LANG 5072 - English Academic Writing on Chinese Culture & LANG 5070 - Advanced Critical Writing for Academic Purposes: APA Style

Different subject disciplines use different citation styles. This section will focus on how to make references in APA (American Psychological Association) style.

How to cite APA style? Watch this ~ 4 min 30sec video and see!

In-Text Reference

• If the author can be identified, write the author's surname (family name, last name) and publication year in brackets:
   

  Photography provides the model for modern technoscientific vision (Garlick, 2009), ...

  
   
• If the author can't be identified, write the first few words of the article title and the year, use double quotation marks around the title:
   

  A smartphone might consume up to 15Mbps downstream ("Can can you," 2013)...

   

End-of-paper References

• Include all sources you have cited (make in-text reference to), except personal communications, in your paper
• List them in alphabeitcal order by author family name
   
• 4 Key elements
  Author, Date, Title, and Source.

Example Reference List from the HKUST APA Library Guide

Examples [From APA]

 

HKUST Library Guide: How to Cite in APA Style  - comprehensive guide on how to cite different sources in APA style.

Examples

Book

Nettle, D. (2005). Happiness: The science behind your smile. Oxford University Press.

In text reference = (Nettle, 2005)

Roever, C. (2022). Teaching and testing second language pragmatics and interaction : a practical guide. Routledge.

In text reference = (Roever, 2022)

Article or Chapter in a Book

Kroll, J,F. & Sunderman, G. (2003).  Cognitive Processes in Second Language Learners and Bilinguals: The Development of Lexical and Conceptual Representations. In Doughty, C.J. & Long, M.H. (Eds). The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition, (pp.104–29) Backwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470756492.ch5

In-text reference=  (Kroll & Sunderman, 2003)

Journal Article  - 1 author

Weissman, I. (2012). Stem cell therapies could change medicine... if they get the chance. Cell Stem Cell, 10(6), 663-665.

In-text reference = (Weissman, 2012)

E-Journal Article – more than 1 authors & d.o.i.

Diliello, T. C., Houghton, J. D., & Dawley, D. (2011). Narrowing the creativity gap: The moderating effects of perceived support for creativity. Journal of Psychology, 145(3), 151-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2010.548412

In-text reference= (Diliello et al., 2011)

Magazine Article on the Web

Ahrens, K. (2011, November). Build an assistive technology toolkit. Learning & Leading with Technology, 39(3), 22-24. https://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/201111?pg=24#pg24

In-text Reference = (Ahrens, 2011)

Newspaper Article on the Web

Manjoo, F. (2014, June 18). Amazon fire phone's missed opportunities. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/technology/personaltech/amazon-fire-phones-missed-opportunities.html

In-text reference = (Manjoo, 2014)

General Webpage

School of Humanities and Social Science, HKUST. (2020). SHSS Undergraduate Brochure. https://shss.hkust.edu.hk/sites/default/files/images/qsa/shss-ug-brochure-2020.pdf

In0text reference = (HKUST School of Humanities and Social Science, 2020).

Government Report on the Web

Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department (2021). Annual report on the consumer price index 2021. https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/data/stat_report/product/B1060002/att/B10600022021AN21B0100.pdf

In-text Reference = (Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department, 2021)

 

YouTube Video

HKUST Library. (2021, August 27). UV Book Sterilizers on LG3 & LG4 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/NNRH4D7QJw4

In-text reference = (HKUST Library, 2021)