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 APA STYLE
REFERENCE MANUAL
REFERENCES CITATIONS IN TEXT
Bibliography Direct Quote/Paraphrase
Book Nielsen, Ron. (2005). If the author’s name occurs
Single The Little Green Handbook-A Guide to naturally in the sentence as:
Author Critical Global Trends. Melbourne: Nielsen(2005) agrees with … If
Scribe Publications the name does not occur
Note: All lines after the first line of each naturally as in : Another study on
development policies
entry inyour reference list should be
(Nielsen, 2005)
indented one-half inch from the left margin.
This is called hanging indentation

Book Baxter, Craig, Malik, Y.K., Kennedy, H.K., First citation

Three or &Oberst, R.C.(1988). Government and (Baxter, Malik, Kennedy &
more Politics in South Asia. Lahore: Oberst, 1988, p.122)
Authors Vanguard Books. Subsequent citations
(Baxter et al., 1988,
p.122) Omit the page
number if paraphrasing
Book Powers, Roger. & William Vogele. (Power &Vogele, 1997, p33)
Edited (Eds.). (1997). Protest, Power and Change: or
An Encyclopaedia of Nonviolent Action (Power &Vogele, 1997)
from ACT-UP to Women’s Suffrage. New
York and London: Garland.

Chapter in Sharp, Gene. A Study of the Meaning of (Sharp, 1971, p.17)

Edited Book Nonviolence. In G. Ramachandran. & or
T.K. Mahadevan (Eds.). (1971). (Sharp, 1971)
Gandhi: His Relevance for His Times
(21-66). Berkeley: World Without War
Book ISRO. (Indian Space Research
(ISRO, n.d., p 3)
Group Organisation). (n.d.) 20 Years of Rocketry
or
author in Thumba. Bangalore: Vikram Sarabhai
(ISRO, n.d.)
publisher Space Centre, ISRO.

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Government Country. Government Department. (Year). (AEC, 1970, p.7)
Publications Title: Sub-Title. (Edition) or
(Government Catalogue Number, if (AEC, 1970)
any). Place of Publication:
Publisher.
India. Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC). (1970). Atomic Energy and
Space Research: A Profile for the
Decade 19701980. Bombay: Author.
If the publisher is the same as the author,
give the name of the publisher as
‘Author’. This happens frequently with
Government publications and Corporate
publications. Where the person is named
as the authors, format the reference as for
personal authors.
Published Sen, Amartya. (1980). Equality of What? In (Sen, 1980, p110)
Conference S. McMurrin (Ed.). The Tanner Lectures on or
Proceedings Human Values. Vol.1 Salt Lake City: (Sen, 1980)
University of Utah Press.
Multivolume O’Donnell, G. & P. Schmitter. (Eds.)(1986) (O’Donnell &Schmitter,
Work Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: 1986, Vol.2, pp 159-60) or .
Prospects for Democracy (Vols.1-4). (O’Donnell &Schmitter, 1986)
Baltimore, Md: Johns Hopkins
University Press.

Encyclopaed Sills, D.L. (1968) Functionalism and (Sills, 1968, p.543)

ia Functional or
Integration. In The International (Sills, 1968)
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (Vol.7,
pp. 534-47). London: Collier Macmillan.
Journal Boulding, Kenneth, (1977). Twelve (Boulding, 1977, p. 82)
Article Friendly Quarrels with Johan Galtung. or
One or two Journal of Peace Research, 14, 75-86. (Boulding, 1977)
authors

Journal Anderson, A., Douglas, K., Lawton, G & J, First citation

Article Webb. (2001) Judgement Day: There are (Anderson, Douglas.Lawton&
Three or Only Angels and Devils. Global Webb, 2001, p19)
more Environment Subsequent citations
authors Supplement. New Scientist, 2288, 1-23. (Anderson et al., 2001, p19)
or
(Alesina et al., 1993)

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Journal Toffler, Alvin & Heidi Toffler. (2003). Why (Toffler & Toffler, 2003)
Article the
Electronic United Nations is Cracking as the Future
Arrives. Parallax: The Journal of Ethics and
Globalisation. Retrieved October 20, 2004,
from http://www.parallaxonline.org/
toffler1.html
Newspaper All set for Privately-funded Manned Space (‘All set’, 2003, p.8)
article No Flights. (2003, September 28) The Hindu. or
author p.8 (‘All set’, 2003)

Magazine Khilnani, Sunil. (2004, November 15). (Khilnani, 2004, p.30)

Article Americans are in Political Blindness. or
Outlook, 28-31. (Khilnani, 2004)

Television Producer, P. P. (Producer). (Date of (BBC, 1980)

Series broadcast or copyright). Title of broadcast
[Television broadcast or Television series].
City of origin: Studio or distributor. e.g.,
BBC (1980) Yes
Minister. UK: BBC