REFERENCE RULES FOR References are listed from A to Z on

the last page of your assignment.

APA Style, 7 th
edition

Format Reference templates Reference examples

Author, A. (Year of publication). Title in sentence case and italics: Anderson, N. (2013). The internet police: How crime went online, and the cops
Print book or
Capitalize first word of subtitle. Publisher. followed. Norton.
ebook
https://doi.org/xxxxx *If no doi is assigned, end reference with publisher (as shown above).

Print book, Author, A. (Year of publication). Title of work in sentence case and Kozier, B. J., Erb, G., Berman, A.J., Snyder, S., Buck, M., Yiu, L., & Leeseberg
adapted italics: Capitalize first word of subtitle (# Canadian ed.). Stamler, L. (2014). Fundamentals of Canadian nursing: Concepts, process
Canadian Publisher. and practice (3rd Canadian ed.). Pearson.
edition

Edited book Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter Cleveland, G. (2012). The economics of early childhood education and care in
chapter or or work in sentence case. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Canada. In L. Prochner & N. Howe (Eds.), Recent perspectives in early
short work in Title of book in sentence case and italics (first page of chapter– childhood education and care in Canada (pp. 80-108). University of
an anthology last page of chapter). Publisher. Toronto Press.

Journal article Author, A. (Year of publication). Title of article in sentence case: Spitz, D., & Hunter, S. (2005). Contested codes: The social construction of
(1-19 authors) First word of subtitle capitalized. Title of Journal in Mixed Case Napster. Information Society, 21(3), 169-180.
in italics, volume number in italics(issue number in brackets), https://doi.org/10.1080/01972240490951890
first page-last page. https://doi.org/xxxxx *If no DOI is assigned, end with page range.

Webpage w/ Author, A. A. & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of article in sentence case. Kenton, W. (2019, February 21). Financial Literacy. Investopedia.
individual Name of Website. https://www. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/financial-literacy.asp
author(s)

Webpage w/ Name of Group or Organization. (Year, Month Day). Title of article Canadian Blood Services. (n.d.). What are stem cells?
group author in sentence case. https://www. https://blood.ca/en/stem-cells/eligibility-and-registration/what-are-
(no date) stem-cells

Article from Author(s) last name, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of article in Reuters, T. (2020, January 16). Google parent, Alphabet, just became trillion-
newspaper sentence case. Title of Newspaper or News Website in Mixed dollar company. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-
website Case and Italics. http://www.full-url-to-article.com trillion-dollar-company-1.5429960

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 Citations are written in the text of your
CITATION RULES FOR assignment when you use words or
ideas from a source.

APA Style, 7th edition

Format Examples of parenthetical citations Examples of narrative citation

1 author This is a sample paraphrased sentence with one author (Johnson, 2018). Johnson (2018) found that all of the sentences in this table are fabricated.

This is a sample sentence with one author “and a quotation” (Johnson, Johnson (2018) found that “some sentences fabricated in this table contain
2018, p. 4) direct quotes” (p. 3).

2 authors This is a sample sentence with two authors (Wang & Garcia, 2012).
This is a sample sentence with two authors “and a quotation” (Wang &
Garcia, 2012, para. 5).
Research by Wang and Garcia (2012) suggested that this is a sample
sentence.
Research by Wang and Garcia (2012) suggested that this sample sentence
include two authors “and a quotation” (para. 5).

3+ authors This is a sample sentence with three or more authors (Miller et al., According to Miller et al. (2017), this is a sample sentence.
2017).
According to Miller et al. (2017), this sample sentence is fantastic and
This is a sample sentence with three or more authors “and a quotation” “includes a quotation” (p. 21).
(Miller et al., 2017, p. 21).

Group author This is a sample sentence mentioning this source for the first time Pretend Association of Canada (2018) notes that this sentence is a sample.
(Pretend Association of Canada [PAC], 2018).

This is a sample sentence showing how to use an acronym for the group PAC (2018) illustrates that an acronym may be used after the initial citation.
author after the first time the source is cited, while also demonstrating They go on to provide “an example of a quotation” (para. 1).
how to “use a quotation” (PAC, 2018, para. 1).

 Include the location (page number, paragraph number, or a heading) directly after a quotation.
 Use the words “and” when you write the last name of the author(s) in your sentence (narrative citation).
 Use the “&” sign when you write the last names of the author(s) in rounded brackets (parenthetical citation).
 If you have 3 or more authors, write the last name of whichever author is listed on the source first, followed by the words “et al.”