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APA Guide APA 7th Edition

This document provides a quick guide to reference sections and in-text citations for APA 7th edition style. It lists the most common source types like books, journal articles, and websites. For each source type, it shows how to cite the source in the reference section and in-text. Key details include capitalizing title words and italicizing journal titles. Common authors are joined with "and", while three or more are cited as "et al.".

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APA Guide APA 7th Edition

This document provides a quick guide to reference sections and in-text citations for APA 7th edition style. It lists the most common source types like books, journal articles, and websites. For each source type, it shows how to cite the source in the reference section and in-text. Key details include capitalizing title words and italicizing journal titles. Common authors are joined with "and", while three or more are cited as "et al.".

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APA 7 TH EDITION QUICK GUIDE

REFERENCE SECTION AND IN-TEXT CITATIONS


(ADAPTED FROM https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/236120/apa-quick-guide.pdf )

The sources listed below are the most common types of sources you will cite in your writing as an undergraduate. If you use a source type that is not listed
below, please refer to the following two links:

https://www.waikato.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/236120/apa-quick-guide.pdf

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html

Type of Source Reference Page In-text Citation


Book King, M. (2000). Wrestling with the angel: A life of Janet Frame. Viking. (King, 2000) or
N.B. The first letter of the first word of the main title, subtitle and all proper nouns have capital King (2000) states that ...
letters
Two authors (in- Smith, Q. & Brown, J. (2010). Cycling through Sri Lanka. Collins. (Smith & Brown, 2010) or
text citation the Smith and Brown (2010) state that…
same for all
sources) N.B. Use & between authors’ names,
except when paraphrasing in text.
Three or more Krause, K.-L., Bochner, S., & Duchesne, S. (2006). Educational psychology for (Krause et al., 2006) or
authors (in-text learning and teaching (2nd ed.). Thomson. Krause et al. (2006) state that…
citation the same
for all sources)

Journal article – Hohepa, M., Schofield, G., & Kolt, G. S. (2006). Physical activity: What do high (Hohepa et al., 2006)
academic/scholarl school students think? Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(3), 328-336.
y (electronic
version) http://doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.024

N.B. A capital letter is used for key words in the journal title. The journal title and
volume number are italicised, followed by the issue number in brackets (not italicised
Website Statistics New Zealand. (2007, December 17). New Zealand in profile 2007. Stats NZ (Statistics New Zealand, 2007)
Tatauranga Aotearoa. http://www.stats.govt.nz or
According to Statistics New Zealand
N.B. Author (could be an organization) (2007), ……

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