(American Psychological Association)
APA 7th Ed. includes guidelines for both References (when you list your resources at the end of your paper) and In-Text Citations (when you refer to a resource as evidence within your paper).
APA Style References
APA Reference entries should include five main categories: Author, Date, Title of Work, Source where you found this Work, URL or DOI
Formatted like this:
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of the work. Source where you can retrieve the work. URL or DOI if available
APA Style In-Text citations:
If I am referring to my source as evidence within my paper, I use two of those categories: Authors and Year
Formatted like this:
(Author's Last Name(s) or Organization, Year).
Check out this video for an overview of APA citation format:
In each citation style, note that there are different formats for noting In-Text Citations, where you indicate within your writing when you are using information or language directly from another resource and then a References or Works Cited Page compiled at the end of your writing where you list out all of the resources you used alphabetically.
The APA Style Guide has a lot of great information on nontraditional sources, examples of References or In-Text Citations, and other resources.
The official APA Style Guide also has resources specifically for Nurses, applying to some common types of works used in research or clinical practice.
You can also review more citation information on the Shoreline Community College Library's guide.
