APA PRESENTATION

1. How not to quote in the text

What does APA Manual say?

Always provide
author
Year
specific page citation or paragraph number for
nonpaginated material
If the anem of the author appears as part of the
narrative, cite only the year of publication in parantheses
Interpreting these results, Robbins et al. (2003) suggested that
the therapists in droupout cases may have inadvertently
validated parental negativity about the adolescent without
adequately responding to the adolescents needs or concerns (p
541), contributing to an overall climate of negativity

Correct Quotation

How to quote one work by multiple authors

Two authors, cite both names every time the reference occurs
in text
Three, four or five authors, cite all authors the first time the
refence occurs; in subsequent citations, include only the
surname of the first author followed by et al. and the yeart if
it is the first citation of the reference withtin a paragraph
Kisangau, Lyaruu, Hosea, and Joseph (2007) found
(First citation in text)
Kisangau et al (2007) found (subsequent first citation
per paragraph)
Kisangau et al found (Omit year from subsequent
citations after first nonparenthical ciation within a
paragraph)

Groups as Authors
Name of groups that serve as author are spelled out each time
they appear in a text citation
If the name is long and the abbreviation is familiar, they are
spelled out in the first citation and abbreviated thereafter

REFERENCE LIST
Elements: author, year of publication
and publishing data
Author, A.A. (1967) Title of Work.
Location: Publisher

Double-spaced
Entries with hanging indent

 Arrange entries in alphabetical order

by the surname of the first author
followed by initinals of the authors
given name
Remember that nothing precedes
something:
Lopez, M.E
Lopez de Molina, G

 One-author entries by the same

author are arranged by year of
publication, the earliest first
One-author entries precede multiple
author entries beginning with the
same surname
Reference by the same author with
the same publication date are
arranged alphabetically by title

Reference: One work by Multiple Authors

Invert all authors names; give surnames
and initials for up to and including seven
authors
Author, A.A., Author B.B., & Author, C.C. (1975)
Title.Location: Pubisher.

When the authors are eight or more,

incluce the first six authors name:
Gilbert, D. G., McCleron, J. F., Rabinovich, N. E.,
Sugai, C., Plath, L. C., Assagard, G., Botros,N.
(2004) Effects of quitting smoking on EEG

Reference: Group Author

Spell out the full name of the group
author
U.S. Departrnent of Health and Human Services, National
Institutes of Health. National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools
(NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sc
h.pdf

Reference: No author
Move the title to the author position,
before the date of publication
Six sites meet for comprehensive anti-gang
initiative conference. (2006,
November/December). OJJDP News @ a Glance.
Retrieved from http://
www.ncjrs.gov/htmllojjdp/news_acglance
/216684/topstory.htm