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Citing A Book in Print: in Early Childhood Development: Review of The World Bank's Recent Experience. DOI

The document provides guidelines for citing various sources such as books, e-books, articles, films, photographs, interviews, and newspaper articles using APA citation style. It offers templates for the general structure of APA citations for each source type, along with examples to illustrate how to format the citations. Key elements included are author, year, title, publisher, and URL as needed. Notes are also provided clarifying some citation elements like DOIs, page numbers, and treatment of personal interviews.

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Citing A Book in Print: in Early Childhood Development: Review of The World Bank's Recent Experience. DOI

The document provides guidelines for citing various sources such as books, e-books, articles, films, photographs, interviews, and newspaper articles using APA citation style. It offers templates for the general structure of APA citations for each source type, along with examples to illustrate how to format the citations. Key elements included are author, year, title, publisher, and URL as needed. Notes are also provided clarifying some citation elements like DOIs, page numbers, and treatment of personal interviews.

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Citing a book in print

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Publisher City, State: Publisher.

APA format example:

Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.

Notes: When citing a book in APA, keep in mind:


 Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title and any subtitles, as well as the first letter
of any proper nouns.
 The full title of the book, including any subtitles, should be stated and italicized.

Citing an e-book from an e-reader


E-book is short for “electronic book.” It is a digital version of a book that can be read on a
computer, e-reader (Kindle, Nook, etc.), or other electronic device.

APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work [E-Reader Version]. Retrieved from


http://xxxx or DOI:xxxx

APA format example:

Eggers, D. (2008). The circle [Kindle Version]. Retrieved from


http://www.amazon.com/

Citing a book found in a database


APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year of Publication). Title of work. Retrieved from http://xxxx or


DOI:xxxx

APA format example:

Sayre, Rebecca K., Devercelli, A.E., Neuman, M.J., & Wodon, Q. (2015). Investment
in early childhood development: Review of the world bank’s recent experience. DOI:
10.1596/978-1-4648-0403-8
Notes: When citing an online book or e-book in APA, keep in mind:
 A DOI (digital object identifier) is an assigned number that helps link content to its location on
the Internet. It is therefore important, if one is provided, to use it when creating a citation. All DOI
numbers begin with a 10 and are separated by a slash.
Citing a general website article with an author
APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Retrieved from URL

APA format example:

Simmons, B. (2015, January 9). The tale of two Flaccos. Retrieved from
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-tale-of-two-flaccos/

Citing a general website article without an author


APA format structure:

Article title. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Retrieved from URL

APA format example:

Teen posed as doctor at West Palm Beach hospital: police. (2015, January 16).
Retrieved from http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Teen-Posed-as-Doctor-at-
West-Palm-Beach-Hospital-Police-288810831.html

Citing a film/Citing a movie


APA format structure:

Producer, A. (Producer), & Director, A. (Director). (Release Year). Title of motion


picture [Motion Picture]. Country of Origin: Studio.

APA format example:

Bender, L. (Producer), & Tarantino, Q. (Director). (1994). Pulp fiction [Motion


Picture]. United States: Miramax.

Citing a film from YouTube


APA format structure:

Author, A. [screename]. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Title of video [Video file].


Retrieved from URL

APA format example:

Smith, Rick. (2013, September 20). Favre to Moss!. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOP_L6hBjn8
Notes: When citing a video from YouTube, keep in mind:
 Screen names are more prominent that actual names on YouTube. If you come across a user
whose real name isn’t available, use only their screen name without brackets.

Citing a photograph
APA format structure:

Photographer, A.. (Photographer). (Year, Month Date of Publication). Title of


photograph [photograph]. City, State of publication: Publisher/museum.

APA format example:

Roege, W.J. (Photographer). (1938). St. Patrick’s cathedral, fifth avenue from 50th
street to 51st street [photograph]. New York, NY: New-York Historical Society.

Citing a photograph retrieved online


APA format structure:

Photographer, A. (Photographer). (Year, Month Date of Publication). Title of


photograph [digital image]. Retrieved from URL

APA format example:

Ferraro, A. (Photographer). (2014, April 28). Liberty enlightening the world [digital


image]. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/afer92/14278571753/in/set-
72157644617030616

How to Reference an Interview in APA


Use the following template to cite an interview using the APA citation format. We also
provide style guides for the MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles. To have your
bibliography or works cited list automatically made for you, check out our free APA
citation maker.
Once you’re finished with your citations, we can also help you with creating an APA title
page.
Important Note on Personal Interviews:
 A personal interview should NOT be included in a reference list in APA. They are not considered
recoverable data (they cannot be found by a researcher). You should reference personal interviews as in-
text citations instead.
 Example: (J. Doe, personal communication, December 12, 2004)
That being said, there is a general structure if you want to cite a personal interview as part
of your APA works cited list:

Author, A. (Year, Month Date). Interview type.

APA format example:

Marino, B. (2014, October 18). Personal Interview.

Citing a newspaper article in print


APA format structure:
Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Newspaper Title, pp. xx-xx.
APA format example:

Rosenberg, G. (1997, March 31). Electronic discovery proves an effective legal


weapon.The New York Times, p. D5.
Notes: When creating you newspaper citation, keep in mind:
 Precede page numbers for newspaper articles with p. (for a single page) or pp. (for multiple
pages).
 If an article appears on discontinuous pages, give all page numbers, and separate the
numbers with a comma (e.g., pp. B1, B3, B5-B7).

Citing a newspaper article found online


APA format structure:

Author, A. (Year, Month Date of Publication). Article title. Newspaper Title, Retrieved


from newspaper homepage URL

APA format example:

Rosenberg, G. (1997, March 31). Electronic discovery proves an effective legal


weapon.The New York Times, Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Notes: When citing a newspaper in APA, keep in mind:
 APA does NOT require you to include the date of access for electronic sources. If you
discovered a newspaper article via an online database, that information is NOT required for the
citation either.
 Multiple lines: If the URL runs onto a second line, only break URL before punctuation (except
for http://).

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