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APA 7 Reference Examples

Code

Template:

Authoring Agency. (year). Code Title (Division, section). url

Example:

BC Office of Housing and Construction Standards. (2012). BC Building Code (Division B, subsection 4.2.2). https://www.bccodes.ca

Patent

Template:

Author Last Name, Initial(s).(year). Title (patent number). Issuing agency. url

Example:

Lesko, G. (2013). Mud pump (Canada Patent No. 2737321). Canadian Intellectual Property Office. http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/search/basic.html

Online Standard

Template:

Authoring Organization. (year). Standard number Standard title: Standard subtitle. url

Example:

ASTM International. (2015). ASTM B999-15 Standard specification for titanium and titanium alloys: Plating, electrodeposited coatings of titanium and titanium alloys on conductive and non-conductive substrate. https://dx.doi.org/10.1520/B0999-15

Print Standard

Template:

Authoring Organization. (year). Standard number: Standard title. Standards Collection (section). (pp pages).

Example:

ASTM International. (2013). ASTM E2112-07: Standard practice for installation of exterior windows, doors, and skylights. Annual Book of ASTM Standards (4.12), (pp 21-108).