Question

In APA referencing, how do you reference a lab manual?

Answer 1

The "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" sixth edition provides guidelines for citing lab manuals.

In-Text Citation:

To include information from a lab manual in the text, put the citation in parentheses.

Insert the name of the issuer of the manual, it can be a company name, a college department or a demonstrator’s surname and add a comma and then list the publication year, such as (Department of Chemistry, 2014) or (Jane, 2014)

If the name of the issuer is mentioned in text in a text, omit the name from the parentheses.

References Page

To include the in-text citation on the References page:

Start with the name of the issuer of the manual, such as a company, a college department or an instructor.

In case of an individual, list the last name, a comma and initials then add a period.

Then insert the publication year in parentheses (2014). Add a period.

Next, put the italicized title of the manual in sentence case with a period.

Finish with the place of publication, a colon, the publisher and a period.

For example:

Department of Chemistry. (2014). Introductory Handbook of chemistry and lab manual (in italics). New York, NY: The new college.

Unknown Author

Example: Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

When the article includes parenthetical citations of sources with no author named, use a shortened version of the source's title instead of an author's name.

Use quotation marks and italics as appropriate.

For example: (Merriam-Webster's, 1993).