Format
Books
Journals
Electronic
Find the page
100
The abbreviation you use to show the resource does NOT have a date.
What is n.d.?
100
This word indicates that your resource is a chapter or section of a book.
What is "In"?
100
You use this symbol to indicate an issue number in a citation.
What are parenthesis?
100
This citation is (type of resource).

American Psychological Association. (Producer). (2000). Responding therapeutically to patient expressions of sexual attraction [DVD]. Available from http://www.apa.org/videos/
What is video?
100
The page you would turn to in the APA manual if you are citing an encyclopedia article.
What is pg. 202-205?
200
The first letter in the title, subtitle, and proper nouns should all be this.
What is capitalization?
200
This is the part of a book citation that is italicized.
What is book title?
200
This comes after the author's name.
What is the year of publication?
200
This citation is (type of resource). Egan, D. (Writer), & Alexander, J. (Director). (2005). Failure to communicate [Television series episode]. In D. Shore (Executive producer), House. New York, NY: Fox Broadcasting.
What is tv episode?
200
The page you would turn to in the APA manual if you are citing a journal article.
What is pg. 198-199?
300
Instead of writing "and" to connect multiple authors. You use this symbol instead.
What is ampersand?
300
This abbreviation is used to stand for editor.
What is E.d.?
300
This part is italicized in a journal citation.
What is journal name?
300
This citation is (type of resource). Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (Version 2) [Computer software]. Englewood, NJ: Biostat.
What is software?
300
The page you would turn to in the APA manual if you are citing a data set.
What is pg. 210-211?
400
It is essential you do this to the second and subsequent lines of a citation in a reference list, bibliography, or work cited page.
What is indentation?
400
Either of these two words in a citation informs the reader that the resource was found digitally.
What is URL and doi?
400
This abbreviation stands for digital object identifier.
What is doi?
400
This citation is (type of resource). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/asthma/asth_sch.pdf
What is government report?
400
The page you would turn to in the APA manual if you are looking at how to do an in-text citation.
What is pg. 174-179?
500
The way a bibliography, reference list, or work's cited page should have the citations organized.
What is alphabetical order by author's last name?
500
You use this abbreviation after listing the lead editor if you have a work with a large editorial board.
What is et. al.?
500
For online resources, if you don't have a doi, you use these instead.
What is Retrieved from URL?
500
This citation is (type of resource). Rampersand, T. (2005, June 8). Re: Traditional knowledge and cultural expressions [Online forum comment]. Retreived from http://www.wipo.int/roller/comments/ispisforum/Weblog/theme_eight_how_can_cultural#comments
What is a blog comment?
500
The page you would turn to in the APA manual if you are looking for information on the capitalization.
What is pg. 101-104?
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