IMPORTANT: This page provides instruction based on the Publication Manual of the APA, 6th edition. The 7th edition (2020) has recently been released. Please use the APA 7th Edition Guide, if your instructor recommends using the updated version.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological AssociationThe library maintains a List of Citation Resources that you can use to help you create your reference page for this assignment. You can also check out the print version of the APA Manual from the library.
When including paraphrased information in your assignments, it is necessary to give credit to the authors of the article/book/website from which you found the information. To do this, simply identify the author and year of publication in parentheses at the end of the paraphrased segment.
This is a sample paragraph written by the author Kelly Lambert and then paraphrased in order to show how to set up an in-text citation (Lambert 2011).
When including a graphic in your assignment, be sure to cite it in your reference list as well as within your assignment. For in-text citation of an image, you should include the source of the image/photograph/illustration along with a description written in your own words.
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Image
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Figure 1: Blood pressure force to the artery walls (Harding 2004).
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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Lastname, First name initials. (Year of Publication). Title of work: Capital letter
also for subtitle. Place of Publication city and state: Publisher.
Foster, S., & Johnson, R.L. (2006). Desk reference to nature's medicine.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Lastname, First name initials. (Year of Publication). Title of entry. In Title of work:
Capital letter also for subtitle (Vol. #, pp. #s). Place of Publication city and state:
Publisher.
Foster, S., & Johnson, R.L. (2006). Aloe Vera. In Desk reference to nature's
medicine (pp.23-25). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.
Last name, First initials (Eds.). (year of publication). Title of book. Place of
publication city and state abbreviated: Publisher.
Blumenthal, M. (Ed). (2000). Herbal medicine. Austin, TX: American
Botanical Council.
Author(s). (Year of Publication). Title of book. Place of publication: Publisher.
Available from Library Database url.
Calfee, R.C., & Valencia, R.R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for
journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Available from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.
Author of entry Last name, First initial. Title of entry. Title of book (Edition,
Volume, Page numbers). Place of publication: Publisher. Retrieved from url
Skinner, P. (2011). Flower Remedies. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (4th ed.,
Vol. 3, pp. 1750-1753). Detroit: Gale. Available from http://go.galegroup.com
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). (Date of Publication). Name of Site.
Retreived date, from sponsor of website: url
| National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. (2006, December). Herbs at a Glance: Aloe Vera. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from National institutes of Health website: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/aloevera |
Author(s). (Date). Article title. Journal title, Volume (issue), Page Numbers. doi
Lu, G. D., Shen, H., Chung, M. C. M., & Ong, C. N. (2007). Critical role of
oxidative stress and sustained JNK activation in aloe-emodin-mediated
apoptotic cell death in human hepatoma cells. Carcinogenesis, 28(9),
1937-45. doi:10.1093/carcin/bgm143