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Citation Guide

APA Different Format Citation Samples

Basic Format Citation for Books

            Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher.

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. American Psychological Association.

 

Basic Format Citation for Articles in Periodicals

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5-13.

 

Citation for Webpage or Piece of Online Content

Author, A. A. & Author B. B. (Date of publication). Title of page [Format description when necessary]. https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Eco, U. (2015). How to write a thesis [PDF file]. (Farina C. M. & Farina F., Trans.) https://www.researchgate.net/...How_to_write_a_thesis/.../Umberto+Eco-How+to+Write+... (Original work published 1977).