Hanging Indents:
All citations should be double spaced and have a hanging indent in a Reference List.
A "hanging indent" means that each subsequent line after the first line of your citation should be indented by 0.5 inches.
Hyperlinks:
Make sure links and dois in your citations are active.
It is acceptable to use either teh default display settings for hyperlinks in your word-processing program (i.e., usually blue font, underlined) or plain text that is not underlined.
All hyperlinks must include https://
Do not put a period after DOIs or hyperlinks.
An author won't necessarily be a person's name. It may be an organization or company, for example Health Canada. These are called group or corporate authors.
If a book has no author or editor, begin the citation with the book title, followed by the year of publication in round brackets.
If an author is also the publisher, put the word "Author" where you'd normally put the publisher name. This happens most often with corporate or group authors.
When a book has one to twenty authors or editors, all authors' names are cited in the Reference List entry. When a book has twenty-one or more authors or editors, list the first nineteen authors followed by three spaced ellipse points (. . .) , and then the last author's name. Rules are different for in-text citations; please see the examples provided.
Capitalize the first letter of the first word of the title. If there is a colon (:) in the title, also capitalize the first letter of the first word after the colon.
Capitalize the first letter of proper names in titles, such as names of places or people. Example: Canada
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher Name often shortened. https://doi.org/DOI-number (if given)
Note:
Place of publication is not required when using APA 7th edition.
For eBooks, the database is not required.
Include a DOI if available (even for print books!)
| Example |
Watson, J. (2012). Human caring science: A theory of nursing (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) Example: (Watson, 2012) |
| In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number) Example: (Watson, 2012, p. 70) |
Last Name of First Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given, & Last Name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher Name often shortened.
Note:
Authors' names are separated by commas. Put a comma and an ampersand (&) before the name of the last author cited.
Must include ALL names in the reference list for publications with up to 20 authors.
Place of publication is not required when using APA 7th edition.
For library eBooks, the database is not required. Include a DOI if available.
| Example |
Case, L. P., Daristotle, L., Hayek, M. G., & Raash, M. F. (2011). Canine and feline nutrition: A resource for companion animal professionals (3rd ed.). Mosby. |
| In-text | See chart for in-text rules for 2 or more authors. |
Name of Corporate Author. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher Name often shortened.
Note:
If the Corporate Author is also the publisher of the book, omit the Publisher Name.
Place of publication is not required when using APA 7th edition.
For eBooks, the database is not required. Include a DOI if available.
| Example |
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). |
| In-Text |
See chart for in-text rules for group or corporate authors. |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of chapter, article, essay or short story. In Editor's First Initial. Second Initial if Given. Editor's Last Name (Ed.), Title of book (edition if given and is not first edition, pp. first page number-last page number). Publisher Name often shortened. DOI or URL (if electronic)
Note:
If you have more than one editor list their name(s) after the first editor listed in the book, giving their initials and last name. Put an ampersand (&) before the last editor's name.
When you have one editor the short form (Ed.) is used after the editor's name. If you have more than one editor use (Eds.) instead.
Include a DOI if available. Do not include a URL or database information for works from academic research databases or books that are platform specific (i.e., Kindle). Include a URL for eBooks from other websites.
| Example |
Stockert, P.A. & Taylor, C. (2014). Sleep. In P.A. Potter, A.G. Perry, J.C. Ross-Kerr & M.J. Wood (Eds.), Canadian fundamentals of nursing (5th Cdn. ed., pp. 993-1016). Elsevier. Note: If there is no editor given you may leave out that part of the citation. |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) See chart here for in-text rules for 2 or more authors. Example (2 authors): (Stockert & Taylor, 2014) |
| In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number) See chart here for in-text rules for 2 or more authors. Example (2 authors): (Stockert & Taylor, 2014, p. 998) |
Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher. URL
Notes:
Include a DOI if available or URL.
| Example |
Nightingale, F. (1860). Notes on nursing: What it is, and what it is not. Harrison and Sons. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/ 17366/17366-h/17366-h.htm |
| In-Text Paraphrase |
(Author's Last Name, Year) Example: (Nightingale, 1860) |
| In-Text Quote |
(Author's Last Name, Year, p. Page Number) Example: (Nightingale, 1860, p. 157) |
Last Name of First Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given, & Last Name of Second Author, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. (Year of Publication). Title of book: Subtitle if given (edition if given and is not first edition). Publisher. URL
Note:
Authors' names are separated by commas. Put a comma and an ampersand (&) before the name of the last author cited.
No place of publication is required when using APA 7th edition.
Must include ALL names in the reference list for publications with up to 20 authors.
| Example |
Allen, G. M., & Tozzer, A. M. (1910). Animal figures in the Maya codices. Salem. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19042 |
| In-Text | See chart |
| Number of Authors/Editors | First Time Paraphrased | Second and Subsequent Times Paraphrased | First Time Quoting | Second and Subsequent Times Quoting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two |
(Case & Daristotle, 2011) |
(Case & Daristotle, 2011) |
(Case & Daristotle, 2011, p. 57) | (Case & Daristotle, 2011, p. 57) |
| Three or more | (Case et al., 2011) | (Case et al., 2011) | (Case et al., 2011, p. 57) | (Case et al., 2011, p. 57) |
| Type of Group | First Time Paraphrased | Second and Subsequent Times Paraphrased | First Time Quoting | Second and Subsequent Times Quoting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups readily identified through abbreviations |
(National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2003) |
(NIMH, 2003) |
(National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], 2003, p. 5) | (NIMH, 2003, p. 5) |
| Groups with no abbreviations | (University of Pittsburgh, 2005) | (University of Pittsburgh, 2005) | (University of Pittsburgh, 2005, p. 2) | (University of Pittsburgh, 2005, p. 2) |
When you are citing two different sources that share the same author and year of publication, assign lowercase letters after the year of publication (a, b, c, etc.). Assign these letters according to which title comes first alphabetically. Use these letters in both in-text citations and the Reference list.
Example In-Text:
This is paraphrased content from the first source by this author (Daristotle, 2015a). "Now I am quoting from the second source by the same author" (Daristotle, 2015b, p. 50).
Example Reference List entries:
Daristotle, J. (2015a). Name of book used as first source. Toronto, ON: Fancy Publisher.
Daristotle, J. (2015b). Title of book used as second source. Toronto, ON: Very Fancy Publisher.
If no author or creator is provided, start the citation with the title/name of the item you are citing instead. Follow the title/name of the item with the date of publication, and the continue with other citation details.
Remember: an author/creator may be an organization or corporation, for example Health Canada. If you don't have a person's name as the author, but do have the name of an organization or corporation, put that organization/corporation's name as the author.
Anonymous
If and only if an item is signed as being created by Anonymous, use "Anonymous" where you'd normally put the author's name.
In-Text
When you have no author, use a shortened version of the title where you'd normally put the author's name.
If you're citing something which is part of a bigger work, like an article from a magazine, newspaper, journal, encyclopedia, or chapter/short story from a book, put the shortened title in quotation marks in your in-text citation:
Example, paraphrase: ("A few words," 2014)
If you're citing an entire work, like a book, website, video, etc., italicize the shortened title in your in-text citation:
Example, paraphrase: (A few words, 2014)