Apa Reference Style Guide

About Apa Reference Style Guide Android App

The “APA Reference Style Application” is an author-date style for citing and referencing information in assignments and publications. This guide is based on the American Psychological Association’s Publication Manual, apa version 6th edition.
With the available apa style citation format and guildlines, it will help your citation and how to reference with examples and detailed explanation.
This app also has some quizzes to test your apa reference skills.

It includes:
Book
Elements of the citation
One author
Two authors
Three to five authors
Six or more authors
No author
Author Identified As Anonymous
Authors With Same Last Name
Multiple works by the same author
Multiple works by the same author, published in the same year
Book by an organisation or institution (corporate author)
Different Editions
Edited Book
Electronic version of print book
Electronic-only book
Translation of a book

Chapter in a book
Elements of the citation
Chapter in an edited book
Chapter from an electronic book without DOI
Chapter from an electronic book with DOI
Review from the Mental Measurements Yearbook database

Dictionary or Encyclopedia
Elements of the citation
Dictionary or Encyclopedia – print version
Entry from Electronic dictionary or encyclopedia

Journal Article
Elements of the citation Journal article with DOI (print or electronic)
Elements of the citation without DOI and journal retrieved online
Journal article from print journal, no DOI
Journal article (print or electronic) with DOI – one author – paginated by issue
Journal article with DOI – two authors
Journal article with DOI–three to five authors
Journal article with DOI – six authors or more
Journal article with DOI - continuous pagination throughout volume
Journal article with DOI – available in advance in an online publication (before it is assigned a volume, issue or page numbers)
Cochrane Review with DOI
Journal article accessed electronically, without DOI
Journal article – in press
Article from UQ eReserve

Conference papers and proceedings
Elements of the citation
Published conference paper
Unpublished conference paper
Conference paper from proceedings published regularly online

Newspaper and magazine articles
Elements of the citation
Newspaper article with author
Newspaper article, no author
Magazine article
Electronic newspaper or magazine article
Newspaper article from fulltext database

Government publications
Elements of the citation
Government report
Online report

Thesis
Elements of the citation for a thesis
Thesis- retrieved from institutional or personal website
Thesis – retrieved from database

Dataset
Elements of the citation
Dataset
Dataset with DOI

Interview
Elements of the citation
Transcription of a recorded interview, no recording available
Interview recorded and available in an archive
Interview with participant(s), as part of your own research

Webpage
Elements of the citation
Web page - with author
Webpage – no author
Webpage – no date
Webpage – corporate author
Image on a webpage

Other internet sources
Elements of the citation
Podcasts
Email or personal communication
Message posted to a newsgroup, online forum or discussion group
Blog Post
Email Discussion List – Web Archive
Eric document (limited circulation book or monograph, from electronic database)
Eric document (informally published or self-archived)
YouTube video

Brochure
Elements of the citation
Brochure

Lecture Notes
Elements of the citation
Lecture notes - print
Lecture notes - online

Video or DVD
Elements of the citation
Video or DVD

Television program
Elements of the citation
Television or radio program

Indirect Citation

Direct quotation

Citing works in non-English languages
Journal article from print journal, no DOI
Book with one author