Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style (7th ed.). (2020). Washington: American Psychological Association.
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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2010). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Wainberg, M. (2009, March 17). Criminalizing HIV transmission may be a mistake. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 180(6), 688-688. doi:10.1503/cmaj.090249
Electronic Source |
Example |
Electronic version of a print book (7.02.19) |
Shotton, M. A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency [DX Reader version]. Retrieved from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp |
Online magazine article |
Clay, R. (2008, June). Science vs. ideology: Psychologists fight back about the misuse of research. Monitor on Psychology 39(6). Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/monitor/ |
Journal article with DOI (7.01.1) |
Gabrieli, J.D.E. (2009). Dyslexia: A new synergy between education and cognitive neuroscience. Science, 325(5938), 280. doi:10.1126/science.1171999 |
Online newspaper article (7.01.11) |
Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com |
Entry in an online reference work |
Graham, G. (2005). Behaviorism. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.) The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2007 ed.). Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/behaviorism/ |
Entry in an online reference work, no author (7.02.30) |
Heuristic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster's online |
Website (7.11) |
Greater Milford (CT) Area Healthy Community 2000, Task Force on Teen and Adolescent Issues. (n.d.). Who has time for a family meal? You do! Retrieved October 5, 2006, from http://www.familymealtime.org GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/user_surveys/survey-1997-10/ Whitelaw, K. (2009). Gotcha! Why online anonymity may be fading. Retrieved September 28, 2009, from http://npr.org/templates/stroy/story.php?storyid=112350627 |