APA Style
Four elements of an APA reference
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Author
Who is responsible for this work? Who wrote, edited, or translated the text (sometimes all three)? |
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Date
When was this work published?
- Give the year only for books and journal articles, example (2017); for magazines and newspapers, give the inverted date (2004 November 30)
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Title
What is this work called?
- Give the title and subtitle of a source.
- The words in the title are to be given in sentence case; capitalize only the first in the title and subtitle
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Source
Where can I retrieve this work?
- For certain reference categories (books, edited book chapters, reports, computer software and mobile apps and data sets) the name of the publisher is provided.
- For a source obtained online, a URL or the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will help readers find it. There is no location information for print resources (Journals, encyclopedias, books)
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