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APSA Citation Style: Examples

This libguide provides a brief overview on the APSA Citation Style for the political science discipline.

Examples

Type of Source Parenthetical Citation Reference Entry
Book (Black 1968) Black, Lloyd D. 1968. The Strategy of Foreign Aid. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand.
Journal  (Ahmed 2012, 151) Ahmed, Faisal Z. 2012. “The Perils of Unearned Foreign Income: Aid, Remittances, and Government Survival.” American Political Science Review 106(1): 146– 65.
Dissertation (Munger 1955)

Munger, Frank J. 1955. “Two-Party Politics in the State of Indiana.” Ph.D. diss. Harvard University.

Websites, blogs, & social media (Sides 2008) Sides, John. 2008. “Who Will Win the Nominations?” The Monkey Cage [blog], January 3. http://themonkeycage.org/2008/01/ who_will_win_the_nominations/.
Ebook (Melville 1851, 627) Melville, Herman. 1851. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers. http://mel.hofstra.edu/moby-dick-the-whale-proofs.html.
Social media content (Souza 2016) Souza, Pete (@petesouza). 2016. “President Obama bids farewell to President Xi of China at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit.” Instagram photo, April 1, 2016. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDrmfXTtNCt/.

Source: Chicago Manual of Style - Author-Date Style.

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