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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

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Citation Elements in Order:    
1.  Author
2.  Publication date
3.  Document title
4.  Publisher (if different from the author)
5.  URL or DOI

 

Reference List:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title. Publisher. URL

 

                        1.                          2.                                     3.                                                                            5.

American Psychological Association. (2013). 2012 annual report of the American Psychological Association.  http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/reports/2012-report.pdf

 

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line.
  • It is no longer necessary to include the date of retrieval unless the source material may change over time (e.g., Wikis).
  • It is no longer necessary to say "retrieved from" before the URL.
  • When the publisher is the same as the author, omit the publisher from the source element.

In-Text Citations:

Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the author’s last name and date of publication.

(American Psychological Association, 2013)

Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative.

American Psychological Association (2013) provides statistical information for the region.

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