The apalike (APA like) BibTeX style belongs to the extended set of standard BibTeX styles. It's called APA like since it does not implement the full APA citation rules. That's because some fields like translator do not belong to the standard fields that are supported in BibTeX.
\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\begin{document}
This is an example of a paragraph with in-text
citations using the apalike BibTeX style.
Here is a reference to a journal article with
a single author \cite{article1}, to a journal
article with two authors \cite{article2} and
three authors \cite{article3}, and to a book
with four authors \cite{book4}.
\bibliographystyle{apalike}
\bibliography{sampleBibFile}
\end{document}
BibTeX bibliography style apalike: examples of in-text citations and bibliography for journal articles and books.
Bibliography examples for all BibTeX entries
article
Example of a bibliography item for an article BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an article BibTeX entry.
book
Example of a bibliography item for an book BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an book BibTeX entry.
booklet
Example of a bibliography item for a booklet BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for a booklet BibTeX entry.
inbook
Example of a bibliography item for an inbook BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an inbook BibTeX entry.
incollection
Example of a bibliography item for an incollection BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an incollection BibTeX entry.
inproceedings
Example of a bibliography item for an inproceedings BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an inproceedings BibTeX entry.
mastersthesis
Example of a bibliography item for an mastersthesis BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an mastersthesis BibTeX entry.
manual
Example of a bibliography item for an manual BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an manual BibTeX entry.
misc
Example of a bibliography item for an misc BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an misc BibTeX entry.
phdthesis
Example of a bibliography item for an phdthesis BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an phdthesis BibTeX entry.
proceedings
Example of a bibliography item for an proceedings BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an proceedings BibTeX entry.
techreport
Example of a bibliography item for an techreport BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an techreport BibTeX entry.
unpublished
Example of a bibliography item for an unpublished BibTeX entry.
Example of a bibliography item for an unpublished BibTeX entry.
