Apa 6 Referecing

Updated February 2010

Referencing with APA 6th - Brief Guide The Publication Manual for APA is now in its 6th edition (in 2010). It includes several significant changes, such as the use of DOIs and URLs in retrieval statements. Refer to this brief guide, or for more examples and explanations, use the detailed guide on the AUT Library website: http://aut.ac.nz.libguides.com/APA6th AUT Library → Study Help → Referencing → APA 6th edition Guide at AUT Item Reference list entries In text citation Note Book one author Pilger, J. (2006). Freedom next time. London, England: Bantam. (Pilger, 2006) or ... Pilger (2006). Short direct quote: Enclose in "..." and give page number. E.g. Pilger (2006) says that "..." (p. 257). Book two authors Shaw, R., & Eichbaum, C. (2008). Public policy in New Zealand: Institutions, processes and outcomes. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson Education. (Shaw & Eichbaum, 2008) or According to Shaw and Eichbaum (2008) ... In text: In a sentence: use 'and' between authors Within brackets: use '&' between authors For each citation: always give both authors Reference list: use '&' between authors Book three - five authors Alred, G. J., Brusaw, C. T., & Oliu, W. E. (2009). The business writer's handbook. New York, NY: St Martin's Press.

First citation: (Alred, Brusaw, & Oliu, 2009) Subsequent citations: (Alred et al., 2009) Reference list: list all authors , use '&' before final one In text: First citation: give all authors Subsequent citations: first author et al., year Sentence style: use 'and' before final authors Within brackets: use '&' before final author Book six - seven authors Gazda, G. M., Balzer, F. J., Childers, W. C., Nealy, A. U., Phelps, R. E., & Walters, R. P. (2005). Human relations development: A manual for educators (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Educational.

(Gazda et al., 2005) Reference list: list all authors, use '&' before final author In text, first and subsequent citations: surname of the first author et al., year Book eight or more authors

Watson, S., Gunasekara, G., Gedye, M., van Roy, Y., Ross, M., Longdin, L., ... Brown, L. (2003). Law of business organisations (4th ed.). Auckland, New Zealand: Palatine Press.

(Watson et al., 2003) Reference list: use ... between 6th and final author In text, first and subsequent citations: surname of the first author et al., year Book chapter

Easton, B. (2008). Does poverty affect health? In K. Dew & A. Matheson (Eds.), Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 97-106). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.

(Easton, 2008) or Easton (2008) states that ... (p. 101).

Reference list: the main entry in your list is the author of the chapter include the page numbers of the chapter In text

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