Citation Styles

The following information provides examples for the most common APA citation formats.

Citing a Book

In Text

(Salati, 2022) or Salati (2022) portrays...

References

Salati, D. (2022). Hot dog (First ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.

More book citation specifics can be found at OWL Purdue's APA Style Guide.

Citing Articles in Journals

In Text

Author et al., (Year) presents... or (Author et al., Year)

Capitain et al., (2023) suggest... or (Capitain et al., 2023)

References

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

Capitain, S., Miklósi, Á., & Abdai, J. (2023). Influence of reward and location on dogs' behaviour toward an interactive artificial agent. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1093-1093. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27930-8

More article citation specifics can be found at OWL Purdue's APA Style Guide.

Citing a Website

In Text

Lastname (Year) considers... or (Lastname, Year)

Price (2018) believes... or (Price, 2018)

References

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL

Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01

More electronic sources citation specifics can be found at OWL Purdue's APA Style Guide.