Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition)The following handout gives some tips for Education Research, and includes details about citing with the APA 7th edition format. The second page also includes page numbers in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association where you can find examples of specific item types!
Additional APA resources can be found on the Library's Citation Resources page!
Before you turn in your paper compare the Reference List with the content of the paper.
All citations in the text and the Reference list should match.
Author's name: Last name, first initial, e.g. Banks, J. A.
Date of publication: Usually just the year in parentheses, followed by a period, e.g. (2008). When including additional information for newspapers, etc., start with the year, e.g. (2009, July 16). If no date is available, use (n.d.).
Title of article: Capitalize first word of title and subtitle. Period at the end, e.g. Conjuring cut scores: How it distorts our picture of student achievement.
Title of book: Italicize and capitalize first word of title and subtitle. Period at the end, e.g. Improving multicultural education: Lessons from the intergroup education movement.
Journal information: Italicize and capitalize all important words in the title. Italicize volume number. Issue number goes in parentheses (not italicized). Include beginning and ending page numbers of journal article, e.g. Journal of Research in Reading, 31(4), 20-28.
With the exception of web site information or DOI's (Digital Object Identifier) all citations should end with a period.
Double space all citations in Reference list. Do not increase spacing between citations. Indent second line of citation to show separation.
