APA In-Text Citations

Category Format Example

Standard
Book, Article, 1 page (last name, year, p. #). “quote quote” (Potter, 2010, p.44).
Ebook, Newspaper
Article, etc… Multiple pages (last name, year, pp.#-#). “quote quote” (Lestrange, 2000, pp.102-104).

Exceptions
Multiple authors First instance (last name, last name & last “quote quote” (Potter, Weasley & Granger,
name, year, p.#) 1994, p.23).

Subsequent citations (last name, et. al, “quote quote” (Potter et. al, 1994, p.23).
year, p.#)

Website (no author (URL, year) “quote” (www.freethehouseelves.ca, 2018).

OR page #)
(URL, year, para.#) “quote” (www.freethehouseelves.ca, 2018,
para.12).
*remove hyperlink
*use short form of URL for in-text
citation and the long form in the reference

No date (last name, n.d, p.#) “blah blah” (Lannister, n.d, p.33).

(last name, p.#) “blah blah” (Lannister, p.33).

No page # (last name, year) “blah blah” (Stark, 2001).

(last name, year, para.#) “blah blah” (Stark, 2001, para.3).

In-text citation for (director or directors’ last name(s), year) “ET phone home” (Spielberg, 1982).
movie/DVD
(director or directors’ last name(s), year, “ET phone home” (Spielberg, 1982, 01:57:01).
time of movie)
OR

“quote” (Holmes & Watson, 1984).

“quote” (Holmes & Watson, 1984, 02:48:00).

• For other citation exceptions, please e-mail the professor or consult the NC Library’s APA help section.