APA Format Guidelines

APA citation style formats and examples

No matter the format or resource type, the author name should be put in the following format depending on the number of authors used in a work.

Single Author

Author, A. A.
 
Shein, E. (2015). Teaching Computers with Illusions. Communications Of The ACM, 58(8), 13-15. doi:10.1145/2788451

Two Authors

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.
 
Renno, F., & Papa, S. (2015). Direct Modeling Approach to Improve Virtual Prototyping and FEM Analyses of Bicycle Frames. Engineering Letters, 23(4), 333-341.

Three to Nineteen Authors

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., Author C.C., & Author D.D.
 
Marra, R. M., Tsai, C., Bogue, B., & Pytel, J. L. (2015). Alternative Pathways to Engineering Success--Using Academic and Social Integration to Understand Two-Year Engineering Student Success. American Journal Of Engineering Education, 6(2), 69-83.

More than Twenty Authors

Author, A. A.,  Author, B. B., Author C.C., Author D.D., Author E.E., Author F.F., ... Author Z.Z.
 
Chen, W., Zhao, Y., Peng, X., Dong, Q., Jin, J., Zhou, W.,  ... Ma, Q. (2015). Significant Microsynteny with New Evolutionary Highlights Is Detected through Comparative Genomic Sequence Analysis of Maize CCCH IX Gene Subfamily. International Journal Of Genomics, 20151-12. 10.1155/2015/824287

Online newspaper/website article  
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL

Whitbrook, J. (2016, January 11). Steven Universe Tells Us That the Answer to All Our Questions is Love-But It's Also Fandom. io9. http:// io9.gizmodo.com/steven-universe-tells-us-that-the-  answer-to-all-our-que-1752311132  

 

Online journal or magazine article  
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical. volume number(issue number), pages. URL/DOI

Weigel, D. (2007, July). The horrible truth about super-science: Jackson Publick of The Venture   Brothers on superheroes, satire, and the '60s. Reason, 39(3), 54+. https://link-gale-  com.libproxy.tstc.edu/apps/doc/A164719358/GPS?u=txshracd2801&sid=bookmarkGPS&xid=3986fe17

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter for subtitle. Publisher Name. DOI

Complete book

Spiegelman, A. (2011). Maus: A survivors tale. Pantheon.

 

Chapter in a Book

Noah, T. (2016). Chameleon. Born a crime: Stories from a South African childhood (pp.51-62). Spiegel & Grau.

 

eBooks

Dilley, W. C. (2017). The Cinema of Wes Anderson : Bringing nostalgia to life. [eBook edition].    WallFlower Press. http://search.ebscohost.com.libproxy.tstc.edu/ login.aspx? direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1628793&site=ehost-live  

Author, A. A. (Year,Month Date). Title of page. Site Name. URL

Talbot, Peter. (2019, September 20). Twitter removes thousands of accounts for manipulating its platform. NPR. https://npr.org/2019/09/20/762799187/twitter-removes-thousands-ofaccountsfor-manipulating-their-platform 

List the source the work was discussed in your reference list: 

Bartlett, T. (2014). 16,000,000 Rooster Teeth Fans Can't Be Wrong. Texas Monthly, 42(12), 46.

Give the secondary source in the reference list.  In the text, name the original work and give a citation for the secondary source.  For example, if Ankeny's work is cited in Bartlett and you did not read the original work, list the Bartlett reference in the References.  In the text, use the following citation:

In Ankey's article (as cited in Bartlett, 2014), ...