APA Citation (6th ed.

) Activity
Instructions
If you are unfamiliar with APA citation styles, you may find it helpful to review the
material on citing sources using APA citation style (6 th ed.) before beginning this
exercise.

Question 1
Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation format for a book.
a.

Jenkins, Henry. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory

b.

cultures. New York: New York University Press, 2006.

Jenkins, H. Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory

c.

cultures. New York University Press, New York. 2006.

Jenkins, H. (2006). Fans, bloggers, and gamers: exploring participatory

d.

culture. New York: New York University Press.

Jenkins, Henry. (2006). Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Exploring
Participatory Culture. New York UP: New York.

Question 2
Choose the citation that is in proper APA citation for a chapter from a book (no
named author of chapter).
a.

Cook, V.J.(2004). "Flava'N Gorillaz: Pop Group Names." In

Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, (pp. 21-22). Simon and

b.

Schuster: New York.

Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. (2004). In V.J. Cook (Ed.),
Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary (pp. 21-22). New York: Simon

c.

and Schuster.
Flava 'n Gorillaz: Pop group names. In Cook, V.J. Accomodating Brocolli

d.

in the Cemetary (pp. 21-22). New York: Simon and Schuster, 2004.
V.J. Cook. 2004. "Flava'n Gorillaz: Pop group names." In Accomodating
Brocolli in the Cemetary, pp. 21-22. Simon and Schuster: New York.

Question 3

Choose the correct APA citation for a newspaper article.

a.

Yonke, D. (2008, September 13). Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan
Buddhists bring message that 'happiness is an internal event'. The
Blade (Toledo, OH), p. B7.

b.

Yonke, David. (2008). "Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists
bring message that 'happiness is an internal event'." The Blade
(Toledo, OH), pp. B7.

c.

Yonke, David. Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring
message that 'happiness is an internal event'. The Blade, September
13, 2008. p. B7.

d.

Yonke, David. "Monks on the road for peace: Tibetan Buddhists bring
message that 'happiness is an internal event'." The Blade 13 Sept.
2008: B7.

Question 4
Choose the correct APA citation for an article from a library research database.
a.

Weickgenannt, Nicole. (2008). The Nation's Monstrous Women: Wives,

Widows and Witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. In
Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 43.2, pp. 65-83. Retrieved from
Humanities International Complete http://0search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32541323&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehostlive&scope=site

b.

Weickgenannt, Nicole. "The nation's monstrous women: Wives, widows

and witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children." Journal of
Commonwealth Literature 43.2 (June 2008): 65-83. Humanities
International Complete. EBSCO. Bowling Green State University
Libraries, Bowling Green, Oh.. 31 Oct. 2008 <http://
0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=hlh&AN=32541323&loginpage=login.asp&site=ehostlive&scope=site>.

c.

Weickgenannt, N. The Nation's Monstrous Women: Wives, Widows and

Witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Journal of
Commonwealth Literature. 43.2: pp.65-83. Retrieved from Humanities
International Complete. (2008, June).

d.

Weickgenannt, N. (2008, June). The nation's monstrous women: Wives,

widows and witches in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. Journal of
Commonwealth Literature, 43(2), 65-83. Retrieved from Humanities
International Complete.

Question 5
Create an APA citation for this publication:
Article Title: Truly, Madly, Depp-ly
Author: Frank DeCaro
Publication: Advocate
Volume number: 906
Date: January 20, 2004
Pages: 76-77
Source: Gender Studies Database
Date of access: October 31, 2008
hyperlink: <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.maurice.bgsu.edu/ login.aspx?
direct=true&db=fmh&AN=GSD0048