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APA: APA Guide

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Basic APA Citation

Author Last Name, F. M., & Author Last Name, F. M. (date). Title of article or chapter in sentence case. Title of main work in italics: Subtitle of main work in italics, volume # in italics (issue #), page-range. Publisher. https://doi:###.#####.#### or http://journalURL with no punctuation following


Basic In-Text or Parenthetical

Smith (2019) said, “Quote in quotation marks is all that is needed.” She said that all sentences that do not explicitly mention the author, or that are a student’s paraphrase, should have the author’s last name
and the year in parentheses at the end of the sentence (Smith, 2019).

Smith stated in 2019 that you do not need to include parenthetical    information when author’s name mentioned.
Only include page numbers for large works (Smith, 2019, p.120- 127).

If no authors, use the title of work how it will list in references list (APA guideline, 2019).

If more than three authors, use the first author name and et al. (Smith et al., 2019).

Sample APA Student Paper by OWL Purdue

Our APA Handout

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Citation Help Guide

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