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About APA 7th ed. This guide is a quick introduction to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style for references and citations. SkiptoMainContent Itlookslikeyou'reusingInternetExplorer11orolder.ThiswebsiteworksbestwithmodernbrowserssuchasthelatestversionsofChrome,Firefox,Safari,andEdge.Ifyoucontinuewiththisbrowser,youmayseeunexpectedresults. CSUDHUniversityLibraryLibGuidesUniversityLibraryResearchGuidesCitationAPA7thEd. SearchthisGuide Search Citation AboutCitationAPA7thEd.AboutAPA7thed.In-textCitationsReferencesFormattingYourAPAPaperMLA9thEd.Chicago17thEd.ASAIEEEEcology AboutAPA7thed. ThisguideisaquickintroductiontotheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation (APA)Styleforreferencesandcitations.BesuretoconsultthePublicationManualoftheAPA orthe APAStyle websitefordetailedstandardsandprocedures.  APAStyle Comprehensivestyleandgrammarguidelines. PublicationmanualoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationbyAPACallNumber:BF76.7.P832019CopiesareavailableattheCourseReservesDesk(2hourloan)andbehindtheResearchHelpDesk. AQuickGuidetoAPACitation7thEdition CSUDHLibrary In-textCitations Whenyoureferenceanothersourceuse anin-textcitationinthebodyofyourpaper.  BasicFormat: (Author's LastName(s)orOrganization,Year). I'musing... SummarizingorParaphrasing ParaphrasingorsummarizingthemainfindingsortakeawaysfromaresearcharticleisthepreferredmethodofcitingsourcesinanAPApaper.Alwaysincludethelastnameoftheauthor(s)andtheyearofthearticle,soyourreadercanfindthefullcitationinthereferencelist. AccordingtoShavers(2007),limitationsofstudyingsocioeconomicstatusinresearchonhealthdisparitiesincludedifficultiesincollectingdataonsocioeconomicstatusandthecomplicationsofclassifyingwomen,children,andemploymentstatus. DirectQuotes Ifyou'requotingtheexactwordsofsomeoneelse,introducethequotewithanin-textcitationinparentheses.Anysentencepunctuationgoesaftertheclosingparenthesis. AccordingtoBrown(2019),"Directquote"(p.1021). Brown(2019)foundthat"Directquote"(p.1021). [Someotherintroduction]"Directquote"(Brown,2019,p.1021).   Ifyou'redirectlyquotingmorethan40words,useablockquote.Blockquotesdon'tneedquotationmarks.Instead,indentthetext1/2"asavisualcuethatyouareciting.Thein-textcitationinparenthesesgoesafterthepunctuationofthequote. Shavers(2007)studyfoundthefollowing: Whileresearchstudieshaveestablishedthatsocioeconomicstatusinfluencesdiseaseincidence,severityandaccesstohealthcare,therehasbeenrelativelylessstudyofthespecificmannerinwhichlowSESinfluencesreceiptofqualitycareandconsequentmorbidityandmortalityamongpatientswithsimilardiseasecharacteristics,particularlyamongthosewhohavegainedaccesstothehealthcaresystem.(p.1021) ToroTip:Usedirectquotessparingly!Focusonsummarizingthefindingsfrommultipleresearchstudies.Inthesciencesandsocialsciences,onlyusetheexactphrasingorargumentofanindividualwhennecessary.   In-textcitationsdifferdependingonthenumberofauthorslistedforawork,and ifthereisagroupauthor. I'mcitingaworkwith... 1Author Youonlyneedtheauthor'slastnamecommayearinparentheses. (Abrams,2018) 2Authors Connectbothauthors'lastnameswith&(ampersand)commaandtheyear. (Wegener&Petty,1994) 3orMoreAuthors Ifthereare3ormoreauthorsuseetal.,whichmeans"andothers,"commaandtheyear. (Harrisetal.,2018) GroupAuthors Firsttimewithanabbreviation: (CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention[CDC],2019) Thenallsubsequentcitations:(CDC,2019) References Includethecompletecitationattheendofyourpaperinareferencessection.Referencesareorganizedbytheauthor'slastnameinalphabetic(A-Z)order.Useanhangingindenttoseparateeachlistitem. BasicFormat: Author,A.A.,&Author,B.B.