APA Citation Style, 7th edition: One Author or Editor

For each type of source in this guide, both the general form and an example will be provided.

The following format will be used:

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase) - entry that appears in the body of your paper when you express the ideas of a researcher or author using your own words.  For more tips on paraphrasing check out The OWL at Purdue.

In-Text Citation (Quotation) - entry that appears in the body of your paper after a direct quote.

References - entry that appears at the end of your paper.

Information on citing and several of the examples were drawn from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).

The general format below refers to a book with one author.

If you are dealing with one editor instead of one author, you would simply insert the editor's name in the place where the author's name is now, followed by "(Ed.)" without the quotation marks.  The rest of the format would remain the same.

General Format

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):

(Author Surname, Year)

 

In-Text Citation (Direct Quote):

(Author Surname, Year, page number)

 

References:

Author Surname, First Initial. Second Initial. (Year). Book title: Subtitle. Publisher.

Example

In-Text Citation (Paraphrase):

(Burley, 2002)

 

In-Text Citation (Direct Quote):

(Burley, 2002, p. 153)

 

References:

Burley, J. (2002). A companion to genetics. Blackwell.