APA Referencing Guide

Online Guides

• For Whitireia Students: Guide to APA Referencing
• Useful websites: 
  Referencite, University of Auckland
  APA Interactive, Massey University
  APA Reference Style Guide (6th Edition), Waitako University
  APA Referencing : A Guide for Business Students, University of Auckland
  

Finding the APA manual in the library

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 
       (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Porirua Campus, Reference shelf, 808.02 PUB
Auckland Campus, Non-fiction collection, 808.02 PUB

American Psychological Association. (2010). Concise rules of APA style. (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Porirua Campus, Non-fiction collection, 808.066 CON
Auckland Campus, Reference shelf, 808.066 CON

Free Online Tutorials

The Basics of APA Style
From APA: "This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples."

Ethical Use of Information
Funded by NZ Tertiary Education Commission. Topics include: Privacy, Intellectual Property, Indigenous Knowledge, Plagiarism, Citation / Referencing.

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For example, see "What is Referencing?", and try our Referencing quiz 

Changes to APA Referencing

In 2007, The American Psychological Association (APA) changed its way of referencing electronic sources. A brief summary of the changes follows:

1. A retrieval date is not necessary if the content is permanent and not likely to change or be updated e.g. a journal article or book.

Spencer, M. E. (2007). The state-of-the-art: NCSU Libraries Learning Commons. Reference Services Review, 35
       (2), 310-321. Retrieved from the Proquest Database.

2. A retrieval date is necessary if the content you are citing might change. The retrieval date is the date that you looked at it on the Internet

New Zealand Rugby Union. (n.d.). Events. Retrieved August 22, 2008, from
       http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/Events/tabid/1101/Default.aspx

3. For the location of a source, use a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) if it is available e.g Science Direct database uses DOIs. For more information on DOIs, check out http://dx.doi.org/

Lillie, S. E. (2008). Diffusion of innovation in the age of YouTube. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 34
       (3), 267-267. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2007.11.009

4. For the location of databases, use the name of the database, not the URL

APA manuals can be found in all campus libraries at 808.02 and the 2007 APA style guide to electronic references (http://intranet/documents/APA_StyleGuide_June2008.pdf) is available electronically, only on the campus, to Whitireia staff and students. It is personal use only and class sets may not be made.