How to Apply APA (American Psychological Association) Style Bibliography Citation

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Bibliography is an important part of every thesis, academic essay, article, or book that requires substantiation of the claims made in the work. Every student and researcher should know how to write a book bibliography. Why? Because a bibliography provides the reference against which the truth value of the statements can be checked.
There are three main styles of citation accepted today as the “standard” in the publishing world. They are:

• MLA (Modern Language Association) style
• APA (American Psychological Association) style
• Chicago (Manual of Style) style

Although these styles are similar to one another they are not identical. You’d be advised to know the differences between them in case you are asked to use specifically one or the other citation style.
Here are some examples for the:

APA Style Bibliography Citation

Book with ONE author

Last Name, First Name (Middle Initial). (YEAR). Book Title. CITY of Publication: PUBLISHER.
Brown, Pat J. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Washington D.C.: Superior Books.
Book with TWO authors
Brown, Pat J. & Adeel Gupta. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Washington D.C.: Superior Books.
Book with THREE authors
Brown, Pat J., Adeel Gupta & Jimmy Smith. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Washington D.C.: Superior Books.
Journal article with ONE author
Last Name, First Name (Middle Initial). (YEAR). Article Title.Journal Title. Volume(Number), Page A – Page Z.
Brown, Pat J. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Writing Journal. 17(3), 23-67.
Journal article with TWO authors
Brown, Pat J. & Adeel Gupta. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Writing Journal. 17(3), 23-67.
Journal article with THREE authors
Brown, Pat J., Adeel Gupta & Jimmy Smith. (2009). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Writing Journal. 17(3), 23-67.
Magazine article with ONE author
Last Name, First Name (Middle Initial). (YEAR, Month). Article Title. Magazine Title. Volume(Number), Page A – Page Z.
Brown, Pat J. (2009, February). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing.Writing Magazine. 17(3), 23-67.
Magazine article with TWO authors
Brown, Pat J. & Adeel Gupta. (2009, January/February). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Writing Magazine. 17(3), 23-67.
Magazine article with THREE authors
Brown, Pat J., Adeel Gupta & Jimmy Smith. (2009, August). 101 Ways to Power-Up Your Writing. Writing Magazine. 17(3), 237.