APA Style References & In-Text Citations: Examples
*Page numbers are only required within in-text citations if using direct quotations *
References
Your references should be listed on a separate page of your paper with the heading References.
All references should be arranged in alphabetical order by the first piece of information cited (usually author name).
References should be double-spaced, and have a ½″ hanging indentation.
If a there is no date for a work, use n.d. in place of the date.
If there is no author for a work, begin with the title of the work instead.
If a work has three to seven authors, list all authors by last name and initials, with the last author’s name preceded by an ampersand (&).
If a work has an organization as its author, use the name of the organization in place of the author name.
If a reference is listed, there must be an accompanying in-text citation
In-Text Citations
Are required for paraphrased ideas and direct quotes
Follow the Author, Date format… (Smith, 2019).
Punctuation should follow the citation
Must be represent all items on the reference page
More than two authors can be written as the first author et al. (Smith et all, 2020).
Examples
Book with an editor
Bodie, V., & Oczarczak, A. (Eds.). (2010). Modern criminology.
In-text Citation: (Modern Criminology, 2010, p. 16)
Journal Article
Elam, H. J., & Elam, M. (2009). Blood debt: Reparations in Langston Hughes’s Mulatto.
Theatre Journal, 61(1), 85-103. http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal
In-text Citation: (Elam & Elam, 2009, p. 90)
Website with Author
Doe, J. G., & Smith, E. S. (2011). How to grow tomatoes.
http://www.ehow.com/how_535_grow-tomatoes.html
In-text Citation: (Doe & Smith, 2011)
Website without Author
Criminal psychology. (2010). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_psychology
In-text Citation: (“Criminal Psychology,” 2010)
SUO Lecture Notes
Change University Online. (2010). ENG 1002: Composition II: Week 2: Feminist ways of
reading. myeclassonline.com
In-text Citation: (Change University Online, 2010)
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