APA referencing list 7th ed Style
References are the list of consulted works. It is written at the end of the academic text. References include sources that have been directly
cited in your paper. For each source, you will have at least one in-text citation in the body of your paper.
Some of the common references are shown below.
Electronic resources
Jones, J. (2016, March 23). Guided reading: Making the most of it [PowerPoint slides].
SlideShare. https://www.slideshare.net/hellojenjones/guided-reading-making-the-most-
PowerPoint slides available online of-it
When the slides are available online to anyone, provide the site name on which they are
hosted in the source element of the reference, followed by the URL of the slides.
Blog Post Rutledge, P. (2019, March 11). The upside of social media. The Media Psychology Blog.
http://www.pamelarutledge.com/2019/03/11/the-upside-of-social-media
Online Dictionary Entry American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Internet addiction. In APA dictionary of
psychology. Retrieved April 24, 2020, from https://dictionary.apa.org/internet-addiction
Online Magazine Article Gander, K. (2020, April 29). COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Australia raises
antibodies to neutralize virus in pre-clinical tests. Newsweek.
https://www.ntewsweek.com/australia-covid-19- vaccine-neutralize-virus-1500849
Report by a Group Author World Health Organization. (2014). Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal,
infant and young child nutrition.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_
eng.pdf?ua=1
Press Release American Psychological Association. (2020, March 2). APA reaffirms psychologists’ role
in combating climate change [Press release].
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2020/03/combatingclimate-change
Dissertation From a Database Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An
examination of how social media use impacts social capital and affects college choice,
access, and transition (Publication No. 10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York
University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
YouTube Video Above The Noise. (2017, October 18). Can procrastination be a good thing? [Video].
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMwmBNNOnQ
Infographic American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Data sharing [Infographic].
https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ data-sharing-infographic.pdf
Webpage Chandler, N. (2020, April 9). What’s the difference between Sasquatch and Bigfoot?
howstuffworks. https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/
sasquatch-bigfoot-difference. htm
Webpage With a Retrieval Date Center for Systems Science and Engineering. (2020). COVID-19 dashboard. Johns
Hopkins University. Retrieved May 6, 2020, from https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Reference
______Common Reference Examples Guide. APA Style (7th ed). https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf
Exercise
Rewrite the following references in correct seventh edition APA Style. Pay attention to both the
order and format of elements in each reference.
Journal Article
Lachner, Andreas; Backfisch, Iris; Hoogerheide, Vincent; van Gog, Tamara; & Renkl, Alexander. Timing
Matters! Explaining Between Study Phases Enhances Students’ Learning. Journal of Educational
Psychology, Volume 112, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 841–853. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000396
Lachner, A., Backfisch, I., Hoogerheide, V., van Gog, T., & Renkl, A. (2020). Timing Matters! Explaining
Between Study Phases Enhances Students’ Learning. Journal of Educational Psychology. 112(4), 841-853.
https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000396
Online Magazine Article
KASHMIRA GANDER, 4/29/20, COVID-19 VACCINE BEING DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA RAISES
ANTIBODIES TO NEUTRALIZE VIRUS IN PRE-CLINICAL TESTS, Newsweek,
https://www.newsweek.com/australia-covid-19-vaccine-neutralize-virus-1500849
Gander, K. (2020, April 29). COVID-19 vaccine being developed in Australia raises antibodies to neutralize
virus in pre-clinical tests. Newsweek. https://www.ntewsweek.com/australia-covid-19- vaccine-neutralize-
virus-1500849
Blog Post
The Media Psychology Blog. (2019, March 11). Rutledge, P. The Upside of Social Media.
http://www.pamelarutledge.com/2019/03/11/the-upside-of-social-media
Rutledge, P. (2019, March 11). The upside of social media. The Media Psychology Blog.
http://www.pamelarutledge.com/2019/03/11/the-upside-of-social-media
Report by a Group Author
World Health Organization 2014. COMPREHENSIVE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ON MATERNAL, INFANT
AND YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION, World Health Organization.
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?ua=1
World Health Organization. (2014) Comprehensive implementation plan on maternal, infant, and young child
nutrition. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?ua=1
Dissertation From a Database
Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social media use impacts social
capital and affects college choice, access, and transition. Horvath-Plyman, Melissa. ProQuest Dissertations
and Theses Global, (Publication No. 10937367). [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. 2018
Horvath-Plyman, M. (2018). Social media and the college student journey: An examination of how social
media use impacts social capital and affects college choice, access, and transition (Publication No.
10937367) [Doctoral dissertation, New York University]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.
YouTube Video
Above The Noise. (10/18/2017). Can procrastination be a good thing (Video)? YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMwmBNNOnQ
Above The Noise. (2017, October 18). Can procrastination be a good thing? [Video]. YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMwmBNNOnQ
PowerPoint Slides From a Classroom Website
Mack, R. and Spake, G. (2018). [PowerPoint slides] Citing open source images and formatting references
for presentations. Canvas@FNU https://fnu.onelogin.com/login
Mack, R. & Spake, G. (2018). Citing open source images and formatting references for presentations.
[PowerPoint slides]. Canvas@FNU. https://fnu.onelogin.com/login
Webpage
Nathan Chandler (2020 April 9). howstuffworks.
(https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/sasquatch-bigfoot-difference.htm).
What's the difference between Sasquatch and Bigfoot?
Chandler, N. (2020, April 9). What's the difference between Sasquatch and Bigfoot? howstuffworks.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/sasquatch-bigfoot-difference.htm
