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APA Style 7th Edition: Citing Your Sources

Provide guidance on APA format style based on the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

Standard Format

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Basic Format:
Who = Author (When = year). What = Title of work Where = Website name and URL

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

(year).

(year, Month).

(year, Month date).

(n.d.).

Title of work: Use sentence case

Site Name.

Retrieved Month day, year, from https://xxxx...

or

https://xxx....

Formatting Rules

  • Use when there is no other reference category that fits the source type and the work has no overarching publication (e.g., journal, blog, conference proceedings, etc.) other than the website itself
  • If you refer to a website in general in you text, do not create a reference or in-text citation, instead refer to the websites name in the text followed by the URL in parentheses
  • Provide the most specific date possible
  • When site name is the designated author, omit including the site name from the reference
  • Include a retrieval date when content is designed to change and the page is not archived

Examples

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Library of Congress. (n.d.). Today in history- February 14. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/february-14/
Chappell, B. (2020, January 15). Virginia ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment, decades after the deadline. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796754345/virginia-ratifies-the-equal-rights-amendment-decades-after-deadline
U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d.) U.S. and world population clock. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved January 15, 2020, from https://www.census.gov/popclock/
American Psychological Association. (2019a). Careers in psychology. https://www.apa.org/careers/index
American Psychological Association. (2019b). Psychology topics. https://www.apa.org/topics/index
American Psychological Association. (2019c). About APA. https://www.apa.org/about/index

(See Articles for articles in online magazines or newspapers)