APA Citation Guide

Common Sources used in APA Style

 

Journal Article

Grady, J. S., Her, M., Moreno, G., Perez, C., & Yelinek, J. (2019). Emotions in storybooks: A comparison of storybooks that represent ethnic and racial groups in the United States. Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8(3), 207–217. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000185

In-Text Examples

• Parenthetical citation:

(Grady et al., 2019)

• Narrative citation:

Grady et al., (2019)

• Direct quote: Remember to include a page number if you are using a direct quote.

(Grady et al., 2019, p. 214)

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Book

Svendsen, S., & Løber, L. (2020). The big picture/Academic writing: The one-hour guide (3rd digital ed.). Hans Reitzel Forlag. https://thebigpicture-academicwriting.digi.hansreitzel.dk/

In-Text

• Parenthetical citation:

(Svendsen & Løber, 2020)

• Narrative citation:

Svendsen & Løber (2020)

• Direct quote: Remember to include a page number if you are using a direct quote.

(Svendsen & Løber, 2020, p. 124)

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Webpage - News Articles

Newspaper article from an associated newspaper (e.g., The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles

Times, etc.)

Guarino, B. (2017, December 4). How will humanity react to alien life? Psychologists have some predictions. The Washington

Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/04/how-will-humanity-react-to-alien-life-

psychologists-have-some-predictions/

• Parenthetical citation:

(Guarino, 2017)

• Narrative citation:

Guarino (2017)

 

Webpage on a news website (e.g., BBC News, CNN, HuffPost, MSNBC, Vox, etc.)

Avramova, N. (2019, January 3). The secret to a long, happy, healthy life? Think age-positive. CNN.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/health/respect-toward-elderly-leads-to-long-life-intl

• Parenthetical citation:

( Avramova, 2019)

• Narrative Citation:

Avramova (2019)

Examples are provided by The American Psychological Association.