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Startciting CitationGeneratorfeaturesyou'lllove Autocite Searchforyoursourcebytitle,URL,DOI,ISBN,andmoretoretrievetherelevantinformationautomatically. APA6th&7thedition TheAPACitationGeneratorsupportsbothAPA6andAPA7.Nomatterwhateditionyou’reusing,we’vegotyoucovered! ExporttoBib(La)TeX EasilyexportinBibTeXformatandcontinueworkinginyourfavoriteLaTeXeditor. ExporttoWord Referencelistfinished?ExporttoWordwithperfectindentationandspacingsetupforyou. Sorting,grouping,andfiltering Organizethereferencelistthewayyouwant:fromAtoZ,newtoold,orgroupedbysourcetype. Savemultiplelists Stayorganizedbycreatingaseparatereferencelistforeachofyourassignments. Fonts ChoosebetweenTimesNewRoman,Arial,Calibri,andmoreoptionstomatchyourstyle. Industry-standardtechnology TheScribbrCitationGeneratorisbuiltusingthesamecitationsoftware(CSL)asMendeleyandZotero,butwithanaddedlayerforimprovedaccuracy. Annotations Createperfectlyformattedannotatedbibliographieswithjustafewclicks. Quicktips Explanatorytipshelpyougetthedetailsrighttoensureaccuratecitations. Citationguides GettingtogripswithcitationissimplewiththehelpofourhighlyratedAPAcitationguidesandvideos. Securebackup YourworkissavedautomaticallyaftereverychangeandstoredsecurelyinyourScribbraccount. Introduction In-textcitations Thebasics Parentheticalvs.narrative Multipleauthors Missinginformation References Thebasics Referenceexamples Missinginformation Formatting Thebasics Sourcestoinclude Toolsandresources Scrolltotop HowtocreateAPAcitations APAStyleiswidelyusedbystudents,researchers,andprofessionalsinthesocialandbehavioralsciences.TheScribbrAPACitationGeneratorautomaticallygeneratesaccuratereferencesandin-textcitationsforfree. Thiscitationguideoutlinesthemostimportantcitationguidelinesfromthe7theditionAPAPublicationManual(2020).Wealsooffera6theditionguide. APAin-textcitations Thebasics APAin-textcitationsincludetheauthor’slastname,publicationdate,and,ifrelevant,alocatorsuchasapagenumberortimestamp.Forexample,(Smith,2021,p.170).Seeitasashorterversionoftheentryinthereferencelist. Youshouldincludein-textcitationseverytimeyou’requotingorparaphrasingsomeoneelse’sideasorwords.Indoingso,yougivecredittotheoriginalauthorandavoidplagiarism. Parentheticalvs.narrativecitation Thein-textcitationcantaketwoforms:parentheticalandnarrative.BothtypesaregeneratedautomaticallywhencitingasourcewithScribbr’sAPACitationGenerator. Parentheticalcitation:Accordingtonewresearch…(Smith,2020). Narrativecitation:Smith(2020)notesthat… Multipleauthorsandcorporateauthors Thein-textcitationchangesslightlywhenasourcehasmultipleauthorsoranorganizationasanauthor.Payattentiontopunctuationandtheuseoftheampersand(&)symbol. Authortype Parentheticalcitation Narrativecitation Oneauthor (Smith,2020) Smith(2020) Twoauthors (Smith&Jones,2020) SmithandJones(2020) Threeormoreauthors (Smithetal.,2020) Smithetal.(2020) Organization (Scribbr,2020) Scribbr(2020) Missinginformation Whentheauthor,publicationdateorlocatorisunknown,takethestepsoutlinedbelow. Missingelement Whattodo Parentheticalcitation Author Usethesourcetitle.* (SourceTitle,2020) Date Write“n.d.”for“nodate.” (Smith,n.d.) Pagenumber Eitheruseanalternativelocatoror omitthepagenumber. (Smith,2020,Chapter3)or (Smith,2020) *Formatthetitlebasedonitsformattinginthecorrespondingreferenceentry(eitheritalicizedor,ifthetitleinthereferenceentryisnotitalicized,placedinquotationmarks).Usetitlecasecapitalization. APAreferences Thebasics APAreferencesgenerallyincludeinformationabouttheauthor,publicationdate,title,andsource.Dependingonthetypeofsource,youmayhavetoincludeextrainformationthathelpsyourreaderlocatethesource. Referenceexamples Citingasourcestartswithchoosingthecorrectreferenceformat.UseScribbr’sCitationExampleGeneratortolearnmoreabouttheformatforthemostcommonsourcetypes.Paycloseattentiontopunctuation,capitalization,anditalicization. GenerateAPAcitationsforfree Missinginformation Itisnotuncommonforcertaininformationtobeunknownormissing,especiallywithsourcesfoundonline.Inthesecases,thereferenceisslightlyadjusted. Missingelement Whattodo Referenceformat Author Startthereferenceentrywiththesourcetitle. Title.(Date).Source. Date Write“n.d.”for“nodate”. Author.(n.d.).Title.Source. Title Describetheworkinsquarebrackets. Author.(Date).[Description].Source. FormattingtheAPAreferencepage Thebasics Onthereferencepage,youlistallthesourcesthatyou’vecitedthroughoutyourpaper.Placethepage,rightafterthemainbodyandbeforeanyappendices. Onthefirstlineofthepage,writethesectionlabel“References”(inboldandcentered).Onthesecondline,startlistingyourreferencesinalphabeticalorder. ApplytheseformattingguidelinestotheAPAreferencepage: Doublespacing(withinandbetweenreferences) Hangingindentof½inch Legiblefont(e.g.TimesNewRoman12orArial11) Pagenumberinthetoprightheader Whichsourcestoinclude Onthereferencepage,youonlyincludesourcesthatyouhavecitedinthetext(withanin-textcitation).Youshouldnotincludereferencestopersonalcommunicationsthatyourreadercan’taccess(e.g.emails,phoneconversationsorprivateonlinematerial). Toolsandresources InadditiontotheAPACitationGenerator,Scribbrprovidesmanymoretoolsandresourcesthathelpmillionsofstudentsandacademicseverymonth. CitationChecker:Uploadyourpaperandhaveartificialintelligencecheckyourcitationsforerrorsandinconsistencies. Plagiarismcheckerforstudents:Detect,understand,andresolveplagiarismbycomparingyourpaperwithbillionsofsources. Guidesandvideos:Explorehundredsofarticles,bite-sizedvideos,time-savingtemplates,andhandycheckliststhatguideyouthroughtheprocessofresearch,writing,andcitation. 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