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APA Style Documentation, 7th Edition: I need to cite . . .

Style guide for the 7th edition, published Oct. 2019

If you need to cite . . .

  • periodicals (articles,) see Section 10.1, (pp. 316-321 in the Publication Manual)
     
  • ​group authors or parent agencies in websites, see Section 9.11 (p. 288)
     
  • webpages/websites, see Section 10.16 (pp. 350-352)
     
  • social media/online media, see Section 10.15 (pp. 348-350)
     
  • newspaper or magazine articles, see Section 10.1, examples 15 & 16 (p. 320)
     
  • books or reference works, see Section 10.2+ (pp. 321-329)
     
  • government reports or reports from other organizations (gray literature), see Section 10.4 (pp. 329-331)
     
  • data sets or software, see Section 10.9 (pp. 337-340)
     
  • scales, tests, or inventories, see Section 10.11 (pp. 340-341)
     
  • audiovisual media/YouTube/Kanopy, see Section 10.12 (pp. 342-347)
     
  • PowerPoint slices or lecture notes, see Section 10.14 (p. 347)
     
  • quotations, see Section 8.25 + (pp.270-278)

 

In addition, if you need to find . . . .            

  • database info for references, see Section 9.30 (pp. 296-297)
     
  • more reference examples, see Chapter 10 (pp. 313+ )
     
  • facts about DOIs or URLs, see Section 9.34 (pp. 298-301)
     
  • title case or sentence case, see Section 6.17 (p. 167-168)

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