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MKT 4311 Marketing Research: Differences Between the 6th and 7th edition

6th and 7th

Differences Between the 6th and 7th edition of the APA style

Differences Between the 6th and the 7th edition

Topic APA 6 (location and old guideline) APA 7 (location and new guideline)
Number of author names listed in a reference 6.27: Provide surnames and initials for up to seven authors in a reference entry. If there are eight or more authors, use three spaced ellipsis points after the sixth author, followed by the final author name (no ampersand). 9.8: Provide surnames and initials for up to 20 authors in a reference entry. If there are 21 or more authors, use the ellipsis after the 19th, followed by the final author name (no ampersand).
Reference format when publisher and author are the same 7.02: When a work's publisher and author are the same, use the word "Author" as the name of the publisher in its reference entry. 9.24: When a work's publisher and author are the same, omit the publisher in its reference entry.
Issue numbers for journal articles in references 6.30; see also 7.01: Include issue number when journal is paginated separately by issue. 9.25: Include issue number for all periodicals that have issue numbers.
Publisher location 6.30: Provide publisher location (city, state, etc.) before publisher name.
Forsyth, D. (2018). Probability and statistics for computer science. New York NY Springer Publishing Company. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319644097

9.29: Do not include publisher location (city, state, etc.) after publisher name in a reference.

Forsyth, D. (2018). Probability and statistics for computer science. Springer Publishing Company. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319644097
Reference for online work with no DOI 6.32: If an online work has no DOI, provide the home page URL of the journal or of the book/report publisher. 9.34: If an online work (e.g., a journal article) has no DOI and was found through an academic research database, generally, no URL is needed. The reference will look just like the print version.
Hyperlinks in DOI and URL formatting

6.32: DOI begins with either "doi:" or with "https://doi.org/" in references. The recommendation that URLs should be in plain black text, not underlined, follows examples from APA 6 and the APA Style Blog.

doi:10.1037/1072-5245.15.2.117

9.35: Both DOIs and URLs should be presented as hyperlinks (beginning with "http://" or "https://"). Standardize DOIs as starting with "https://doi.org/". In documents to be read online, use live links. Blue/underlined or plain black text, not underlined, are both acceptable.

https://doi.org/10.1000/182

URL retrieval information in references 7.01: URLs include a retrieval phrase (e.g., "Retrieved from"). 9.35: The words "Retrieved from" or "Accessed from" are no longer necessary before a URL. The only time the word "Retrieved" (and not "Retrieved from") is needed is in those rare cases where a retrieval date is necessary (see p. 290, 9.16).
Website name in references for online media Chapter 7: List the URL but not the website in the publication information. 10.15-10.16: Include the name of the website in plain text, followed by a period, before the URL.
Ebook format The 6th ed. includes the e-book format, platform, or device (e.g., Kindle) but not the publisher:
Forsyth, D. (2018). Probability and statistics for computer science. [Kindle Version]  Retrieved from https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319644097

The 7th ed. omits the e-book format, platform, or device (e.g., Kindle) but includes the publisher:

Forsyth, D. (2018). Probability and statistics for computer science. Springer Publishing Company. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319644097