Reviews of books, motion pictures, and other products and information can be published in periodicals, websites, and blogs.
Reference list format:
Reviewer, A. A. (year). Title of review [Review of the book Title of book, by A. A. Author]. Periodical Title, volume issue, pages. DOI or URL
Note: Identify the type of medium reviewed in brackets; title of reviewed material in italics; authors' names - not inverted.
Examples:
Review of a book:
Schatz, B. R. (2000, November 17). Learning by text or context? [Review of the book The social life of information, by J. S. Brown and P. Duguid]. Science, 290, 1304. http://doi.xxxxx
Review of a video:
Axelman, A., & Shaprio, J. L. (2007). Does the solution warrant the problem? [Review of the DVD Brief therapy with adolescents, produced by the American Psychological Association, 2007]. PsyCRITIQUES, 52(51). http://doi.xxxxx
You don’t need to include the personal communication entries in the reference list, since they are unable to be retrieved. This includes: letters, emails, interviews, telephone calls.
Example (in-text):
An email (J. W. Ayers, personal communication, July 2, 2018) confirming that results are accurate ...
This includes letters, unpublished manuscripts, limited-circulation brochures in-house institutional and corporate documents, photographs that are personal possession of the author or are stored in an archive.
Reference list format
Author, A. A. (Year, Month, Day). Title of the material. [Description of the material]. Name of collection (Call number, Box number, File name, etc.). Name of repository, Location.
Letter from a repository
Frank, L. K. (1935, February 4). [Letter to Robert M. Ogden]. Rockefeller Archive Centre (GEB series 1.3, Box 371, Folder 3877), Tarrytown, NY.
Letter from a private collection
Zacharius, G. P. (1953, August 15). [Letter to William Rickel (W. Rickel, Trans.)]. Copy in possession of Hendrika Vande Kemp.
Collection of letters from an archive
Reference list format
Allport, G. W. (1930-1967). Correspondence. Gordon W. Allport Papers (HUG 4118.10). Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, MA.
In-text format
(Allport, G. W., 1930-1967, E. G. Wilstein to Allport, December 26, 1937)
Archival historical source
Allport, A.?]. [ca. 1937]. Marion Taylor today - by the biographer. Unpublished manuscript, Marion Taylor Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA.
Newspaper article, historical, in an archive or personal collection
Psychoanalysis institute to open in the new year. (1948, September 18). [Clipping from an unidentified Dayton, OH newspaper]. Copy in possession of the author.
Historical publication of limited circulation
Sci-Art Publishers. (1935). Sci-Art Publications [Brochure]. Cambridge, MA: Author. C. J. Roback Papers (HUGFP 104.50, Box 2, Folder "Miscellaneous Psychology Materials"). Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, MA.
This category includes raw data and tools that aid persons in performing a task such as data analysis and measurement. You don’t need to cite standard software and programming languages such as Microsoft Word, Java, and Adobe Photoshop, SPSS or SAS.
Computer software and code
Reference format
Rightsholder, A. A. (Year). Title of Software or Program (Version number) [Type of software]. Publisher. http://xxxxx
Examples:
Customized Synergy [Computer software]. (2014). https://customizedsynergy.com
Borenstein, M., Hedges, L., Higgins, J., & Rothstein, H. (2014). Comprehensive meta analysis (Version 3.3070) [Computer software]. Biostat. https://xxxxx
Mobile apps
Reference list format
Rightsholder, A. A. (year). Title of Software or Program (Version number) [Mobile app]. Publisher. https://xxxxx
Example:
Skyscape. (2013). Skyscape Medical Resources (Version 1.17.42) [Mobile app]. App store. https://xxxxx
Computer games
Reference list format
Developer. (Year). Title [Platform]. Release City and Country: Publisher, played month day, year.
Example:
Rovio Entertainment. (2009). Angry birds [Mobile iOS]. Espoo, Finland: Rovio Entertainment, played March 21, 2011.
Data set
Pew Hispanic Center. (2004). Changing channels and crossing cultures: A survey of Latinos on the news media [Data file and code book]. https://xxxxx
Unpublished raw data
Oregon Youth Authority. (2011). Recidivism outcomes [Unpublished raw data].
Reference list format
Name of Act, Title of Source § Section Number (Year). URL
Reference list entry
Florida Mental Health Act, Fla. Stat. § 394 (1971 & rev. 2009). http://xxxxx
In-text citation
(Florida Mental Health Act, 1971/2009)
Reference list entry
Hiremath, S. C., Kumar, S., Lu, F., & Salehi, A. (2016). Using metaphors to present concepts across different intellectual domains (U.S. Patent No. 9,367,592). U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. http://xxxxx
In-text citation
(Hiremath et al., 2016)