Sample Bibliography in APA 6th Style

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References 

Adams, J.  (2006). Global sea turtle population declines. Retrieved from
     http://www.seaturtles.org/population_decline.html

Burns, N., & Grove, S. (2005). Understanding nursing research (5th ed.). Toronto:
     Saunders.

Clark, C. C. (2008). Classroom skills for nurse educators. Sudbury, MA: Jones
     and Bartlett.

Friedman, L., Engelking, C., Wickham, R., Harvey, C., Read, M., & Whitlock, K.
     B. (2009). The EDUCATE Study: A continuing education exemplar for Clinical
     Practice Guideline Implementation. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing,
     13(2), 219-230. 
     doi: 10.2030/ARY.1z013f94564qstye

Kelly, M., Lyng, C., McGrath, M., & Cannon, G. (2009). A multi-method study to
     determine the effectiveness of, and student attitudes to, online instructional
     videos for teaching clinical nursing skills. Nurse Education Today, 29(3), 292-
     300. 
     doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32832cbfed           

Liu, Y. R., Loh, E. W., Lan, T. H., Chen, S. F., Yu, Y. H., Chang, Y. H.,…Chiu,
     H. J. (2009). ADRA1A gene is associated with BMI in chronic schizophrenia
     patients exposed to antipsychotics. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 14(2), 129-
     315. Retrieved from CINAHL with full text.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. (2008). Sickle cell anemia: What is
     sickle cell anemia?
     Retrieved from
     http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Sca/SCA_WhatIs.html

Neel, E. K., & Weilitz, P. B. (1996). Discharge teaching and home health
     management. In M. K. Elkin,  A. G. Perry, & P. A. Potter (Eds.), Nursing
     interventions and clinical skills (pp.705-735). New York: Elsevier.

Nielsen, A. M.  (2009). Concept-based learning activities: Using the Clinical
     Judgment Model as a foundation for cinical learning. Journal of Nursing
     Education, 48(6), 350-354. 
     Retrieved from CINAHL with full text.

University of Virginia School of Medicine. (2010). Invasive cardiac monitoring. 
     In Anesthesiology rotation & elective. Retrieved December 31, 2010, from
     http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/anesthesiology-
     elective/cardiac/home.cfm

What educators and students really think about using patients as teachers in
     medical education.  (2009). Medical Education, 43(5), 449-456. Retrieved from
     PubMed.

NOTES ON BIBLIOGRAPHY   

The types of documents cited are as follows:

• Friedman,  Kelly, Liu, Nielsen – journal articles
  • Include the doi number if it is provided. If there is no doi number, you can include Retrieved from …….  and the name of the database, such as Retrieved from PubMed.
  • Liu – example of a source with more than 8 authors.  The names of the first 6 authors are listed, then an ellipsis (…) and then the name of the LAST author.

• What educators and students really think -  a source without an author.  Start with the title and interfile alphabetically.
• Burns, Clark -  books.  Note that the Burns title is the 5^th edition.  Editions other than the 1^st ed. need to be noted.

• Neel  – Part of a book.

• Capitalization
  • Book and journal article titles: Capitalize ONLY first letter of the first word  and any proper nouns or proper adjectives in title and subtitle:
    ADRA1A gene is associated with BMI in chronic schizophrenia patients exposed to antipsychotics. 

• Journal titles – Capitalize first letter of EVERY important word:
  Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

• Adams, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute –   websites
  • If a URL is too long to fit on one line, break it at a slash (/)
  • NOTE:  When citing an entire website  (and not a specific document on that site), no Reference List entry is required if the address for the site is cited in the text of your paper. Example:
    The website Global sea turtle population declines provides extensive background and statistics on the endangered turtle species (http://www.seaturtles.org/population_decline.html).

• University of Virginia School of Medicine -  a part of a website
  • Use  Retrieved + date ONLY if the information is likely to change.

Resources for APA 6th Style

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
REF BF76.7 .P83 2010 (Falvey InfoDesk)

Research and Documentation Online
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/