The articles will follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 4th ed. unless otherwise stated below.

In the article, please be sure that:

• Acronyms, abbreviations, and jargon are defined, unless they are well-known (such as FBI) or in the dictionary or APA manual (e.g., pp. 85, 115).
• Quotes of 10 or more words include page number(s) from the original source.
• Every citation has a reference, and every reference is cited.

In the references:

Journal article

Smith, J. R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Journal of Guidelines, 4, 2-7.

Book

Smith, J. R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chapter in a book

Smith, J. R. (2001). Be sure your disk matches the hard copy. In R. Brown (Ed.), Reference style guidelines (pp. 55-62). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Editor of a book

Smith, J. R. (Ed.). (2001). Reference style guidelines. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Dissertation (unpublished)

Smith, J. R. (2001). Reference style guidelines. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles.

Paper presented at a symposium or annual meeting

Smith, J. R. (2001, January). A citation for every reference, and a reference for every citation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Reference Guidelines Association, St. Louis, MO.

Online

Smith, J. R. (2001, January). Quotes of 40 or more words will be block quotes. Reference style guidelines [Online]. Available: http://www.sagepub.com

More:

• Please provide translations for non-English titles in references.
• Provide page ranges for articles and for book chapters.
• Provide all authors'/editors' names (not "et al.," unless it appears that way in the publication).

For tables and figures:

• Please be sure captions are included.
• Indicate in text where tables and figures should appear.
• Be sure to send final camera-ready, black-and-white versions of figures in addition to electronic files.

For permissions:

• Please be aware that you may need to obtain permission from the copyright holder to quote, reprint, or adapt works or portions of works from other sources (e.g., poetry, song lyrics, quotations from unpublished works, and tables and figures).