Citing Sources in APA
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.
Example APA citation for a journal article:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Publication Year). Title of the article: Subtitle of article maybe. Name of the Journal, volume(issue), page numbers. https://doi.org/xxxx
APA Guides
Recommended sources for help with APA style guidelines:
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) is available at:
Merrill-Cazier Info Desk, 1st Floor
2nd floor books stacks: BF 76.7 .P83 2020
Course Reserves
- APAstyle.orgFree online help directly from the American Psychological Association. Scroll down to "Quick Answers" section for help with references and formatting.
- Purdue OWL APA Formatting & Style GuideFree APA help online from Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Provides examples and instructions for commonly cited materials, as well as a sample APA paper and tips for avoiding plagiarism. The left-hand menu has guidance for both in-text citations and the references list at the end of your paper.
Automatically Creating Citations in Library Article Collections
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,” “CiteNow,” or “Cite This Item” button on the database record for the specific article or chapter.
(Not all databases have this feature. For example, LexisNexis does not.)
Examples of citation buttons:
EBSCOhost databases ProQuest databases
(e.g., Academic Search Premier) (e.g, Newsstand)
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