APA 7th Edition format

APA 7th Edition: Overview of Changes

Based on the new APA Style and Grammar Guidelines

Paper Format

Paper Format Essentials • Font: Recommended fonts include 11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, and 12-point Times New Roman • Header: For student papers, the page header consists of the page number only. No running head required. • Title page: Include the title, author names, author affiliation, course number and name, instructor name,

assignment due date, and page number

• Sample papers

In-Text Citations

In-Text Citation Essentials • Number of authors to include: For a work with one or two authors, include the author name(s) in every citation.

For a work with three or more authors, include the name of only the first author plus “et al.” in every citation (even the first citation).

References Page

References Page Essentials • Online resources: Include url at the end of the reference; do NOT include "Retrieved from". • Resource found in a library database (EBSCO, CINAHL, Films on Demand): Do NOT include a database name and

do NOT include a url. Do include a DOI if there is one. • Provide last names and initials for up to and including 20 authors. When there are two to 20 authors, use an

ampersand before the final author’s name. • Publisher location is no longer included in book citations.

Article from a Scholarly Journal

Basic Scholarly Journal Article Format- Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article: Subtitle words. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue

number), pages. https://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Example of Scholarly Article with DOI- Nguyen, T. T., Gildengorin, G., & Truong, A. (2007). Factors influencing physicians' screening behavior for liver cancer

among high-risk patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22(4), 523-6.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0128-1

Example of Scholarly Article from Library Database with no DOI- Ryan, E., & Redding, R. (2004). A review of mood disorders among juvenile offenders. Psychiatric Services, 55(12), 1397-

1407.

Article from a Magazine

Basic Magazine Article Format- Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day). Title of article: Subtitle words. Title of Magazine, volume number(issue

number), pages. DOI

Example of Magazine Article from Library Database with no DOI- Lane, A., & Brody, R. (2019). No laughing matter. New Yorker, 95(41), 65–67.

Example of Magazine Article from Website with DOI- Schaefer, N. K., & Shapiro, B. (2019, September 6). New middle chapter in the story of human

evolution. Science, 365(6457), 981–982. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay3550

Example of Magazine Article from Website with URL- Hall, M. (2017, March). The faces of Obamacare. Texas Monthly, 45(3), 116-197.

https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/the-faces-of-obamacare/

Document or Page on a Government or Organization Web Site: With Individual Author

Basic Format- Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date published or updated). Title of report or document: Subtitle of report. Organization

Name. http://someurl

Example- Granath, B. (2016, April 22). Astronaut photography from space helped “discover the Earth”. NASA.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/astronaut-photography-from-space-helped-discover-the-earth

Document or Page on a Government or Organization Web Site: No Individual Author

Basic Format- Government agency or organization name. (Date published or updated). Title of document: Subtitle of document.

Publisher if different from group author. http://someurl

Example from a Professional Organization Web Site- American Nurses Association. (2017). Sharps injury prevention. https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-

environment/health-safety/safe-needles/

Format for Government Document (Government Agency as Group Author)- When numerous layers of government agencies are listed as the author of a work, use the most specific agency as the author in the reference. The names of parent agencies appear after the title as the publisher.

Examples of Government Documents- Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. (2019, January 8). Heart failure fact sheet. U.S. Department of Health

& Human Services, Centers for Disease

Control. https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_heart_failure.htm

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2016, December). Cardiac rehabilitation. U.S. Department of Health & Human

Services, National Institutes of Health. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/cardiac-rehabilitation

Book

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

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of

book (pages of chapter). Publisher Name.

Print Book Examples- Bonilla-Silva, E. (2017). Racism without the racists: Color-blind racism and the persistence of racial inequality in America.

Rowman & Littlefield.

Olsen, Y., & Sharfstein, J.M. (2019). The opioid epidemic: What everyone needs to know. Oxford University Press.

Chapter in a Book Example- Kindler, L.L., & Polomano, R.C. (2017). Pain. In S.L. Lewis, S.R. Dirksen, M.M. Heitkemper, & L. Bucher (Eds.), Medical-

surgical nursing (10th ed., pp. 114-139). Elsevier.

Edited Book Example- Pedersen, P.B., Lonner, W.J., Draguns, J.G., Trimble, J.E., & Scharrón-del Río, M.R. (Eds.). (2016). Counseling across

cultures (7th ed.). Sage.

E-Book Example-

If the book comes from a Library database, end the reference after the publisher name.

Goodwin, G., & Sachs, G. (2010). Fast facts: Bipolar disorder. Health Press.

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