Printed Version
As a non-binding recommendation, examples of references for papers according to APA6 are given below. The template is selective. For further, constantly updated information, see https://apastyle.apa.org/. Structure: the standard formatting is indicated in boxes; example cases and special cases are marked in bold.
1 Books
1.1 Books (Monographies)
Author’s Name, First Name. (Year). Title of the book: Subtitle of the book (edition, title of series, volume). Place: Publisher.
*Indicate the edition only from the second onwards.
Borkmann, Vanessa; Sascha Klein; und Janina Lambertus. 2016. FutureHotel Building 2052: Studie aus dem Forschungsprojekt FutureHotel: Visionen und Lösungen für das Hotelgebäude der Zukunft. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Publishing.
Hagen-McIntosh, Joyce. 2016. Information and Data Literacy: The Role of the Library. Oakville ON Canada, Waretown NJ USA: Apple Academic Press.
Kolb, Lucie. 2017. Studium, nicht Kritik: The Fox, A.N.Y.P., e-flux journal (Dissertation). Wien: transversal texts. Retrieved from: https://transversal.at/books/studiumnichtkritik. [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
1.2 Essay Collections (Essay Collections)
Author’s Last Name1, First Name1; Last Name2, First Name2; and Last Name3, First Name3. (Year). Title of book: subtitle of book (edition, title of series, volume). Place: Publisher.
Graf, Nele; Denise Gramß; und Edelkraut, Frank. 2017. Agiles Lernen: Neue Rollen, Kompetenzen und Methoden im Unternehmenskontext. München: Haufe Lexware Verlag.
Sühl-Strohmenger, Wilfried. 2016. Handbuch Informationskompetenz. (2. revised edition). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur. Retrieved from: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110403367. [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
1.3 Article / Contribution in
Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year). Title: subtitle. In: Last Name, First Name. (Ed.). Title (volume, issue number, page numbers p.). Place: Publisher.
Hapke, Thomas. (2016). Informationskompetenz anders denken – zum epistemologischen Kern von ‚information literacy‘. In: Sühl-Strohmenger, Wilfried (Ed.). Handbuch Informationskompetenz, (pp. 9-21). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur.
Roggenkamp, Jan Dirk; und Krieg, Henning. (2014). Rechtliche Aspekte sozialer Medien. In: Schmidt, Jan-Hinrik; und Taddicken, Monika (Ed.). Handbuch Soziale Medien (Series: Nachschlagewerke Wissen, p. 1-25). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03895-3_19-1.
1.4 Reference Works
Same as Anthology: Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year). Entry: „Keyword“. In: Last Name, First Name. (Ed.). Title of Reference Work (Volume, page numbers pp.). Place: Publisher.
Branahl, Udo. (2013). Entry: „Medienästhetik“. In: Bentele, Günter; Brosius, Hans-Bernd; und Jarren, Otfried (Ed.). Lexikon Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft (2. revised und extended Edition, Series: Studienbücher zur Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, pp. 202). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
1.5 E-Books
Same as books but provide the DOI (digital object identifier). For books without a DOI, add the URL: Retrieved from: URL and date of access.
Missomelius, Petra; Sützl, Wolfgang; Hug, Theo; Grell, Petra; und Kammerl, Rudolf (Ed.). (2014). Freie Bildungsmedien und digitale Archive: Medien, Wissen, Bildung. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press. Retrieved from: https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buch_pdfs/freie-bildungsmedien_web.pdf [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
Welt, Haus der Kulturen der (Ed.). (2019). Das Neue Alphabet. Berlin. Retrieved from: https://www.hkw.de/media/texte/pdf/2019_1/programm_2019/das_neue_alphabet_flyer.pdf [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
2 Magazine and Journal Articles
Author’s Last Name, First letter of First Name. (Year). Title article: subtitle. In: Last Name, First letter First Name. (Ed.). Title of Journal (Volume, issue number, page numbers pp.). Place: Publisher.
2.1 Article in a print journal
Rubin, P. (2019). Fresh Eyes: Virtual reality’s true innovation isn’t technological. It’s the ability to help us interact more freely with other humans. In: WIRED (Vol. 27, no. 05, pp. 36). San Francisco: Advance Magazine Publishers Inc.
Volkart, Y. (2018). Climate Games: Event statt Placeschritt. In: Springerin (no. 4, pp. 16-21). Vienna.
2.2 Electronic journal articles
Provide all the information you would for the print version and add the DOI. If there is no DOI, include the URL of the journal in the reference.
Last Name, First letter of First Name. (Year). Title article: subtitle. In: Last Name, First letter First Name. (Ed.). Title of Journal (Volume, page numbers pp.). Place: Publisher.
Haugh, M. (2013). Im/politeness, social practice and the participation order. In: Journal of
Pragmatics (Vol. 58, pp. 52–72). doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2013.07.003.
3 Websites / Content from the Internet
3.1 Identifiable Author e.g. of a blog entry
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Year. „Title of article: subtitle“. Ed., Place. Retrieved from: Link. Last accessed: Date.
Cress, Ulrike. 2003. „Open Educational Resources — e-teaching.org“. Ed. Leibniz-Instituts für Wissensmedien, Tübingen. Retrieved from: https://www.e-teaching.org/didaktik/recherche/oer. [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
Narr, Kristin. 2014. „Wo und wie finde ich Open Educational Resources?“. Ed.: wb-web. Online verfügbar unter: https://wb-web.de/material/medien/Wo-und-wie-finde-ich-Open-Educational-Resources.html. [Last accessed: 5. August 2019].
3.2 Unknown Author
„Title of article: subtitle“. Ed., place. Retrieved from: Link. Last accessed: Date.
„Creating Commons“. o. J. Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich. Retrieved from: http://creatingcommons.zhdk.ch/. . [Last accessed 5. June 2019].
„OER Commons“. o. J. OER Commons. Retrieved from: https://www.oercommons.org/. [Last accessed 5. June 2019].