Citing Sources: APA 7th Edition
Below are ways to cite sources using APA.
In-Text Citation: APA 7th Edition
In-text citations in APA have three basic parts:
(Last Name(s), Year, p. #)
• Goes at the end of your sentence
• If you use any of these in your sentence, you don’t have to put it at the end.
• Two authors? Use an ampersand (&) to join them. Ex. (Smith & Comanda, 2020)
• More than two authors? Use et al. in your in-text citation. Ex. Smith, Salas, & Comanda would be (Smith et al., 2020)
• Page numbers are required for direct quotations, unless your professor requires them for all in-text citations
Frequently Asked Questions
For article and book titles, capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title and subtitle of the work, as well as any proper nouns. For Journal titles, capitalize all major words.
If no author is listed, simply start your citation with the title of the article/post/page.
If there are two authors, use their last names, initials, and connect them with a "&". If there are three or more authors, use "et al." in your in-text citation after your first author's name (i.s. Davis et al., 2020). List all names fully in your Reference list citation.
Many websites may not have a date listed on the post or article you are citing. If so, use (n.d.) instead to signify no date.
A hanging indent is an indentation that starts one half inch from the left margin. You should use a hanging indent for each line after the first line of a citation in your reference list.