要用APA格式,APA格式使用哈佛大学文章引用格式,通常来说,一个引用包含了作者名和发表日期,以括号夹注(有时会再加上页数),放在引用文字或句子之后。APA格式规定“参考文献”部分的人名必须以名的字母顺序来排列,包括姓氏的前缀。譬如,JamesSmith应被改成“Smitm,J.,”;SaifAlFalasi则改成“Al-Falasi,Saif.”。(阿拉伯文名字通常在姓氏和前缀之间加上连字号“−”,所以姓氏和前缀自成一体。)纸本文献单一作者著作的书籍:Sheril,R.D.(1956).Theterrifyingfuture:Contemplatingcolortelevision.SanDiego:Halstead.两位作者以上合著的书籍:Smith,J.,&Peter,Q.(1992).Hairball:Anintensivepeekbehindthesurfaceofanenigma.Hamilton,ON:McMasterUniversityPress.文集中的文章:Mcdonalds,A.(1993).Practicalmethodsfortheapprehensionandsustainedcontainmentofsupernaturalentities.InG.L.Yeager(Ed.),Paranormalandoccultstudies:Casestudiesinapplication(pp.42–64).London:OtherWorldBooks.期刊中的文章(非连续页码):Crackton,P.(1987).TheLoonie:God'slong-awaitedgifttocolourfulpocketchange?CanadianChange,64(7),34–37.期刊中的文章(连续页码):Rottweiler,F.T.,&Beauchemin,J.L.(1987).DetroitandNarnia:Twofoesonthebrinkofdestruction.Canadian/AmericanStudiesJournal,54,66–146.月刊杂志中的文章:Henry,W.A.,III.(1990,April9).Makingthegradeintoday'sschools.Time,135,28-31.报纸中的文章:Wrong,M.(2005,August17).Misquotesare"Problematastic"saysMayor.TorontoSol.p.4.政府官方文献:RevenueCanada.(2001).Advancedgouging:Manualforemployees(MP65–347/1124).Ottawa:MinisterofImmigrationandRevenue.线上文献针对电子文献、网站和线上文章,APA格式的网站上有订定一些基本的规则,第一就是提供读者详细的文献内容来源,第二为提供其有效的参考来源。网络文章的打印版本Marlowe,P.,Spade,S.,&Chan,C.(2001).Detectiveworkandthebenefitsofcolourversusblackandwhite[Electronicversion]。JournalofPointlessResearch,11,123–124.电子期刊的文章(只有网络版的期刊)Blofeld,E.S.(1994,March1).ExpressingoneselfthroughPersiancatsandmodernarchitecture.Felines&Felons,4,Article0046g.RetrievedOctober3,1999,from网页地址电子短信(newsletter)的文章Paradise,S.,Moriarty,D.,Marx,C.,Lee,O.B.,Hassel,E.,etal.(1957,July).Portrayalsoffictionalcharactersinreality-basedpopularwriting:Projectupdate.Offthebeatenpath,7(3).RetrievedOctober3,1999,from网页地址单篇线上文献(无作者及著作日期)WhatIdidtoday.(n.d.).RetrievedAugust21,2002,from网页地址从大学课程或系上网站取得的文献Rogers,B.(2078).Faster-than-lighttravel:Whatwe'velearnedinthefirsttwentyyears.RetrievedAugust24,2079,fromMarsUniversity,InstituteforMartianStudiesWebsite:网页地址从数据库搜寻的期刊文章的电子复制版本(3至5位作者)Costanza,G.,Seinfeld,J.,Benes,E.,Kramer,C.,&Peterman,J.(1993).Minutiæandinsignificantobservationsfromthenineteen-nineties.JournalaboutNothing,52,475–649.RetrievedOctober31,1999,fromNoTHINGJournalsdatabase.电子邮件或其他个人通讯(限定文字)(A.Monterey,personalcommunication,September28,2001).储存于光碟的书籍Nix,G.(2002).Lirael,DaughteroftheClayr[CD]。NewYork:RandomHouse/ListeningLibrary.储存于录音带的书籍Nix,G.(2002).Lirael,DaughteroftheClayr[CassetteRecordingNo.]。NewYork:RandomHouse/ListeningLibrary.