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APA 7 Reference Examples

Basic in-text citation

Basic In-text citation

Cite within the text of your paper at the point where the borrowed fact or idea appears.

For in-text citations in APA, provide at least the author’s name and the year of publication.  

There are two ways:

1. Parenthetical Citaton

After the sentence put the author's last name and date separated by a comma in parentheses.

This style is more popular so will use this style for later examples.

Template: Sentence (Author's last name, year).

Example: ... the mining industry (Jones, 2018).

2. Narrative Citation

Mention the author or author and date within the sentence.

This style is less popular.

Template   Author (year) sentence continuing

Examples:

Gardner (2008) noted that

 According to Jones et al (2019) the mining industry...

 In the Handbook of Country Risk (2009) Canada's economy declined in late 2008 

Other basic in-text citations using the parenthetical style

One author

Template  (Author, year)

Example (Smith, 2021)


Two authors

Template (Author & Author, year)

Example (Jones & Smith, 2021)


Three or more authors

Template (Author et al., 2021)

Example (Smith et al., 2021)


Group author

Template (Organization, year)

Example: (Commodity Research Bureau, 2008)