Guides: Citation Styles: APA

7th Ed. APA Manual

For APA questions, check out the APA FAQ on the APA Style Blog or the APA cheat sheet from the University of Calgary.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: * ON RESERVE * BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The 2020 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition, is the official source for APA Style. The seventh edition has been revised and updated to reflect best practices in scholarly writing and publishing, including resources on writing and formatting annotated bibliographies, response papers, and other paper types as well as guidelines on citing course materials.

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How to Write a Reference When Info is Missing

Quick Reference: In-Text Citation

There are two options for In- Text Citations

Example for Option 1: Vandenberg and Smith (2002) reported that “the current state of the treatment for processing deficits in american public schools is similar to the state of the treatment of processing deficits in Finland from several decades ago” (p. 600).

Examples for Options 2: Currently, the method used in American public schools to treat processing deficits is similar to the treatments used in Finland several decades ago (Vandenberg & Smith, 2002, p.600).

1 Author: use the Authors last name the date of publication.

(Vandenberg, 2008, p.12)

2 Authors: name both authors every time. Use an ‘&’ between the names

(Wegener & Petty, 1998, p.84)

Note: use the word “and” between the authors name when mentioning them within the text. Research by Wegener and Petty (1998) supports...

3-5 Authors: list all the author’s last names the 1^st time you cite the source. Use the ‘&.’

(Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993, p.764 )

In subsequent citation use the first author last name then “et al.” and the date of publication.
(Kernis et al., 1993, p.12)

6 or more Authors: Use only the first author’s last name and “et al.”

Use the first author's name followed by “et al.” in the signal phrase or in parentheses.

(Harris et al., 2001, p.3)

Note: in text use the first author’s last name followed by “et al.” and the date of publication in parentheses: Harris et al. (2001) argued...

No page number! Use the paragraph numbers by using the abbreviation "para." (McLee, 1999, para. 6 ).

Information taken from Purdue OWL:APA Formatting and Style

Where to Find Citations for Your Works Cited Page

Citation Generators: The following websites can be used to create citations. These websites (Citation Machine and Easy Bib) are not perfect, so be sure to double check your citations.

Finding Citations: Citations can be found in the bibliography or works cited section of books, articles. Additionaly, most library catalog record and electronic databases proved citation information (be sure to double check these citations.)