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American Political Science Association style examples
Journal article
Author last name, first name. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Publication. Volume (Issue): page numbers. DOI if available, if not, then URL.
Putnam, Robert D. 1988. “Diplomacy and Domestic Politics: The Logic of Two-Level Games.” International Organization 42(3): 427–60. doi:10.1017/S0020818300027697.
Book
Author last name, first name. Year. Title. Publication city: Publisher.
Bird, Christiane. 2013. The Sultan’s Shadow: One Family’s Rule at the Crossroads of East and West. New York: Random House.
Online news article
Author last name, first name. Year. "Title of Article." Title of Publication. URL (full date of publication).
Carden, Dan. 2022. “Judge to Decide Value of Downtown Property Taken and Demolished by Gary Housing Authority.” The Times. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/judge-to-decide-value-of-downtown-property-taken-and-demolished-by-gary-housing-authority/article_7392e70b-f697-587b-8993-5a8cd4d421ad.html (September 11, 2022).
Webpage
Author last name, First name. Year. "Tile of Article/Page." Title of site. URL (full date published online, or access date if publication date not available).
Department of State. “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume II, Vietnam, 1962.” Historical Documents - Office of the Historian, Department of State. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v02/ch4 (February 10, 2025).
Sample document from above site:
Department of State. “Paper Prepared for the Special Group (Counterinsurgency).” 1962. Washington, D.C. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1961-63v02/d98 (March 7, 1962).
Citation Style Manuals
Style Manual for Political Science by ISBN: 9781878147622NOTE: If using Zotero for citations in APSA style, choose Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date), which will work for most citations. You will need to quality control government documents.
Citation Managers
- Zotero (direct link)Save everything from online articles to web pages. Then you can categorize them and export bibliographies formatted in the major citation styles.
- Zotero GuideLilly Library's how-to guide for Zotero.
NOTE: If using Zotero for citations in APSA style, choose Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date), which will work for most citations. You will need to quality control government documents.
General Citation Sources
- OWL Purdue - APA, Chicago, & MLAOne of the most widely used citation websites, created by Purdue University. This site includes general research tips, as well as formatting, citation, and style overviews.
- Citing Government DocumentsExamples of how to cite various types of government publications. Created by IU - Bloomington.
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