This section provides a quick resource for citing references in
papers using the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association (2009). - Orientation to APA
- Parenthetical Citations - Where to place citations - One or
two authors - Three or more authors - No authors - Multiple
sources in one reference - Electronic sources - Reference List -
Government report - Journal article - Magazine or newspaper
article - Publication, private organization - Conference paper
or poster session - Electronic source - Format the references
list - Format and Headings - Usage and Style Where to place
parenthetical citations You have three options for placing
citations in relation to your text: Place the author(s) and
date(s) in parentheses at an appropriate place in or at the end
of a sentence Researchers have studied how children represent
mathematical problems (Alibali, Phillips, & Fischer, 2009;
Siegler, 1976). Place only the date in parentheses Alibali,
Phillips, and Fischer (2009) asked, “D