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APA citations consist of the in-text citation and the reference list entry. ... This citation guide is based on the 6th edition of the APA Manual. Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator Home KnowledgeBase APAStyle6thedition APA6theditionAPA7theditionCitationQuickguideIn-textcitationPaperformatQuickguideRunningheadTitlepageAbstractTableofcontentsReferencepageHeadingsTablesandfiguresCitationexamplesBookJournalarticleWebsiteNewspaperarticleMovieYouTubevideoDictionaryentry Interestingtopics Researchpaper Researchbias Collegeessay APAStyle6thedition Applyingtograduateschool Statistics ChicagoStyle Languagerules Methodology MLAStyle Academicwriting Startingtheresearchprocess Dissertation Essay Tips APAStyle7thedition APAcitationexamples Citingsources Plagiarism Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator QuickGuidetoAPACitation(6thed.)|In-TextCitation&ReferenceList ThisarticlereflectstheAPA6theditionguidelines.ClickhereforAPA7theditionguidelines. APAstyleisoneofthemostcommonformatsforcitingsourcesOtherwellknowncitationstylesinclude MLAandChicago. APAStylecitationsconsistoftwoparts: In-textcitation:Abriefcitationinparentheseswhenyoumentionasource,citingtheauthor’slastnameandtheyearofpublication,e.g.(Smith,2019).Itidentifiesthefullsourceinthereferencelist. Referencelistentry:Fullpublicationdetailslistedonthereferencepage,whichappearsattheendofyourpaper.Thereferenceprovidesalltheinformationneededtofindthesource,e.g.Smith,P.(2019,April18).CitingSourcesinAPAFormat.RetrievedApril21,2019,fromhttps://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/ Thiscitationguideisbasedonthe6theditionoftheAPAManual.Thelatestedition,publishedinOctober2019,isnotyetsupported,butwehavecompiledaquickguidetothemostimportant7theditionchanges. Webpage Book Journalarticle Newspaperarticle Video More Magazinearticle Wikipediaentry Conferencepaper Conferenceproceeding Pressrelease Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually Cite TheScribbrCitationGeneratorwillautomaticallycreateaflawlessAPAcitation orcitemanually TableofcontentsIn-textcitationsReferencelistAPAformattingforpapers In-textcitations Anin-textcitationisaconcisewaytoshowthereaderwheretheoriginalideacamefromandtogivecredittotheoriginalauthor.Useoneeverytimeyouquoteorparaphraseasource. Includetheauthor’slastnameandtheyearofpublication.Whenquotingasource,it’salsonecessarytoincludethepagenumber(s)ofthequote. AnearlierstudyinwhichXandYwerecomparedrevealedthat…(Smith,2017). Smith(2017)showshow,inthepast,researchintoXwasmainlyconcernedwith… 2authors Whentherearetwoauthors,separatetheirlastnameswithanampersand(&),orwiththeword‘and’whentheyappearintherunningtext. Researchshowsthatthereisagreatneedfor…(Reynolds&Thomas,2014). ReynoldsandThomas(2014)writethatthereisagreatneedfor… 3-5authors Whentherearethreeormoreauthors,separatetheirlastnamesusingcommas.Thelasttwoauthors’lastnamesshouldbeseparatedbybothacommaandanampersand. Recentresearchsuggeststhatthereis…(McGuire,Morrison,Reynolds,&Thomas,2014). McGuire,Morrison,Reynolds,andThomas(2014)arguethat… Ifyoucitethesamesourceagain,tosavespace,youshortenthecitation.Insteadofincludingalltheauthors’names,includeonlythefirstauthor,followedby“etal.”(meaning“andothers”). Inthisresearch,manyparticipantsmadeuseof…(McGuireetal.,2014). McGuireetal.