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The most widely used documentation style in the social sciences—including anthropology, economics, education, management, political science, and psychology—is that of the American Psychological Association (APA), which is detailed in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. (2001). On the APA Web site, you can find examples of how to cite electronic sources as well as a short list of FAQs about APA style. If you use APA style frequently, you may want to obtain APA-Style Helper, a program that formats source citation in APA style. It can be downloaded (for a fee) at http://www.apastyle.org/stylehelper/. This area of the Web site provides examples of APA parenthetical citations and references entries and a sample student paper documented in APA style. APA parenthetical citations APA parenthetical citationsParenthetical citations within the text refer the reader to a list of sources at the end of the text. A parenthetical citation contains the author’s last name, the date of publication, and sometimes the page number from which material is borrowed. Sample APA parenthetical citationsClick here to view sample APA parenthetical citations. APA referencesIn APA style, the in-text parenthetical citations refer to the list of sources at the end of the text. The list, titled "References," includes full publication information on every source cited in the paper. The list falls at the end of the paper, numbered in sequence with the preceding pages.
Sample APA references entriesSelect the type of source to review examples of APA reference entries. Books (models 1-11) Sample student paper—APA styleSill, Mike. "Microsoft Corporation." 2002.
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