How to Cite Things You Found in Credo Reference in APA Style

Remember that entries in Credo Reference are from electronic reference books, so they are cited as such.

To cite one entry or article, cite it as an article in an online reference work:

References list entry:

Andromeda. (2010). In The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide. Retrieved from

http://www.helicon.co.uk/

1st and subsequent in-text citation: (“Andromeda,” 2010)

Note: In retrieval statement, provide URL for publisher’s homepage, not Credo Reference URL.

The results list

features a list

of entries in

reference

books.

Book title

Article title

Publisher

Some things to keep in mind:

 If the article cites authors (unlike the example above), provide the authorship information.

 Credo Reference has a built-in citation tool which is incorrect. Simply copying and pasting from the Credo entry

page will result in an incorrect citation.

If you choose to continue your search in another resource using any of Credo’s integrated resources, you will then

be using a different type of resource, and your citation will need to look different.

Here are some of Credo’s integrated searching tools:

Depending on where you continue your search, you may need to cite an article from a database OR another electronic

reference work. Remember that an article from a database is cited using a DOI when available or a journal publisher’s

URL when no DOI is available.

Here are two examples of citations for articles from databases:

Scholarly Journal Article with DOI (three authors)

Archbold, C.A., Hassell, K. D., & Stichman, A. (2010). Comparing promotion aspirations among female and male police

officers. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 12, 287-303. doi:10.1350/ijps.2010.12.2.175

1st in-text citation: (Archbold, Hassel, & Stichman, 2010) Subsequent: (Archbold et al., 2010)

Scholarly Journal Article without DOI [Electronic from database] (two authors)

Ingram, J. D., & Triadafilopoulous, T. (2010). Rights, norms, and politics: The case of German citizenship reform. Social

Research, 77, 353-382. Retrieved from http://www.socres.org

1st and subsequent in-text citation: (Ingram & Triadafilopoulous, 2010)

Note: Journal’s home page URL is cited in retrieval statement.