(Date).Titleofthework.Sourcewhereyoucan retrievethework. URLorDOIifavailable I'mcitinga... JournalArticle Author(s).Note:Listeachauthor'slastnameandinitialasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Useanampersand(&)beforethefinalauthor'sname.ReadmorefromtheAPAStylewebsiteifthereare21ormoreauthors. (Year). Titleofthearticle.Note:Forworksthatarepartofagreaterwhole(e.g.articles,chapter),usesentencecase.Onlythefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandpropernounsarecapitalized. TitleoftheJournal,Note:Italicizeandcapitalizeeachwordinthejournal. VolumeNote:Italicizethejournalvolume.Ifthereisnoissue,includeacommabeforethepagerange. (Issue),Note:Ifthereisaissuenumberinadditiontoavolumenumber,includeitinparentheses. Pagerange. DOI(DigitalObjectIdentifier)ReadmoreaboutDOIsfromtheAPAStylewesbite.   Ashing‐Giwa,K.T.,Padilla,G.,Tejero,J.,Kraemer,J.,Wright,K.,Coscarelli,A.,Clayton,S.,Williams,I.,&Hills,D.(2004).Understandingthebreastcancerexperienceofwomen:AqualitativestudyofAfricanAmerican,AsianAmerican,LatinaandCaucasiancancersurvivors.Psycho‐Oncology,13(6),408-428.https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.750 OnlineNews/MagazineArticle Author(s).Note:Listeachauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Useanampersand(&)beforethefinalauthor'sname. (Year,MonthDate).Note:Youdonotneedtoabbreviatethemonth. Titleofthearticle.Note:Forworksthatarepartofagreaterwhole(e.g.articles,chapter),usesentencecase.Onlythefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandpropernounsarecapitalized. Titleoftheonlinenewspaperorpublication.Note:Capitalizeeachwordinthepublicationanditalicize.Ifthepublicationhasanassociatednewlynewspaperinprint,usethenewspaperarticlereferenceexample. URL   Rogers,O.(2021,July9).Whynamingraceisnecessarytoundoracism.PsychologyToday.https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/who-am-i-who-are-we/202107/why-naming-race-is-necessary-undo-racism Book Author(s).Note:Listeachauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Useanampersand(&)beforethefinalauthor'sname. (Year). Titleofthebook.Note:Forworksthatstandalone(e.g.books,reports),italicizethetitle.Onlycapitalizethefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandanypropernouns. (Edition).Note:Ifthereisaneditionorvolume,includeitinparenthesesanduseabbreviationsofed.orvol. Publisher.Note:Youdonotneedtoincludethepublisherlocationordatabaseswhereyouretrievedit. Schmidt,N.A.,&Brown,J.M.(2017).Evidence-basedpracticefornurses:Appraisalandapplicationofresearch(4thed.).Jones&BartlettLearning,LLC. BookChapterwithEditor(s) Author(s).Note:Listeachchapterauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Useanampersand(&)beforethefinalauthor'sname. (Year). Titleofthechapter.Note:Forworksthatarepartofagreaterwhole(e.g.articles,chapter),usesentencecase.Onlythefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandpropernounsarecapitalized. InEditor(s),Note:Listeacheditor'slastnameandinitialsasA.A.Editor,B.B.Editor,&C.C.Editors,include(Ed.)or(Eds.)inparentheses,andendwithacomma. TitleofthebookNote:Forworksthatstandalone(e.g.books,reports),italicizethetitle.Onlycapitalizethefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandanypropernouns. (pp.xx-xx). Publisher.Note:Youdonotneedtoincludethepublisherlocationordatabaseswhereyouretrievedit.   McCormack,B.,McCance,T.,&Maben,J.