Popular AJPS style Citation Examples

How to cite a Book in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a book using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Template:

Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. Pages Used Title. City: Publisher.

Example:

Bonsor, Kevin, and Ryan Johnson. 2015. '3D Facial Recognition - HowStuffWorks'. HowStuffWorks. http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/facial-recognition2.htm (Accessed March 30, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example:

3D face recognition doesn't need to be head on. (Bonsor and Johnson 2015)


How to cite a Journal in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a journal using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title Volume number(Issue number): Pages Used. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Law.cornell.edu,. 2015. 'First Amendment | Wex Legal Dictionary / Encyclopedia | LII / Legal Information Institute'. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/first_amendment (Accessed April 29, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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the right to freedom of speech allows individuals to express themselves without interference or constraint by the government (Law.cornell.edu 2015)


How to cite Film or Movie in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a film or movie using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Title. Year Published. City: Publisher.

Example:

Wathatcher.iweb.bsu.edu,. 2010. 'Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution'. http://wathatcher.iweb.bsu.edu/childlabor/ (Accessed May 1, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Title Year Published)

Example:

Children worked under deplorable conditions and were being exploited by the industrialists. A picture was painted of the “dark satanic mill” where children as young as five and six years old worked for twelve to sixteen hours a day, six days a week without recess for meals in hot, stuffy, poorly lit, overcrowded factories to earn as little as four shillings per week (Tuttle, 2001).” (Wathatcher.iweb.bsu.edu 2010)


How to cite an Online image or video in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an online image or video using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. Title. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Epa.gov,. 2015. 'Climate Impacts in the Southeast | Climate Change | US EPA'. http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/southeast.html (Accessed April 29, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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'During Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans suffered major flooding and loss of human life, property, and land. Changes in the area's hydrology, vegetation, and land, along with inadequate protective structures, contributed to these extensive impacts. Climate change may or may not have contributed to Hurricane Katrina, but this disaster is an example of how human-induced changes can exacerbate the vulnerability of coastal areas to the impacts of storm events.' (Epa.gov 2015)


How to cite a Website in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a website using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Khan, Akram. 2010. 'Akram Khan Company - Gnosis (2009)'. Akramkhancompany.net. http://www.akramkhancompany.net/html/akram_production.php?productionid=22 (Accessed May 1, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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"these days, to 'want' is greater than to 'give' or 'share', and for me, by training rigorously and performing this art-form, it allows me to give back and share this experience with others in a more profound way." (Khan 2010)


Additional AJPS style Citation Examples

How to cite a Blog in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a blog using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Boyz n the hood. 1991. John Singleton.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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that’s what happens when the value of property in certain areas is deliberately brought down, (arguably was brought down because it’s seen as dangerous drug dealing and gangsters’  zone), the investors and the developers bought them at a very cheap price, then move all the original residents out and sell the new buildings built on site at a much higher price, and make a great profit. (Boyz n the hood 1991)


How to cite a Court case in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a court case using the AJPS citation style.

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Title. Year Published. Volume number Document Title/Name Pages Used (Location).

Example:

Blume, Jason. 2004. 26 Six Steps To Songwriting Success. New York: BillBoard Books.

In-text citation

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‘Simply Put, lyrics are the words that tell the story , convey the emotion and communicate the information from the writer to the listener. The lyricists job is to provide listeners with the words they want to hear or the words they’d say if they could’ (Blume 2004)


How to cite a Dictionary entry in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a dictionary entry using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title: Pages Used. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Bowlby, John. 1988. 9-120 A secure base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development. New York: Routledge.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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Parenting behaviour in humans is certainly not the product of some unvarying parenting instinct, but nor is it reasonable to regard it as the product simply of learning. (Bowlby 1988)


How to cite an E-book or PDF in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an e-book or pdf using the AJPS citation style.

Reference List

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. Pages Used Title. City: Publisher. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Levinas, Emmanuel. 1978. Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence. Dordrecht and Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example:

Otherwise than Being or Beyond Essence. Trans. Alphonso Lingis, (Dordrecht and Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1978). (Levinas 1978)


How to cite an Edited book in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an edited book using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. Pages Used Title. City: Publisher.

Example:

Belbin, Meredith. 2015. 'Belbin Books: Team Roles at Work'. Belbin.com. http://www.belbin.com/rte.asp?id=29 (Accessed April 28, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example:

seek out certain roles and they perform most effectively in the ones that are most natural to them. (Belbin 2015)


How to cite an Email in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an email using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'.

