Finding STEM Information (SDV 101): APA

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These citation guides also include many examples that may help:

 These websites provide extra resources and guidance:

• APA Style Blog https://apastyle.apa.org/blog

APA stands for American Psychological Association. APA style is typically used for courses in the sciences. The current APA Publication Manual is the 7th edition, published in 2019. Core elements for citations include the author, title of the item, title of the place the item appears (like a journal or website), publication date, and location or URL where you can find the source.

Reference ; BF76.7 .P83 2020  - 2 copies

• Overall Paper Set-up:   https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format
• In-Text Citations:  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations
• Basic Principles of Reference List Entries:  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/basic-principles
• Quick Guide - APA Reference Page: Creating an APA Style Reference List Guide
• End-of-Paper Citations:  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references
• Sample APA papers: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/sample-papers

Your citations must be double-spaced with a hanging indent and will be listed together at the end of your paper on the References page. 

Book:

Author(s) last name, initials. (Date). Title of the book: Subtitle. Publisher. URL if online.

Example: Burton, K.T. (2016). The best librarian in the world: How librarians are amazing. University of Chicago Press. http://safaribooks.com/librarian/2016

Journal article:

Author(s) last name, initials. (Date). Title of the article: Subtitle. Title of the Journal, volume(issue), pages. doi number URL

Example: Burton, K.T. (2017). Librarians are the best: How we will make life easy. Library Journal, 22(3), 7-28. http://doi.org/101.345/b677

Webpage:

Author(s) or organization name. (Date, including day and month). Title of the Website. URL

Example: Virginia Western Community College. (2016, June 2). Tips for citing your sources. http://www.virginiawestern.edu/library/index.php.

In-text citations:

(Author's Last Name or organization name for website, date, page number if applicable)

Example: (Burton, 2014, p. 213) or (Virginia Western Community College, 2020)