(2013).Outcomeevaluationinthedevelopmentofperson-centredpractice.InB.McCormack,K.Manley,&A.Titchen(Eds.),Practicedevelopmentinnursingandhealthcare(pp.190-211).JohnWiley&Sons. WebPage Author(s).Note:Listeachauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Ifthereisnoauthor,spelloutthenameoftheorganizationorsite. (Year,MonthDate).Note:ReadmoreaboutdateformatsfromtheAPAStylewebsite.Provideasspecificadateasisavailable.Usethedatelastupdated,butnotthedatelastreviewedorcopyrightdate.Ifthereisnodate,use(n.d.). Titleofpageorsection.Note:Italicizethetitleofthepage. Source.Note:Usuallytheofficialnameofthewebsite.Ifthesourcewouldbethesameastheauthor,youcanomitthesourcetoavoidrepetition. URL   CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.(n.d.).PreventingHPV-associatedcancers.https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/basic_info/prevention.htm/ OnlineReport Author(s).Note:Listeachauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.,Author,B.B.,&Author,C.C.Ifthereisnoauthor,spelloutthenameoftheorganizationthatpublishedthereport. (Year,MonthDate).Note:Provideasspecificadateasisavailable. Titleofthereportordocument.Note:Forworksthatstandalone(e.g.books,reports),italicizethetitle.Onlycapitalizethefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandanypropernouns. Source.Includesthenamesofparentagenciesorotherorganizationsnotlistedinthegroupauthornamehere. URL LosAngelesCountyDepartmentofPublicHealth.(2017,January).Keyindicatorsofhealthbyserviceplanningarea.http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ha/ DissertationorThesis Author.Note:Listtheauthor'slastnameandinitialsasAuthor,A.A.Thereisusuallyonlyoneauthorforathesisordissertation,youdon'tneedtoincludeanyfacultyadvisers. (Year,MonthDate).Note:Provideasspecificadateasisavailable. Titleofthedissertationorthesis[DoctoraldissertationorMaster'sthesis,NameofUniversity].Note:Forworksthatstandalone(e.g.books,dissertations,theses),italicizethetitle.Onlycapitalizethefirstwordofthetitleandsubtitleandanypropernouns.Thetitlepagewillindicatewhetherit'saDoctoraldissertationorMaster'sthesisandlistthenameoftheuniversitygrantingthedegree. Source.Note:Includethenameofthedatabaseorinstitutionalrepositorywhereyoucanaccessthework(e.g.ProQuestDissertations&ThesesGlobal,PQDTOpen,CSUScholarWorks)here. URLNote:Ifavailableit'savailable. Valentin,E.R.(2019,Summer).NarcissismpredictedbySnapchatselfiesharing,filterusage,andediting[Master'sthesis,CaliforniaStateUniversityDominguezHills].CSUScholarWorks.https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/3197xm925?locale=en CheckoutmoreexamplesforcitingdissertationsandthesesontheAPAStylesite. Citingaletter,photograph,textdocument,graphicmaterial,orephemera?ConsulttheGerthArchives APACitationGuideforArchivalMaterials. FormattingYourAPAPaper WhatdoesanexampleAPApaperlooklike?  APAStyleofferssamplestudentandprofessionalpapers,includingafreeannotatedstudentsamplepaper. SampleStudentPaper(APA7thedition) DownloadandusethisWorddocumentasatemplateforyourpaper! HowdoImakeahangingindentinWord? 1.Highlightthecitaitonwithyourcursor.  2.Rightclick.  3.SelectParagraph. 4.UnderIndentation,selectSpecialandHanging. HowcanIsavetimeformattingmypaper?  MicrosoftWordandGoogleDocshaveaFormatPaintertoolthatwillcopyandapplybasicformattingtoanytext!  1.Highlighttheformattingyouwanttoapply.  2.Select FormatPainter.  3.Highlightthetextyouwanttochange.  Note:IfusingtheFormatPainterontheReferenceList,you'llneedtogobackandadditalics.   ThisguidewascreatedbyTessaWithornat CSUDHLibrary andlicensedundera CreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike4.0InternationalLicense. <>