American Psychological Asssociation.
Electronic reference formats recommended by the American Psychological Assocation. (2000, October 12). Wshington, DC: American Psychological Assocation. Retrieved August 30, 2001, from http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Li, X., & Crane, N.B. (1996). Electronic styles: A handbook for citing electronic information. (2nd ed.) Medford: NJ: Information Today.
If you have questions or need additional assistance, Ask a Librarian, call the Reference Department at (407) 823-2562, or e-mail the Department at askalibrarian@mail.ucf.edu.
The University Writing Center is another available resource for help with proper citation as well as any other writing related questions.
Also, feel free to schedule a Research Consultation for a one-on-one meeting with a librarian for additional help with your research needs.
Last Updated: June 03, 2009
