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APA style

Here we offer general guidelines for bibliographical references and citations for when none of the aforementioned systems have been stipulated.

In this section, we propose an adaptation of the APA citation format that includes the author's full name. We invite you to use this adaptation, which has been approved by the American Psychological Association, to highlight the profile of women and facilitate analysis of equality in bibliographies. We thereby contribute to achieving the major global challenges in the United Nations 2030 Agenda (goal 5) and including the gender perspective in teaching and research.

Choose the citation style:

ISO 690 Style 

Vancouver Style

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

Article title: Subtitle. Journal title: Subtitle, volume(number), start page number–end page number.
 

• EXAMPLE


Garita, R. [Renato]. (2010). Modelos y teorías computacionales de la memoria

humana: Un estado de la cuestión y análisis crítico. Revista Educación, 34(2), 75–94.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

Online article title. Journal title, volume(number), start page number–end page number. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Guasch, T. [Teresa], Espasa, A. [Anna] i Martinez-Melo, M. [Montserrat].

(2019). The art of questioning in online learning environments: the potentialities of feedback in writing. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 44(1), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2018.1479373
 

• STRUCTURE


Author (if stated). (Year of publication). Database name [online database].

URL
 

• EXAMPLE


ProQuest Information and Learning Company. (1971). Psychology Database

[online database]. https://about.proquest.com/products-services/pq_psychology_journ.html
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Date of publication).

Blog post title [blog post]. Blog title. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació. (2019, 27 November).

Bonnie Stewart: «Los datos prometen conocimiento, pero no sistemas humanos y sostenibles» [blog post]. Blog dels Estudis de Psicologia i Ciències de l'Educació. http://epce.blogs.uoc.edu/es/2019/11/27/bonnie-stewart-cultura-datos-alfabetizacion-mediatica/
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

Title of the chapter or part. In AUTHOR INITIALS [Author name] Autor surname. Book title (pp. start page number–end page number). Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Egge, M. [Martin]. (2008). La práctica à plusieurs. In M. [Martin] Egge.

El tratamiento del niño autista (pp. 149–184). Gredos.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of creation).

Image title [type of medium]. Museum or gallery name, place. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Van Gogh, V. [Vincent]. (1889). Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear [painting].

The Courtauld Gallery, London. https://library.artstor.org/#/asset/ACOURTAULDIG_10313599362
 

• STRUCTURE


Title of the law or decree, publication title, number (year of publication).


 

• EXAMPLE


Ley Orgánica 2/2006, de 3 de mayo, de Educación. Official Gazette of the

Government of Spain no. 106 (2006).
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

Book title. Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Moore, M. G. [Michael Grahame]. (ed.). (2013). Handbook of Distance

Education. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

E-book title: Subtitle. Publisher. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Berger, K. S. [Kathleen Stassen]. (2016). Psicología del desarrollo: infancia

y adolescencia. Editorial Médica Panamericana. https://www.medicapanamericana.com/es/libro/psicologia-del-desarrollo-berger
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of publication).

Learning resource title [learning resource]. Retrieved from Organization. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Díaz, C. [Cristina]. (2013). Psicologia de la percepció [learning resource].

Retrieved from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Campus, virtual classroom. https://cataleg.uoc.edu/record=b1025747~S1*cat
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Year). Standard title: Subtitle (edition, from second onwards,

if stated). Place of publication: Publisher.
 

• EXAMPLE


Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación. (2017). UNE 71362:2017:

Calidad de los materiales educativos digitales. Madrid: AENOR.
 

• STRUCTURE


Organization. (Year of last update). Web page title. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya. (2019). Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia

de Catalunya. https://www.copc.cat/
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name] or ORGANIZATION. (Year).

Software name (version) [software].
 

• EXAMPLE


IBM. (2019). SPSS (v26) [software].
 

• STRUCTURE


Journal title: Subtitle (start publication year–end publication year, if no

longer published). Place of publication: Publisher. ISSN
 

• EXAMPLE


Annual Review of Psychology (1950– ). California: Annual Reviews.

ISSN 1545-2085
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year of defence).

Thesis title. [Doctoral thesis]. Department, Institution (thesis supervisor [optional]). URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Serarols, J. [Jordi]. (2019). La implementació de les TIC en els centres

d'ensenyament secundari de Catalunya: propostes d'organització i gestió a partir d'estudis de cas. [Doctoral thesis]. eLearn Center, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (supervisor: Albert Sangrà Morer). https://tdx.cat/handle/10803/667316#page=1
 

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. (Year). Final project

title. [Bachelor's/Master's degree final project]. Department, Institution. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Minguella, J. [Joana]. El mur europeu. Implicacions de l'Educació Social

amb persones refugiades: el cas de Síria. [Bachelor's degree final project]. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. http://hdl.handle.net/10609/93446
 

Tweet

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. [Username]. (Date of

publication). Text of the message up to a maximum of 40 words [tweet]. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


@UOCuniversitat. (2019, 22 August). Un estudi de 2018 va revelar per

primera vegada l'impacte negatiu que té el consum de cigarretes electròniques en la #salut cardíaca. Ens ho explica l'#expertUOC Antoni Baena a @UOCNews http://ow.ly/pIuM50vpn9e cc @UOCesalut [tweet]. https://twitter.com/UOCuniversitat/status/1164500047616196608?s=20
 

Facebook

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. [Username]. (Date of

publication). Text of the message up to a maximum of 40 words [Facebook update]. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. (2019, 19 December). El Deep

Learning es uno de los motores de la revolución tecnológica en la inteligencia artificial. Investigadores de primer nivel mundial hablarán de ello en el Deep Learning Barcelona Symposium [Facebook update]. https://www.facebook.com/UOC.universitat/posts/10156600051736646
 

Video (YouTube or Vimeo)

• STRUCTURE


Author surname, AUTHOR INITIALS. [Author name]. [Username] (Date of

publication). Video title [online video]. Production company or Publication channel. URL
 

• EXAMPLE


UOC - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. (2017, 7 March). Benvinguts a la

Biblioteca de la UOC [online video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL3EdXW-Hpg