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References. Manuscripts must conform to the fifth edition (2001) of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. The only exception is: unpublished references should not be treated as reference notes, but listed in the same format as published references. All references appearing in the bibliography section must be cited in the text of the manuscript. All references must be closely checked to determine that dates, spelling, and other information are consistent and correct. The names of all authors should be given in the list of references and "et al." used only after the first mention in the text. Several examples follow:
Journal article Weick, K. E. (1989). Theory construction as disciplined imagination. Academy of Management Review, 14, 516-531. (Note: If each issue in a volume begins with page 1, then the issue number should be given, as 14(1), 34-52.)
Book
Swisher, R., & McClure, C. R. (1984). Research for decision making: Methods for librarians. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.
Chapter in book
Buckland, M. K., & Gathegi, J. (1991). International aspects of LIS research. In C.R. McClure & P. Hernon (Eds.), Library and information science research: Perspectives and strategies for improvement (pp. 63-71). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Electronic sources Please see APA guidelines at http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html.
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Offprints.

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