APA References

The following work has been prepared based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd edition in spanish. You can buy the original publication by clicking here.

A reference must contain the name of the author, the date of publication, the title of the work and the publication data.

Pay special attention to the spelling of proper names and words in foreign languages, including accents or other special signs, and in the fact that titles, year, volume, number and pages in periodicals are complete.

Only Arabic numerals should be used to place the volume or number of a publication; this is excluded if the non-Arabic number is part of a title.

The names of corporations, associations, governmental institutions and study groups must be placed completely in the list of references and can be abbreviated in their citation within the text. In the Editorial Coordination of Technology and Water Sciences, we accept that the abbreviated name is put first in the list of references and then, separated by a comma, the full name (refer to the book example).

For alphabetical purposes, prepositional phrases are omitted. For example: “de la Garza,” would be ordered as “Garza de la”, thus listed by the letter G, but its original surname remains.

In case the same author or authors have more than one work in the list of references, they will proceed to sort by the year of publication starting with the oldest.

In case the same author or authors have more than one work in the list of references with the same year of publication, they will proceed to sort by the title of the work. The letters a, b, c, … will be used after the year within the parentheses, for their differentiation (2010a, 2010b, etc.).

If a publication or reference work does not have an author, the title must be placed in the author’s position before the date.

If the publication does not contain a date, it must be placed (s.f); in English (n.d).

The title of the publication, be it a magazine, bulletin, newspaper, books, etc., should not be abbreviated.

If a URL is placed in the references, it will be necessary to corroborate its validity before sending and/or publishing the work. If the content is no longer available, it must be replaced by another source or deleted completely.

When you must place the place of edition, or simply the place, you must take the city and the country where the work originates.

Every appointment within the body of the text of the work should be referenced.

Newspaper publication

Are all those publications that have a volume number or ascending order of publication. Some contain both volume and publication number; if one is missing, place it as it should be: if it is placed without parentheses, it will be taken as volume; on the contrary, if it is placed inside a parenthesis, it will mean that it is the publication number.

General appointment

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (year). Work title. Title of publication, volume (number), pp-pp.

Example

Dominguez, R., Carrizosa, E., Fuentes, G.E., Arganis, M.L., Osnaya, J., & Galván-Torres, A.E. (2018). Regional analysis to estimate design rainfall in the Mexican Republic. Technology and Water Sciences, 9 (1), 5-29.

With DOI

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (year). Work title. Title of publication, volume (number), pp-pp. DOI: xx.xxxxxx / xxxxxxxx.

Example

Recovered from internet without DOI

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (year). Work title. Title of publication, volume (number), pp-pp. Retrieved from xxxx: // xxxxxxxxxx.

Example

Edition or special issue of a periodical publication

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (year). Title of work [special edition]. Title of publication, volume (number), pp-pp.

Example

Orozco-Corral, A.L., Valverde-Flores, M.I. (2012). Environmental impact of irrigation water management with capacitance probes on aquifer contamination by nitrates [special edition]. Technology and Water Sciences, 3 (February-March), 23-35.

Books and reference books
Complete Book

The following models can be used:

Surname, A. A. (year). Title of the work (edition number). Place of edition: Editorial.

Surname, A. A. (year). Work title. Retrieved from http: //www.xxxxx.

Surname, A. A. (year). Work title. DOI: xx.xxxxxx / xxxxxxxx

Editor, A. A. (ed). (year). Work title. Place of edition: Editorial.

Note: Information on editions, volume numbers and page numbers (such as volume number or page rank of the chapter) should be included in parentheses immediately after the title and with the period after the parenthesis (Vol. Xx, pp xxx-xxx).

Example

Wetzel, R. G. (2001). Limnology: Lake and river ecosystems (3rd ed.). San Diego, United States of America: Academic Press.

Conagua, National Water Commission. (2017). Network of climatological stations. Mexico City, Mexico: National Meteorological Service.

Chapters or sections of books

Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (year). Title of the chapter or entry. In: Surname, A., Surname, B., & Surname, C. (eds.). Title of the book (pp. Xxx-xxx). Place of edition: Editorial.

Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (year). Title of the chapter or entry. In: Surname, A., Surname, B., & Surname, C. (eds.). Title of the book (pp. Xxx-xxx). Retrieved from http: //www.xxxxxxx.

Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In: Surname, A., Surname, B., & Surname, C. (eds.). Title of the book (pp. Xxx-xxx). DOI: xx.xxxxxx / xxxxxxxx.

Example

De Anda, J., & Shear, H. (2001). Nutrients and eutrophication in Lake Chapala. In: Hansen, A.M., & Van Afferden, M. (eds.). The Lerma-Chapala watershed, evaluation and management (pp. 183-198). New York, United States of America: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.

When the author is also the editor, use the word Author instead of the names of publishers.

The number of pages should only be placed if it is a chapter or book section. In case the chapter or section does not have pagination, the title of the same will suffice.

