Style Manual

Style Manual - American Psychological Association Style (APA)

Within this style, examples of citations are provided for the following databases: NetLibrary, Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, JSTOR, InfoTrac Web, ERIC Digests, and the electronic Human Relations Area File.

NetLibrary

Author(s). (Publication date). Title of eBook. Publication information. Retrieved DATE,
from Netlibrary database.

Canfield, J. (1999). Chicken Soup for the College Soul. Deerfield Beach, FL:
Health Communications. Retrieved April 4, 2003 from NetLibrary database.

Lexis-Nexis Universe: Periodical Article (with author and without author)

Author(s)* Last name, First Initial. (Publication date). Title of Article. Title of Journal/Magazine. 
	[Online--Subscription Only]. Retrieved DATE from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: 
	http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe Main Section/Subsection/Source 
	(or other limits, depending on the subsection)

* If no author is given, begin the citation with the title of the article.

Borland, J. (1998, March 10). Challenge to net porn law brews.  TechWeb News. [Online--
	Subscription Only]. Retrieved April 23, 1998 from Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe:  
	http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe Business/Industry/Computer & 
	Telecommunications News

End-of-life options explored by physicians and psychiatrists.  (1998, January 3). 
	The Lancet. [Online--Subscription Only]. Retrieved April 23, 1998 from 
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe 
	News/General News/Magazines & Journals

 Lexis-Nexis Universe: Newspaper Article

Author(s) Last name, First Initial. (Publication date). Title of Article. Title of 
	Newspaper, Pages. [Online--Subscription Only], Retrieved DATE from 
	Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe:  http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe  
	Main Section/Subsection

Boucher, G. (1998, 24 April). Confessed mercy killer released by O.C.judge; courts: 
	Lawyers on both sides agree that he acted solely to end the suffering of 
	his terminally ill mother. Los Angeles Times, p. A1. [Online--Subscription Only], 
	Retrieved April 24, 1998 from Lexis-Nexis Universe: 
	http://www.lexis-nexis.com/universe News/Today's News

 JSTOR: Periodical Article

Author(s) Last name, First initial. (Publication Year). Title of Article [Electronic version].
	Title of Journal, volume (Issue number), Pages. Retrieved DATE from JSTOR:
	http://www.jstor.org/ Journals Searched

Tuch, S. A. (1987). Urbanism, region, and tolerance revisited:  The case of racial 
	prejudice. [Electronic version].  American Sociological Review, 52(8), 504-510. 
	Retrieved April 24, 1998 from JSTOR:  http://www.jstor.org/ All Sociology Journals

InfoTrac Web: Full-Text Periodical Article

Author(s) Last name, First initial. (Publication date). Title of Article. Title of Journal/Magazine. 
	[Online--Subscription Only].  Retrieved from Infotrac Web:  
	http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_maryville

Daniel, C. (1997, August 15). Killing with kindness. New Statesman. [Online--Subscription Only].  
	Retrieved from Infotrac Web:  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/tel_a_maryville

ERIC Digests: Full-Text

Author(s) Last name, First initial. (Publication date). Title of ERIC Document. ERIC Digest.  
	ERIC Document Number.  Urbana, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and 
	Early Childhood Education [Online]. Retrieved DATE from URL for Web page cited

Hohensee, J. B., & Derman-Sparks, L. (1992). Implementing an anti-bias curriculum in early 
	childhood classrooms. ERIC Digest. ED 351 146.  Urbana, IL: ERIC Clearinghouse on 
	Elementary and Early Childhood Education [Online]. Retrieved April 28, 1998 
	http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed351146.html

 eHRAF Collection of Ethnography

For books in eHRAF:

Author(s) Last name, First Initial. (Publication date). Title. Publication information 
	for title. Document number: Culture name OWC number. Retrieved DATE, 
	from Database name.

Turnbull, C. M. (1965). The Mbuti Pygmies: An ethnographic survey. New York: 
	Museum of Natural History.  Document #1: Mbuti FO04. 
	Retrieved November 17, 1998, from eHRAF.

Parenthetical documentation for this citation in the text of the paper:

(Turnbull, 161) [add date before page number if not mentioned in sentence]

For Cultural Summaries in eHRAF:

Author(s) Last Name, First initial.  (date if available--otherwise, n.d.).  
	Cultural summary: Ojibwa (OWC number).  Retrieved DATE, 
	from Database name.

Brown, J. S. H. and Beierle, J. (n.d.). Cultural summary: Ojibwa (NG06). 
	Retrieved March 10, 2003, from eHRAF.

Parenthetical documentation for this citation in the text of the paper:

(Brown & Beierle, n.d.)

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