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This was compiled by librarian and Asst. Professor Diane Casebier, retired.

 

APA References 7th Edition- updated 11/10/2021

Book:  7th

Blase, J. & Kirby, P.C. (2000). Bringing out the best in teachers: What effective principals do. Corwin Press.

Journal from online:  7th

Bossert, S., Dwyer, D., Rowan, B. & Lee, G. V. (1982). The instructional management role of the principal. Educational Administration Quarterly, 18(3), 34–64. http://journals.sagepub.com/home/eaq

Bush, T. (1996). The good marriage: How and why love lasts. The Christian Century, 113(4), 109. http://www.christiancentury.org/

Journal Article from ERIC Database: 7th

Clifford, M., Behrstock-Sherratt, E., & Fetters, J. (2012). The Ripple Effect: A Synthesis of Research on Principal Influence to Inform Performance Evaluation Design. A Quality School Leadership Issue Brief (ED530748). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED530748 

Journal with DOI: 7th

Dempster, N., Carter, L., Freakley, M., & Parry, L. (2004). Conflicts, confusions and contradictions in principals’ ethical decision making. Journal of Educational Administration, 42(4), 450-461. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578230410544062

Finlay, K., & Neumark, D. (2010). Is marriage always good for children? Journal of Human Resources, 45(4), 1046–1088. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.45.4.1046

Hannaford, D. & Foley, E.E. (2015). Negotiating love and marriage in contemporary Senegal: A good man is hard to find. African Studies Review, 58(2), 205–225. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2015.44

More than one-third of U.S. children will live in one-parent homes as result of broken marriage. (1979). Family Planning Perspectives, 11(2), 115–119. https://doi.org/10.2307/2134367

Gov. Doc from Department of Education:  7th

McFarland, J., Hussar, B., de Brey, C., Snyder, T., Wang, X., Wilkinson-Flicker, S., & Hinz, S. (2017). The Condition of Education 2017 (NCES 2017- 144). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2017144

JSTOR:

Keeva, S. (1997). Looking for the goodpartner: A successful law partnership is like a good marriage—it takes finding the right person and then making the relationship work. ABA Journal, 83(4), 62–66. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27839510

Ola, M., & Mathur, R. (2016). Is marriage essential for good physical and mental health of women? Indian Journal of Health & Wellbeing, 7(3), 359–362. http://www.iahrw.com/

Walter F. Willcox. (1915). Proportion of American marriages ending in divorce. Publications of the American Statistical Association, 14(109), 483–485. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2964995

 

Example citations corrected from EBSCO:

  1. Select all. Hit Text to put in single space.
  2. Home. Select All. Select AtoZ.
  3. Are they books, articles, websites, or other?
  4. Separate them out or designate them somehow so that you can put them into the correct APA style by format. Which have or don’t have DOI?
  5. If there is no DOI cite the exact permalink or cite the URL for that journal online.
  6. If it is from JSTOR or ERIC Follow the guidelines in the Diane’s Index Page list.
  7. You can also watch- https://youtu.be/gcCzWjmtLoQ
  8. Using a good resource like Purdue Owl APA, the APA style manual 7th etc find an example for each format.
  9. Using your examples, fix each by format.
  10. Select all.
  11. Select Ato Z.
  12. Select All- Right Click – Paragraph Special Hanging indent and double space.
  13. Make sure you add the correct heading on the reference page.
  14. Make sure to follow correct APA Style for margins etc etc.
  15. Check all your links.