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Parenthetical Format
(Siegel, 2004)
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(Hunt & Wilkins, 2007)
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(Baxter et al., 2005)
Narrative Format, Subsequent Citations in Text
CDC (2007)
Parenthetical Format, First Citation in Text
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2007)
Parenthetical Format, Subsequent Citations in Text
(CDC, 2007)
Parenthetical Format
(University of Southern California, 2010)
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(Harlow, 1999; Smith, 2001)
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(Jones, 2009a)
(Jones, 2009b)
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("Understanding information overload," n.d.)
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("Drospirenone," 2019)
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(Freud, as cited in Jones, 2003)
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(J. Smith, personal communication, March 19, 2016)
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(Brown v. Board of Education, 1954)
Parenthetical Format
(Violence Against Women, 1994)
Adapted from American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000