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These are basic guidelines to citing sources for your works cited page using APA style.
Book
Shanker, J. L., & Cockrum, W. A. (2014). Reading inventory (6th ed.).
Boston, MA: Pearson Education.
Note: Only put an edition number if you are using an edition older than the first.
Book with an Editors Instead of Authors
Flood, J., & Anders, P. L. (Eds.). (2005). Literacy development of students in
urban schools: Research and policy. Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
Journal article read in print or from a database, no DOI assigned
McCollin, M., O'Shea, D., & McQuiston, K. (2010). Improving vocabulary and
comprehension skills of secondary-level students from diverse
backgrounds. Preventing School Failure, 54, 133-136.
Journal article, with DOI
Schryer, E., & Sloat, E. (2015). Effects of an animated book reading
intervention on emergent literacy skill development: An early
pilot study. Journal of Early Intervention, 37, 155-171.
doi: 10.1177/1053815115598842
Note: For more information on DOI numbers see the box below or refer to the APA Style Manual, 6th Edition.
Journal article with three to seven authors
Miciak, J., Stuebing, K. K., Vaughn, S., Roberts, G., Barth, A. E., Fletcher, J.
M., & VanDerHeyden, A. (2014). Cognitive attributes of adequate and
inadequate responders to reading intervention in middle school. School
Psychology Review, 43, 407-427.
Dissertation from a database
Crittenden, E. M. (2013). The effectiveness of two spelling approaches on
vocabulary development for Hispanic learners. (Doctoral dissertation).
Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3560525).
Website
Clarke, B. L. (2014). Rurality and reading readiness: The mediating role of
parent engagement (R2Ed Working Paper No. 2014-1). Retrieved from
the National Center for Research on Rural Education
http://r2ed.unl.edu/workingpapers/2014/2014_1_Clarke.pdf