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The American renaissance. (2004). Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House.
Lee, H. (1982). To kill a mockingbird. New York, NY: Warner Books.
Reilly, M. J., & Jermyn, L. (2004). Mexico (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Marshall.
Author1, A. A., Author2, B. B., Author3, C. C., Author4, D. D., Author5, E. E., Author6, F. F., ... FinalAuthor, G. G. (2010). This is a made-up book title: No joke. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press.
Bevington, D. (Ed.). (2008). The complete works of Shakespeare (6th ed.). New York, NY: Longman.
Schlager, N. & Weisblatt, J. (Eds.). (2006). Alternative energy (Vols 1-3). Detroit, MI: Gale.
Editor1, A. A., Editor2, B. B., Editor3, C. C., Editor4, D. D., Editor5, E. E., Editor6, F. F., ... FinalEditor, G. G. (2010). This is a made-up book title: No joke. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press.
Gibbs, J. T. (2001). Books for children of all ages (F. W. Hudson, Ed.). New York, NY: Dover.
Medina, P. (1994). The secret. In L. M. Carlson (Ed.), Cool salsa: Bilingual poems on growing up Latino in the United States (p. 48). New York, NY: Holt.
APA instructs you to use secondary sources "sparingly," like when the original source is out of print or you cannot easily access the original source.
According to APA, you should include the secondary source, with no reference to the original one, in your reference list. Then, in your paper, identify the original work and give an in-text citation for the secondary source.
Ask your teacher if you should use that approach or the one used on this template, which is to include the information about both the original and secondary sources for the citation in the reference list.
Flowers, B. S. (1997). Wrestling with the mother and father: 'His' and 'her' in Adrienne Rich. In D. Smith (Ed.), Contemporary literary criticism (Vol. 104, pp. 430-444). Detroit, MI: Gale. (Reprinted from Private voices, public lives: Women speak on the literary life, pp. 54-63, by N. O. Nelson, Ed., 1995, Denton: University of North Texas Press)
Spilka, M. (1982). Of George and Lennie and Curley’s wife: Sweet violence in Steinbeck’s Eden. In D. Smith (Ed.), Contemporary literary criticism (Vol. 104, pp. 430-444). Detroit, MI: Gale. (Reprinted from Modern Fiction Studies, 1974, 20, 169-180)
Gillingham, J. (2008). Norman conquest. In The world book encyclopedia (Vol. 14, pp. 455-456). Chicago, IL: World Book.
Pharaoh. (2003). In Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (11th ed., p. 928). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Noland, H., Price, J. H., Dake, J., & Telljohann, S. K. (2009). Adolescents' sleep behaviors and perceptions of sleep. Journal of School Health, 79(5), 224-230.
Fitzpatrick, L. (2010, July 12). How we fail our female vets. Time, 176(2), 42-45.
Fuller, T. (2010, July 13). Old bones yield a new age of dinosaurs. The New York Times, pp. A10, A12.
Mattick, M. (2010, July 4). Defending the all-American tart [Letter to the editor]. The Register-Guard, p. G2.
Rogers, F. (2005). Southern flying squirrel. In Encyclopedia of animals. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com
Eating disorders. (2008). In K. L. Lerner & B. W. Lerner (Eds.), Gale encyclopedia of science (4th ed.). Retrieved from http://find.galegroup.com
Hosenball, M. (2010, July 19). Spying a real payday. Newsweek, 156(3), 12. Retrieved from http://www.newsweek.com/
Rowena, J. & Collins, C. (2010). Can we treat our way out of HIV? AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 26, 1-4. doi:10.1089/aid.2009.0267
Schwartz, J. (2010, July 20). Liability at issue in oil flow rate in Gulf. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Verley, B. (2010, July 16). Cutting all the trees [Letter to the editor]. The Daily Astorian. Retrieved from http://www.dailyastorian.com/
APA instructs you not to include a general website in your reference list but to include the URL and website name in the text of your paper.
Ask your teacher whether or not to include a general website in your reference list. If you do, use the following examples as guidelines.
