According to APA 7th Edition guidelines you need to find out as much information as you can about who created and published a source and when. You communicate this to your audience through in-text and Reference List citations which your readers can look up themselves.
Recommended sources for help with APA style guidelines:
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) is available at:
Many databases and article collections, plus many e-books, will automatically create citations for whichever article or chapter you are viewing.
Look for a Cite, Cite Now, or Cite This Item button on the record for the article or chapter you are viewing. (Not all databases have this feature. For example, LexisNexis does not).
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EBSCOhost databases (e.g. Academic Search Ultimate) |
ProQuest databases (e.g. Newsstand) |
JSTOR |