Apa Citation Dictionary. Your sentence should look like this. Dictionary entry webpage book journal article newspaper article. Dictionary in print. Basically these elements include the word whose meaning is the title of a publisher or organization or individual names the year of the dictionary s publication the word being sought the source s name and the link to the publisher or url doi number.
Apa dictionary of psychology. Place n d for no date where publication information usually goes. American psychological association 2015 and merriam webster 2003 the author and publisher are the same for the dictionaries in the examples so the name appears in the author element only to avoid repetition. Dictionary in print. To cite a dictionary definition in apa style start with the author of the dictionary usually an organization followed by the publication year the word you re citing the dictionary name the publisher if not already listed as author and the url. Besides being the name for a color the word blue can also refer to melancholy or sadness blue.
Traditional dictionary or encyclopedia include a citation in text.
Cite the organization as the author and leave out the publisher information. Place n d for no date where publication information usually goes. Besides being the name for a color the word blue can also refer to melancholy or sadness blue. Apa dictionary of psychology. Online dictionary citation structure. Basically these elements include the word whose meaning is the title of a publisher or organization or individual names the year of the dictionary s publication the word being sought the source s name and the link to the publisher or url doi number.