Crater Lake National Park. (n.d.). Retrieved from National Park Service website: http://www.nps.gov/crla/
Donohue, J. (n.d.). John Donohue's national park photos: Crater Lake National Park. Retrieved July 27, 2010, from http://www.jdonohue.com/parks/crater_lake/crater_lake.html
Schloss, J. P. (2003). Symbiosis. In Encyclopedia of science and religion. Retrieved from http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3404200494.html
Symbiosis. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster's online dictionary. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbiosis
O'Malley, C. (2000, March). It's an Internet world. Popular Science, 256(3), 47-51. Retrieved from http://www.popsci.com/archives
Hubbard, R. E., Andrew, M. K., & Rockwood, K. (2009). Effect of parental age at birth on accumulation of deficits, frailty and survival in older adults. Age and Ageing, 38, 380-385. doi:10.1093/ageing/afp035
Prior, A. (2010, August 8). How to tame college costs: It's not just tuition. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com
Donofrio, J. (2010, August 16). Get a transportation plan, Oregon [Letter to the editor]. The Oregonian. Retrieved from http://www.oregonlive.com
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [Kindle iPad version]. doi:10.1036/007142363X
Ngaruko, F., & Nkurunziza, J. D. (2005). Civil war and its duration in Burundi. In P. Collier & N. Sambanis (Eds.), Understanding civil war (Africa): Evidence and understanding [Adobe Digital Editions version] (Vol. 1, pp. 35 - 62). Retrieved from http://ebooks.ebookmall.com/ebook/194653-ebook.htm
TenDam, H. (n.d.). Politics, civilization, & humanity. Retrieved from http://www.onlineoriginals.com/showitem.asp?itemID=201
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute. (2003). Diabetic retinopathy: What you should know (NIH Publication No. 06-2171). Retrieved from http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/diabetic/diabeticretino.pdf
Learning About Diabetes. (2008). Charlie the Carb: A story about simple carb counting [Booklet]. Retrieved from http://www.learningaboutdiabetes.org/downloads /CharlieTheCarbENbw.pdf
This is my made-up report title (Research Report No. 321-4). (2010). Retrieved from Official Reports website: http://www.reportsurl.com
Goldman, J. G. (2010, August 23). To hear a mockingbird: The plight of the iguana [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://scienceblogs.com /thoughtfulanimal/2010/08/to_hear_mockingbird_plight_of_iguana.php
Sylvia. (2010, August 24). Re: To hear a mockingbird: The plight of the iguana [Web log comment]. Retrieved from http://scienceblogs.com /thoughtfulanimal/2010/08/to_hear_mockingbird_plight_of_iguana.php
Pelletier, M. (Producer & Host). (2010, July 31). Futures in biotech [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://twit.tv/fib
Wall Street Journal Radio Network (Producer), & Deal, G. (Host). (2010, September 1). Wall Street Journal this morning [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/public /page/podcast.html
Benjamin, S., & Bowlin, B. (Hosts). (2010, September 7). Car stuff [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from http://auto.howstuffworks.com /carstuff-podcast.htm
APA instructs users who conducted personal interviews not to include those in the reference list. Instead, use an in-text citation in your paper and refer to the interview as personal communication.
Sparkman, C. F. (1973). An oral history with Dr. Colley F. Sparkman/Interviewer: O. B. Caudill. Mississippi Oral History Program (Vol. 289). University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.
Smith, M. B. (1989, August 12). Interview by C. A. Kiesler [Tape recording]. President's Oral History Project, American Psychological Association. APA Archives, Washington, D.C.
Dowdy, W. (2001). Walter Dowdy collection [Video recording]. Veterans History Project (AFC/2001/001/20008). American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Retrieved from http://www.loc.gov/vets/
Beatles. (1969). On Yellow submarine [Record]. Los Angeles, CA: Capitol Records.
Taupin, B. (1973). Candle in the wind [Recorded by E. John]. On Goodbye Yellow Brick Road [CD]. Universal City, CA: Polygram Records.
Jackson, M. (1982). Wanna be startin' somethin'. On Thriller [MP3 file]. Retrieved from http://www.last.fm/music /Michael+Jackson/_/Wanna+Be+Startin%27+Somethin%27
Thomas, J., & McLaren, M. (Producers), & Linklater, R. (Director). (2006). Fast food nation [DVD]. USA: Recorded Picture Company.
Engle, M. (Creator), & olinlibrary (Poster). (2008). Research minutes: How to identify scholarly journal articles [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDGJ2CYfY9A
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