(2014)noticedthat… 6ormoreauthors Ifasourcehassixormoreauthors,usetheshortenedversionfromthefirstcitation. Lunottetal.(2015)discussthe… Organizationasauthor Whenasourcedoesnotlistanindividualauthor,itcanoftenbeattributedtoanorganizationinstead. Accordingtonewresearch…(Microsoft,2014). Quotes Whenyouquoteasource,youalsohavetoaddthepagenumbertothein-textcitation. Accordingtothecompany’sbusinessplan, “makinganAPACitationGeneratorisalotofwork,butmanystudentsbenefitfromit”(Swan,2014,p.5). Multiplesourcesinonecitation Sometimes,it’snecessarytocitemultiplesourcesinonesentence.Youcancombinethemintoonesetofparentheses,separatedbysemicolons. Variousstudiesshowthat…(Docker&Vagrant,2002;Porter,1997;Lima,Swan,&Corrieri,2012). Fullin-textcitationguide Referencelist Everysourcecitedinthetextmustalsoappearinyourreferencelist. Theformatdiffersdependingonthesourcetype,buteveryreferencebeginsinthesameway:withtheauthor’slastnameandinitials,thepublicationyearordate,andthetitleofthesource. Bookcitations Note:Booktitlesshouldbeitalicized. Format LastName,Initials.(Year).Booktitle(edition).City,State/Country:Publisher. Example Porter,M.E.(1998).Competitivestrategy:Techniquesforanalyzingindustriesandcompetitors(3rded.).NewYork,NY:FreePress. Journalarticlecitations Note:Thejournaltitleandvolumenumbershouldbeitalicized. Format LastName,Initials.,&LastName,Initials.(Year).Articletitle.JournalName,Volume(Issue),PageNumber(s).https://doi.org/DoiNumber Example Andreff,W.,&Staudohar,P.D.(2000).TheevolvingEuropeanmodelofprofessionalsportsfinance.JournalofSportsEconomics,1(3),257–276.https://doi.org./10.1177/152700250000100304 Websitecitations Format LastName,Initials.(Year,MonthDay).Pagetitle[OptionalType].Retrievedfromhttp://webaddress Example Worland,J.(2015,July27).U.S.floodriskcouldbeworsethanwethought.Retrievedfromhttp://time.com/3973256/flooding-risk-coastal-cities Reportcitations Note:Thetitleshouldbeitalicized. Format OrganizationNameorAuthorLastName,Initials.(Year).Reporttitle.Retrievedfromhttp://webaddress Example RoyalBankofScotland.(2015).Annualreportandaccounts2014.Retrievedfromhttp://investors.rbs.com/~/media/Files/R/RBS-IR/2014-reports/annual-report-2014.pdf MoreAPAStyleexamples Doyouwanttociteanimage,interview,YouTubevideo,movie,oranothersourcetypethatisnotonthislist?WehavemanymoreAPAStyleexamplestohelpyoucitecorrectly. Sortingthereferencelist Sortthereferencesinalphabeticalorderbasedontheauthor’slastname.Ifyoucitemultiplesourcesbythesameauthor,thensortthembypublicationyear. WhenyouusetheAPACitationGenerator,yourreferencelistisalphabetizedautomatically. Fullreferencelistguide Whatisyourplagiarismscore? Compareyourpaperwithover60billionwebpagesand30millionpublications. Bestplagiarismcheckerof2021 Plagiarismreport&percentage Largestplagiarismdatabase ScribbrPlagiarismChecker APAformattingforpapers TherearecertainformattingrulesyoumustadheretowhenwritingapaperinAPAformat. Thebasicrequirementsare: TimesNewRoman12pt Doublelinespacing One-inch(2.54cm)margins Left-alignedrunningheadwithashortenedtitleandpagenumber Inadditiontothesegeneralrules,therearemorespecificrequirementsforformattingthetitlepage,runninghead,abstract,referencepageandheadingsandsubheadings. Isthisarticlehelpful? 132 8 Youhavealreadyvoted.Thanks:-) Yourvoteissaved:-) Processingyourvote... Scribbr'sprofessionaleditorscanhelp! 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