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APA 7th Edition Citation Style

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Citation Elements in Order:    
1.  Author
2.  Publication date
3.  Title of Page
4.  Publisher/Site Sponsor Name
5.  URL
   

 

Reference Example:

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL

      

     1.                  2.                                                   3.                                                                  4.                5.

Oliva, A.D. (2021, April 1). The UAE's tiny lunar rover will face big challenges on the moon. CNN. https://edition.cnn.com

/2021/03/30/middleeast /uae-emirates-moon-rover-spc-intl-scn/index.html

 

Proper Bibliographic Reference Format:

  • Bibliographic references are double-spaced and indented half an inch after the first line.
  • If there is no author, the article title comes first.
  • If there is no date, use the abbreviation n.d.
  • It is no longer necessary to include the date of retrieval unless the source material may change over time (e.g., Wikis).
  • If the page's author is not listed, start with the title instead.

 

In-Text Citations:

  • Citations are placed in the context of discussion using the author’s last name and date of publication.
  • When a work has no identified author, cite in text the first few words of the article title using double quotation marks, “headline-style" capitalization, and the year.
  • Alternatively, you can integrate the citation into the sentence by means of narrative.
  • There must be a total match between the reference list and the parenthetical citation, so the article title must stand in place of an author’s name in the essay.

 

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