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An extensive overview of APA style from Purdue University with examples of APA formatting, in-text citation, and references.
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In-Text Citations
APA in-text citations typically contain three pieces of information: Author, Date, and Page Number. Like MLA, APA in-text citations are typically found at the end of a sentence in parentheses (Jones, 2016, p. 1). However, the author's name (and date), can be placed earlier in the sentence. Ex: Jones (2016) also says you can place the author and date earlier in the sentence, but the page number must stay at the end of the sentence or thought that is being cited (p. 2).
Full Citations
APA full citations usually start with the main author's last name, author's first initial and date, which is in parentheses. Then, depending on the type source that is being cited, the citation contains other pieces of information such as the work's title, publisher or journal title, URL or more. Below are general examples of APA citations for a print book, journal article from a database, and a website:
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderland, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
