APA STYLE
 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th edition

Follow these color codes:
Author(s) Date Title of Book Title of Article Title of Periodical
Volume Pages Place of Publication Publisher Other Information

BOOK

      Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek chronology: The history of the future. New York: Pocket Books.

JOURNAL OR MAGAZINE ARTICLE

      Wilcox, R. V. (1991). Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Studies in Popular Culture, 13 (2), 53-65.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

      Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek. Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE

      Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier Incorporated.

BOOK ARTICLE OR CHAPTER

      James, N. E. (1988). Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock. In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

ERIC DOCUMENT

      Fuss-Reineck, M. (1993). Sibling communication in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Conflicts between brothers. Miami, FL: Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 364 932)

WEBSITE   (for more details, see the American Psychological Association's official site)

      Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Peoria, IL: Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club. Retrieved October 8, 1997 from the World Wide Web: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep /503r.html

JOURNAL ARTICLE FROM AN INTERNET DATABASE
  (for more details, see the American Psychological Association's official site)

      Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds. American Scientist, 86(6), 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999 from InfoTrac database (Expanded Academic ASAP) on the World Wide Web: http://infotrac.galegroup.com /itweb/liulibs_main

NOTES

  • Doublespace all lines and indent the first line 5 spaces.
  • Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
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  • Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
  • Websites: if the date the page was created (or updated) is not given, use the date you looked at it.
  • The rules concerning a title within a title are not displayed here for purposes of clarity. See the printed version of the manual for details.
  • For documents and situations not listed here, see the printed version of the manual.