Canisius College

Communications Research Guide

The Communications Department uses APA style citations. Some examples:

Journal article from a print journal

Draper, R. J., & Hall, K. M. (2006, Summer). The Possibility of Democratic
       Educational Research to Nuture Democratic Educators. Action in Teacher
       Education, 82(2), 66-72.

Journal article from one of the Library databases

Sidener, T. M. (2006, November/December). An evaluation of strategies to
       maintain mands at practical levels. Research in Developmental Disabilities
       , 27(6), 632-644. Retrieved December 19, 2006, from ScienceDirect database:
       http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDN-4HKCYVM-1/2/
       bcb08f42d7ca5333b21c893e2c40ad61

Web Site 

Alternative Assessment. (n.d.). The Educator's Reference Desk. Retrieved December
       19, 2006, from Information Institute of Syracuse Web site:
       http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi/Resources/Evaluation/
       Alternative_Assessment.html

Selection from a Book

Kuhn, D. (2005). What are Inquiry Skills? In Education for Thinking (pp. 40-42).
       Cambridge, MA: Havard University Press.