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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by The American Psychology Association (APA) citation style is most commonly used in disciplines such as social sciences, business, nursing, and education.
| In-Text Citation for Direct Quotes | In-Text Citation for Information | Works Cited Page | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journal Article | (Yodovich, 2021, p. 872) | (Yodovich, 2021) |
Yodovich, N. (2021). Defining conditional belonging: The case of female science fiction fans. Sociology, 55(5), 871–887. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520949848 |
| Journal Article with Multiple Authors | (Fulkerson et al., 2006, p. 530) | (Fulkerson et al., 2006) |
Fulkerson, J. A., Neumark-Sztainer, D., & Story, M. (2006). Adolescent and parent views of family meals. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 106(4), 526–532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2006.01.006 |
| Book | (Golding, 2019, p. 20) | (Golding, 2019) |
Golding, D. (2019). Star wars after Lucas: A critical guide to the future of the galaxy. University of Minnesota Press. |
| AI | (OpenAI, 2023) | (OpenAI, 2023) | OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat |
*If you introduce the author(s) in the text, you don't need a full in-text citation, just the year in parenthesis after the author. For example, you could say, "Fulkerson et al. (2006) found that as a child ages, the frequency of family meals decreases."
Always check with your professor and syllabus for specific information on how you should use and cite AI-generated sources.
APA Style Simplified by Citing websites is probably one of the hardest resource types to cite properly. Often this is because it is hard to find the necessary information that must be included in a citation from an organizations website. Below are the basic components of a Reference list entry for a website and information about where you can usually find each section on a website.
As a general rule, if you cannot find a piece of information, such as a date, leave that information blank. Do not make something up! In the case where you cannot identify the author of a website use the organization as the author. For most of the websites you will be accessing the organization (e.g. World Health Organization) will be the author and your Reference list citation entry will begin with that.
Components of a Website Citation
EXAMPLE
Central Intelligence Agency. (2016). Belize. In the World Factbook. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
The basic format for siting images is as follows:
Author [Role of Author]. (Year image was created). Title of work [Type of work], Retrieved from URL (address of website)
It's likely you will not be able to find all this information for web images. Try to find as much as you can, but if you cannot locate the information follow the formats below.
Electronic Image (No Author)
Title of work [Type of work]. (Year image was created). Retrieved from URL (address of website)
Electronic Image (No Author, No Title, No Date)
[Format and subject of work]. Retrieved from URL (address of website)
The Purdue OWL site has great information on integrating and citing figures within a paper. Use their information to learn how to proper format and number figures within a paper.
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