See APA Referencing Style Guide -Theses & Dissertation for definitive examples of APA-compliant references.
Theses & dissertations – common issues
When EndNote output does not follow the exact APA style try the following:
Resource | Reference Type | Instruction | Example |
Thesis or dissertation, online from a commercial database |
Theses |
In the Thesis Type field
In the Name of Database field
In the Document Number field
Do not enter University or Location information |
Pflieger, J. C. (2009). Adolescents' parent and peer relations and romantic outcomes in young adulthood (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text database. (UMI No. 3371229) |
Thesis or dissertation, online from an institutional repository or a website |
Theses |
In the Thesis Type field
Note: all of this information should be typed within one field so it appears within brackets in the reference. In the URL field
|
Thomas, R. (2009). The making of a journalist: The New Zealand way (Doctoral thesis, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10292/466 |
Thesis or dissertation. Print/Hardcopy format (Unpublished) |
Theses |
In the Thesis Type field
In the University field
|
Knight, A. (2001). Exercise and osteoarthritis of the knee (Unpublished master's dissertation). Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. |