Speech Language Pathology

In your earlier courses, you might have used MLA. As a speech pathology major, you will use APA. 

• APA (American Psychological Association) is generally used by Education, Psychology, and the Sciences.
• MLA (Modern Language Association) is generally used by the Humanities.

Print Journal Article:

• Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number if available), pages.
• Example: Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5–13.

Online Journal Article with DOI: 

• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number if available), page range. https://doi.org/10.0000/0000

• Example: Baniya, S., & Weech, S. (2019). Data and experience design: Negotiating community-oriented digital research with service-learning. Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement, 6(1), 11–16. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284316979

Online Journal Article with no DOI: 

• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number if available). URL
• Example: Kenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to the nature of human rights. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 8. https://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html

Author A,A., & Author B,B. (Last update or copyright date; if not known, put n.d.). Title of page. Website name if different from author. URL

Example: 

• Hall-Flavin, D. K. (2016). What is passive-aggressive behavior? What are some of the signs? Mayo Clinic. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/expert-answers/passive-aggressive-behavior/faq-20057901

Author A, A or Government Agency. (Year of publication). Title of work. Parent Agency. URL

Example: 

• National Cancer Institute. (2019). Taking time: Support for people with cancer (NIH Publication No. 18-2059). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/patient-education/takingtime.pdf

Entire Print Book with an Author: 

• Author Last name, First Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. (Edition) [if other than the 1st]. Publisher.
• Example: Sapolsky, R. M. (2017). Behave: The biology of humans at our best and worst. Penguin Books.

Entire Print Book with an Editor: 

• Editor Last name, First Initial. (Eds.). (Year of publication). Title of work: Subtitle. Publisher.
• Example: Kesharwani, P. (Ed.). (2020). Nanotechnology based approaches for tuberculosis treatment. Academic Press.

Chapter in a Book: 

• Author Last name, First Initial., & Author Last name, First Initial. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In Editor First Initial. Second Initial. Last name & Editor First Initial. Second Initial. Last name (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Publisher.
• Example: O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (1992). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). Springer.

Ebook: 

• Author's Last name, First Initial. (Year, use n.d. if no date is available). Book title. URL 
• Example: De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytay’s tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehuff/taytay/taytay.html