Example:

BBC News,. 2003. 'How 'embedded' reporters are handling the war'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2885179.stm (Accessed April 29, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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While the military sees propaganda as a weapon in itself, a journalist's role is to cut through the half-truths and report both sides of the story. (BBC News 2003)


How to cite an Encyclopedia article in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an encyclopedia article using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title: Pages Used.

Example:

Search Quotes,. 2015. 'Everyone says love hurts, but that isn't true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hur'. http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/Everyone_says_love_hurts,_but_that_isn't_true._Loneliness_hurts._Rejection_hurts._Losing_someone_hur/18240/ (Accessed March 25, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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"Everyone says love hurts, but that isn't true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts…. Everyone gets these things confused with love, but in reality love is the only thing… that covers up all pain and makes someone feel wonderful again. Love is the only thing in this world that does not hurt.” (Search Quotes 2015)


How to cite an Interview in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite an interview using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'.

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British-history.ac.uk,. 2015. 'Epaulet - Eryngo root | British History Online'. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/traded-goods-dictionary/1550-1820/epaulet-eryngo-root (Accessed May 29, 2014).

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example:

cited in the introduction (British-history.ac.uk 2015)


How to cite a Magazine in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a magazine using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title (Issue number): Pages Used. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Online, Lancet. 2015. 'The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and prcatice'. The Lancet 385(1): 549. http://www.thelancet.com (Accessed April 28, 2015).

In-text citation

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23% of the total global burden of disease is attributable to disorders in people aged 60 years and older (Online 2015)


How to cite a Newspaper in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a newspaper using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title: Pages Used. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Turner, Jenny. 2015. 'Enhancing road quality and development'. http://www.ewbchallenge.org/reignite/forum.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

Example:

information on the dimensions (Turner 2015)


How to cite a Podcast in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a podcast using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. 'Title'. Publication Title. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

Soundonsound.com,. 2015. 'Massive Attack's New Studio'. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct05/articles/massiveattack.htm (Accessed May 1, 2015).

In-text citation

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Pro Tools is still the main recording tool of choice, and since the recording of 100th Window, it has been the main Massive Attack writing medium, too (Soundonsound.com 2015)


How to cite a Song in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a song using the AJPS citation style.

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Author Surname, Author Forename. Year Published. Title. City: Publisher. http://Website-Url (Accessed October 10, 2013).

Example:

www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html, www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html. 2015. 'www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html'. www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html. http://www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html.

In-text citation

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(Author Surname Year Published)

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Do a list from the automobiles that will appeal to you. When you know what sort of cars you prefer, you could start consolidating their list down by simply price, functions and also trustworthiness. Every time they visit it simpler for you to identify the auto which will selection the needs you have at a price that one could find the money to pay out. (www.awakeningcenter.net/16R494L3/index.html 2015)


How to cite The Bible in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite The Bible using the AJPS citation style.

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Title,. Year Published. Pages Used City: Publisher.

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Obesityaction.org,. 2015. 'Obesity Action Coalition  » What is Obesity?'. http://www.obesityaction.org/understanding-obesity/obesity (Accessed April 29, 2015).

In-text citation

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(Title Year Published)

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Obesity is a condition that is associated with having an excess of body fat, defined by genetic and environmental factors that are difficult to control when dieting. Obesity is classified as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater. BMI is a tool used to measure obesity. Obesity increases your risk of developing related conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and sleep apnea, to name a few. Many individuals are affected by obesity and are not aware of it. (Obesityaction.org 2015)


How to cite a TV Show in AJPS style


Use the following template to cite a TV Show using the AJPS citation style.

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Title'. Year Published.

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Keynote.co.uk,. 2015. 'Social Media Marketing | Key Note'. https://www.keynote.co.uk/market-assessment/media-marketing/social-media-marketing (Accessed April 27, 2015).

In-text citation

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('Title' Year Published)

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‘Earned — publicity gained through promotional efforts other than advertising; for example, public relations (PR) efforts, events and content that is created through a brand’s own media channels. It can also encompass influencers who are part of the social media space, such as bloggers; with many brands requesting independent bloggers to review new products and services in order to create online ‘buzz’. Earned media can also include online mentions on Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels that are independent of a particular brand. Other types of earned media can include consumers’ social media posts, tweets, product reviews, videos, photos and open dialogue within online communities.’ (Keynote.co.uk 2015)