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Citations: APA 7th Ed

What is APA Style?

APA (American Psychological Association) style is a citation style that is used in the Social Sciences and other fields, such as education, business, and nursing.

APA (7th ed.) Reference Examples

How to cite...

Journal or Magazine Article from a Library databaseClick HERE

A note on how APA-7 now handles authors' names: You must now list up to 20 authors (as opposed to previously listing only the first six.)   

WebpageClick HERE

 

Online Journal ArticleClick HERE

 

BookClick HERE

 

Television, Film and VideoClick HERE

 

Social MediaClick HERE

 

Generative AI (ChatGPT, etc)Click HEREHERE and HERE (scroll down to find APA) 

 

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Author not named in your text

When the author is not named in your sentence (or the author is unknown), provide either the title of the work, or the first word or two. Italicize or underline book and report titles; use quotation marks "  " for articles, chapters and webpages. Also note the year of publication. 

One researcher notes that, "the ideal program would retain body-worn camera (BWC) footage for months or even years, the cost of video storage can become prohibitive very quickly" ("Police body-worn," 2016).

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A work by two authors

There are two ways you can do this:

1. If you name the authors in the sentence, put the year of publication in parentheses immediately after the authors' names. 

        A study by Maur and Chessbaum (2013) suggests that...

2. If you do not name the authors in the sentence, place the authors' names in parentheses immediately after the sentence, using an ampersand & to separate the names. Include the year of publication.

        As few as 23 percent of respondents reported no difference in elevation upon completion of the course (Maur & Chessbaum, 2013).

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A web page

Whenever possible, follow the same citation standards outlined above. 

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