When creating a Work Cited List or Bibliography, list the references alphabetically. Your Work Cited List should be typed double spaced and with a hanging indent (that is, all lines after the first should be indents one-half inch). If you are having difficulty, consult the APA Publication Manual, which can be found behind the Reference Desk.
Cite Books
Book-Single Author
Clutton-Brock, J.(1993).Cats: Ancient and modern.Cambridge:Harvard University Press.
Book-Two Authors
Hausman, G. & Hausman, L.(1998).The mythology of cats.New York:St. Martin's
Press.
An Edited Book
Turner, D. C. & Bateson, P. (Eds.).(1988).The domestic cat: The biology of its behavior.
New York:Cambridge University Press.
A Work in an Anthology
Slesar, H.(1972).My father, the cat. In C. Necker (Ed.),Supernatural cats: An anthology.
(pp. 75-82).Garden City:Doubleday.
A Translated Book
Zuffi, S.(2007).The cat in art. (S. Jones, Trans.).New York:Abrams.(Original work
published in 2007)
An Article in a Reference Book
Toon, A. & Toon, S.(2003).Cats. In M.C. McDade (Ed.),Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia.(pp. 369-392).
New York:Gale.
Electronic Reference Book
Toon, A. & Toon, S. B.(2004).Cats (felidae). In Hutchins, M., Thoney, D.A., & McDad, M. C.
December 19, 2007, from the Gale Virtual Reference Library database.
Cite Print Articles
Journal Article
Crowell-Davis, S. L.(2006).Dispelling the myth of the associal cat.Veterinary medicine,101,
712.
Magazine Article
Song, S.(2006, April 6). Eight lives ago.Time,21.
Newspaper Article
Wade, N.(2007, June 29).Study traces cat's ancestry to Middle East.New York Times, p. A8.
Newspaper Article - No Author
Science in brief: Cloned cats glow under UV rays.(2007, Dec. 15). Los Angeles Times,p.A20.
Cite Databases
Journal Article retrieved from a Database
Note that articles from databases require that you include the name of the database the article was retrieved from and the date you retrieved it and the website address of the database.
O'Brien, S. J., Menotti-Raymond, M., Murphy, W.J., & Yuhki, N.(2002).The feline genome
project.Annual review of genetics,36,657-661. Retrieved November 16, 2007, from
the Academic Search Premier database.
Gale Virtual Reference
Toon, A. & Toon, S. B.(2004).Cats (felidae). In Hutchins, M., Thoney, D.A., & McDad, M. C.
December 19, 2007, from the Gale Virtual Reference Library database.
Newspaper Article from a Database
Olivo, A.(2008, Dec. 26).Army of cats hard to help; Volunteers try to cope with feral felines.
Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 30, 2009, from ProQuest Newspapers database.
Cite Websites
Please note that when citing websites, the follwing information is need in the following order:
Author.(Date of Publication).Name of Site. Retrieved month day, year, from http://web.hmtl
However, often not all the information is readily available. In these cases, it is appropriate to simply not list the unknown information. Remember if know author is listed, the website title will take the author's place.
A Website
Garza, M.(2008). Stuff on my cat: Stuff + cats = awesome.
Retrieved April 8, 2008, from
http://stuffonmycat.com
Cite ERIC
ERIC Document
Thomson, B. S. & Diem, J. J.(1994).Fruit bats, cats, and naked mole rats: Lifelong learning
at the zoo. (Report No. EDO-SE-94-2). Washington, D.C.:Office of Educational
Research and Improvement. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED372966)
ERIC Journal Article
Lambert, P.(2002, January 1).Cool cats: Feline fun with abstract art.Arts & Activities,131,
36. Retrieved August 27, 2008, from ERIC database.
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