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Creating References in APA Style 7th edition

Learn about the four elements of an APA Style reference: the author, date, title, and source.

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APA Style 7th ed. Reference List- How to do it!

Reference List Entries (Links to an external site.)

The works cited in the text of the paper should, in most cases, have corresponding reference list entries that provide the information necessary for readers to identify and retrieve the cited works.

All references consist of four components that appear in the following order:

*Author*	the person, persons, and/or group responsible for the work
*Date*	the date the work was published (or the indicator “n.d.” if no date of publication is available)
*Title*	the title of the work being cited
*Source*	the location where readers can retrieve the cited work

Here are some of the most common APA Style reference formats and their accompanying in-text citations.

Journal Article

Ouyang, K., Cheng, B. H., Lam, W., & Parker, S. K. (2019). Enjoy your evening, be proactive tomorrow: How off-job experiences shape daily proactivity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 104(8), 1003–1019. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0000391

Book

Rabinowitz, F. E. (2019). Deepening group psychotherapy with men: Stories and insights for the journey. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000132-000

Edited Book Chapter

Baldacchino, L. (2019). Intuition in entrepreneurial cognition. In A. Caputo & M. Pellegrini (Eds.), The anatomy of entrepreneurial decisions (pp. 29–56). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19685-1_3

Report

Webpage on a Website

National Institute of Mental Health. (2016, February). Schizophrenia. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml

What is APA Style?

What is APA style?

APA (American Psychological Association) is a style format used for writing and citing most commonly in the social sciences. It has distinct rules for writing and citing to provide a consistent presentation of information in the disciplines that are suited to this style of writing and the delivery of discovery in these fields.
APA has specific paper formatting rules, table and chart requirements, tone and voice rules, citation requirements, and more.

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By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to understand and implement the following basic elements of APA Style:

paper elements, format, and organization
academic writing style
grammar and usage
bias-free language guidelines

mechanics of style

tables and figures

in-text citations, paraphrasing, and quotations

reference list format and order

Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style (Links to an external site.)

APA Style (2020, August). Reference List Entries. Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style, American Psychological Association. https://extras.apa.org/apastyle/basics-7e/?_ga=2.122925507.971158919.1597165051-1576467126.1595362138#/ (Links to an external site.)

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