APA Style, 7th ed
Citing Your Sources in APA Style
"APA Style" refers to a set of rules for formatting, writing. and citing your research for an academic paper or project. The style is currently in the 7th edition. The main goal is to ensure that your citations are clear, consistent, and easy for your reader to find the sources that you cite.
In APA Style, there are two parts to every citation:
- In-text citations
- Reference List citations
In order to be correctly citing your sources, you have to make sure to include both parts in your project.
- LSC-Online Library APA Guide
Information about how to cite in APA Style with examples for all different types of information
APA Basics
In-text Citations
- brief citations to get your reader to the References page where they can find out more
- appear within the body of your work directly following the information
- tell the reader what part of an article or book or website that you used (page numbers, video time stamps, etc) if you are directly quoting from a source
Basic In-text Citation
If paraphrasing, or putting it into your own words, you don't need to include the page numbers.
(Author, Date)
Example
(Smith, 2021).
References List
- full citations for every work referenced in your paper
- cites the entire book, article, video, etc
- includes information about the source itself and where it can be located
For examples of all of the different types of Reference List entries, see APA Citation Examples
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