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About APA 7th Edition

This guide is a quick introduction to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style for references and citations. For more comprehensive information, consult the Publication Manual of the APA, APA Style website, or Purdue OWL APA website.

 

This page contains examples of commonly used formats from the APA-7th edition.

 

Note: The APA Citation Style is generally used for psychology, social sciences, and health disciplines. Please check with your instructors which style to use in your assignments.

 

How to Read an APA 7th Edition Citation

AUTHOR

Who created this resource? a single Author? More than one author? An organization?

DATE

When was this resource created? Date: details included depend on the resource e.g. (year), (year, month, date).

TITLE

What is this resource called? Title!

SOURCE

Where does this resource come from (or, where can my reader find this resource)? This can include the title of a larger work that your resource is part of (like one story from an anthology or one article from a journal) Publisher, and DOI or URL.

APA Citation Style

Author(s)

Date

Title (book, article or webpage)

Source (publisher, journal title, site name, DOI or URL) 


Book:

Valfre, M.M.  (2009). Foundations of mental health care. Mosby Elsevier. 


Journal article from a library database:

Smith, J. A., Johnson, M. B., & Davis, C. R. (2020). Exploring the impact of technology on workplace productivity. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 25(3), 45-62. https://doi.org/xxxxxxx


Webpage within a website:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). COVID-19: Vaccines for you and your family. CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/index.html

Citing ERIC Documents in APA 7th Edition

ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) is one of the most useful comprehensive databases for education research and provides unique identifiers for published documents that should be included when citing. The ERIC document number can be found in the ERIC database record and in the article itself, beginning with the letters 'ED.' 

Here is an example of the proper format for citing an ERIC document in APA 7th Edition:

Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Title of document: Subtitle if given  (ERIC document number). Database Name.

Reference List Example:

Nelson, J., & Herber, H. L. (1981). A Positive Approach to Assessment and Correction of Reading Difficulties in Middle and Secondary Schools.(ED217377). ERIC.https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED217377.pdf

In-Text Paraphrase:

(Author, Year)

Example: (Nelson & Herber, 1981)

In-Text Quote:

(Author, Year, p. Page Number)

Example: (Nelson & Herber, 1981, p. 5)