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Bibliographic Format for References

Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.
(Copies available at the Main & Science Library Reference and Reserve Desks call number BF76.7.P83 2001)
Type of Reference Reference List Reference Citation in Text
Book - single author Burkitt, I. (1991). Social selves: Theories of the 
          social formation of personality. London: Sage.
(Burkitt, 1991)
Book - more than one author Burns, A., & Levy, R. (1992). Clinical diversity in
          late onset Alzheimer's disease. Oxford: Oxford 
          University Press.
(Burns & Levy, 1992) 

Edited book 

O'Leary, K. D. (Ed.). (1987). Assessment of marital
          discord: An integration for research and
          clinical practice. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
(O'Leary, 1987) 

Article from book 
 
 
 

Baker, F. M., & Lightfoot, O. B. (1993). Psychiatric 
          care of ethnic elders. In A. C. Gaw (Ed.), 
          Culture, ethnicity, and mental illness (pp. 
          517-552).Washington, DC: American 
          Psychiatric Press.
(Baker & Lightfoot, 1993) 
 
 
 

Journal article - two authors 
 

Kliewer, W., & Sandler, I. N. (1993). Social 
          competence and coping among children of 
          divorce. American Journal of 
          Orthopsychiatry, 63, 432-440.
(Kliewer & Sandler, 1993) 
 

Magazine article - no author  Gulf War syndrome: Made in the U.S.A.? (1994, 
          June 6). Time, 143, 13.
("Gulf War Syndrome," 1994) 
Newspaper article - no author  Dozens of deaths linked to new potent grade of heroin. 
          (1993, July 19). The New York Times, p. B5.
("Dozens of deaths," 1993) 
Encyclopedia article 
 

Frederick, C. J. (1994). Psychopharmacology. In R. J. 
          Corsini (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology (2nd 
          ed., Vol. 3, pp. 234-237). New York: John 
          Wiley. 
(Frederick, 1994) 
 

Article from GALILEO 
 
 
 
 

Hecht, M.A., & Levy, R. (1998). License or obligation 
          to smile: the effect of power and sex on amount 
          and type of smiling. Personality and Social 
          Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1332-1342. Retrieved 
          December 18, 2001 from Periodical Abstracts 
          database.
(Hecht & Levy, 1998) 
 
 
 
 

Article from WWW 
 
 
 

Bushman, B.J. (1998). Effects of television violence on 
          memory for commercial messages. Journal of 
          Experimental Psychology: Applied, 4, 
          291-307. Retrieved December 22, 2001 from: 
          http://www.apa.org/journals/xap/xap44291.html
(Bushman, 1998) 
 
 
 

WWW site 
 
 
 

American Psychological Association. (1998, 
          March 27). APA urges lifting ban on federal 
           funding for needle exchange programs.
          Retrieved December 28, 2001, from: 
          http://www.apa.org/ppo/press.html 
                                                                                                      
(American Psychological 
Association, 1998) 
 
 


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