Example

De Anda, J., & Shear, H. (2001). Nutrients and eutrophication in Lake Chapala. In: Author (eds.). The Lerma-Chapala watershed, evaluation and management. New York, United States of America: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers.

Monographs

Surname, A. A., & Surname, B. B. (eds.). (year). Title of the work [monograph]. Place of edition: Editorial.

Surname, A. A.,& Surname, B. B. (eds.). (year). Title of the work [monograph]. Retrieved from http: //www.xxxxxxx

Technical, research and reports report

Surname, A. A. (year). Title of work (No. xxx). Place: Editorial.

Surname, A. A. (year). Title of work (No. xxx). Retrieved from http: //www.xxxxxxx.

When the report or report is assigned an identification number, it must be placed in parentheses; it is necessary to specify which of the two types corresponds and their identification number.

Example

IMTA, Mexican Institute of Water Technology. (2018). Water quality in an irrigation canal in Tlaltizapán (report MOR-253-01). Jiutepec, Mexico: Mexican Institute of Water Technology.

Congresses and symposia

When Congress papers are to be cited, the same format used to quote books and book chapters will be followed, only if they are published in one volume. Otherwise, the following format should be followed:

Surname, A. A., Surname, A. A. (month, year). Title of presentation. In: A. A. Last name (position). Title of the symposium. Symposium held at the Congress / Name Conference of the organizer, Place.

Example

Muellbauer, J. (September, 2007). Housing, credit, and consumer expenditure. In: S. C. Ludvigson (Presidency). Housing and Consumer Behavior. Symposium held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Congress, Jackson Hole, United States of America.

Thesis

Surname, A. A. (year). Title of the thesis (thesis degree). Name of the institution, Place.

Surname, A. A. (year). Title of the thesis (thesis degree). Retrieved from http: //www.xxxxxxx.

Ensure that the URL belongs to the repository of the institution where the thesis was presented.

Example

Peña-Montiel, E. (2017). Proposed implementation of a quality management system (QMS) in the journal Tecnología y Ciencias del Agua (TyCA) (master’s thesis). Mexican University of Distance Education, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Software, measurement instruments and data set

Owner of copyright, A. A. (year). Program title (version number) [description of the form]. Place: Name of the producer.

Owner of copyright, A. A. (year). Title of the program [description of the form]. Retrieved from http: // xxxx.

Example

HidraSoftware. (2018). DrenUrba. Software for the Calculation and Design of Stormwater Collection and Conduction Systems (2.0) [Software]. Recovered from http://www.hidrasoftware.com/software-para-el-diseno-de-la-captacion-de-agua-pluvial-y-diseno-de-redes-de-alcantarillado/.

Websites

Surname, A. A. (date). Page title. Place of publication: Editorial. Retrieved from http: // xxxx

If the page does not contain information of place of publication and publishing, the remaining data are sufficient.

Example

IMTA, Mexican Institute of Water Technology. (2018). Technology and Water Sciences. Jiutepec, Mexico: Mexican Institute of Water Technology. Retrieved from http://www.revistatyca.org.mx/.

Legal documents, laws and regulations

Unless the citation uses it for a historical framework, the most recent modification date should be placed.

Name of the law, volume, Source§ xxx (date).

Name of the law, volume, Source§ xxx (date). Retrieved from http: // xxxx.

This may vary between countries, since each one handles the registration and control of its laws differently. In some cases, the laws have a number that identifies them, if so, that data will be added before the name, followed by a comma.

The § sign, according to the Dictionary of the Spanish language of the Royal Spanish Academy indicates that it is an “auxiliary spelling sign (§) with which each of the paragraphs was indicated, and which is currently used to refer to these units before its identifier; p. eg, §45a. ”

Example

National Water Law of 1992, Official Gazette of the Federation§ 1-3-40-a (03-24-2016). Retrieved from http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/16_240316.pdf

Explanation: this law is not in a specific volume and therefore is not placed. The law is in the Official Gazette of the Federation and is being taken from chapter 1, article 3, section 40, subsection a. The date must correspond to the exact date in which said Law was reformed.

Appointment for constitutional articles

Author (year). Article. In: Author, Name of the constitution. Place: Editorial.

The appointment will be like the ones referring to books. You can specify which section you mention and you must independently place the articles you are analyzing.

Example

Congress of the Union. (2017). Article 2. In: Author, Political Constitution of the United Mexican States. Mexico City, Mexico: Congress of the Union.

Rules

Dependence. (year). Identifier, Name of the standard. Place: Editorial.

Dependence. (year). Identifier, Name of the standard. Retrieved from http: // xxxx.

This applies to official standards, which may vary in each country, and for ISO standards.

Example

HEALTH, Ministry of Health. (nineteen ninety-five). NOM-117-SSA1-1994, Goods and Services. Test Method for the Determination of Cadmium, Arsenic, Lead, Tin, Copper, Iron, Zinc and Mercury in Food, Drinking Water and Purified Water by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Retrieved from http://www.economia-noms.gob.mx/noms/detalleXNormaAction.do