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APA 7th Edition Citation Basics

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Book

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title italicized and lowercase after the first word: Except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Publisher Name.

 

Book Chapter

Chapter Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter lowercase after the first word: Except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. In Book Editor's Name (Ed.), Book title italicized and lowercase after the first word: Except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings (page numbers of chapter). Publisher Name.

 

Audiobook

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title of book (N. Narrator, Narr) [Audiobook]. Publisher. URL (if applicable)

Note: It is not necessary to specify an ebook or audiobook version if the content is the same as in print. However, citing an audiobook as such does give you the opportunity to acknowledge the narrator.

 

Academic Article

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Article title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Journal Name Capitalized and Italicized, Volume number(issue number), first page-last page.

 

Newspaper Article

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication, Month and date of publication). Title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Newspaper Name Capitalized and Italicized, section number, first page.

 

Magazine Article

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication, Month and date of publication or season of publication). Title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Magazine Name Capitalized and Italicized, Volume number italicized(Issue number), first page-last page.

 

Online/Electronic Articles

The format is the same as shown above except for the addition of the DOI after the page numbers. If the article is not assigned a DOI, include the web address (URL). In the APA 7th edition it is no longer required to include "Retrieved from" before the URL unless you are including a retrieval date.

Online Academic Article Without Retrieval Date

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Article title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Journal Name Capitalized and Italicized, Volume number(issue number), first page-last page. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Online Academic Article With Retrieval Date

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Article title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Journal Name Capitalized and Italicized, Volume number(issue number), first page-last page. Retrieved Month Day, Year from https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

 

Web Site/Page

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication, Month Date). Title of webpage: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings. Site name. URL

 

Film/Movie

Director, F.I. (Director). (Year of publication). Title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings [Type of media]. Production company.

 

Streaming Video

Author, F.I. [username if applicable]. (Year, Month Day). Title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and the first word of subheadings [Type of media]. Website. URL

 

Social Media

Author, F.I. [@username]. Content of post up to the first 20 words [Description of audiovisual material or links in the post if applicable] [Type of post]. Name of social media site. URL

 

Technical Report

If the organization publishing the report is the only listed author

Organization Name. (Year of Publication). Title of report. URL

If the report has individual authors listed in addition to the organization

Author, F.I., & Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title of report. Organization Name. URL

 

Nevada State Statute

Name of law, Nev. Rev. Stat. § Number.ofStatute (Year of the edition of the law you are referring to, usually the latest edition). URL

 

Maps

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title of map [Map]. Publisher Name. URL

Note: It is now common to cite Google maps, which do not have titles or years of publication. See the Example tab of this page for how to cite a Google Map with a description of the map in brackets rather than the title and then [Map] and a retrieved date included.