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APA 7 Citation Examples

Page on a Website 

Author(s). (Year, Month Day). Page title. Site Name. URL.

Doheny, K. (2020, October 23). Searching for clues to COVID-19 immunity. WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201023/searching-for-clues-to-covid-immunity

 

Article in an Academic Journal (from a Database)

Author(s). (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), Page Range. DOI

White, N. (2019). Use of mental imagery to learn CPR skills in pre-registration nurse education. British Journal of Nursing, 28(7), 468–469. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.7.468

 

Entry from a Career Information Database (Group Author)

Author(s). (Year, Month Day). Entry title. Site Name. Retrieved Month Date, Year from URL

National Center for O*Net Development. (2020, August 18). Exercise physiologists. O*Net Online. Retrieved October 5, 2020 from https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/29-1128.00

 

Book

Author(s). (Year). Book title. Publisher. 

Owen, D. (2019). Volume control: Hearing in a deafening world. Riverhead.

 

Entry in an Encyclopedia (Group Author)

Author(s). (Year). Entry title. In Editor's Name (Ed.). Encyclopedia title (edition, Volume, page range). Publisher. 

Gale. (2016). Dissociative identity disorder. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of psychology (3rd ed., Vol. 1, pp. 325-327). Gale.

 

Article in an Academic Journal

Author(s). (Year). Article title. Journal Title, Volume(Issue), Page Range

Garrison, K. L. (2020). Growing up graphically: Coming-of-age issues in graphic novels. Knowledge Quest, 48(5), 8-14. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.7.468.

 

Personal Interview

No entry is required in the References list. Whenever you cite something from your interview in your text, use this format:

 (Interviewee's First Initial and Last Name, personal communication, Month Day, Year)    

Example: (A. Brandt, personal communication, October 26, 2020).

 

Class Lecture

No entry is required in the References list. Whenever you cite something from your class lecture in your text, use this format:

 (Lecturer's First Initial and Last Name, personal communication, Month Day, Year)    

Example: (R. Higginbotham, personal communication, October 26, 2020).

 

Film

Director Name(s). (Director). (Publication Date). Film title [Film]. Production Company.

Coen, E., & Coen, J. (Directors). (2010). True grit [Film]. Paramount.