APA Style Examples

Articles

• journal, magazine, newspaper, and proceedings articles

Books/eBooks

• print and online books, chapters, and edited books/eBooks

Web pages

• Webpages, a webpage with a group author or no author/date

Gov't/Legal

• cases, laws, and government publications

Media

• social media, radio or music, video, music, etc.

Unpublished

• Class documents, interview/letter/email, test

Stats/Figures

• Statistics and figures (graphs, charts, maps, drawings, photographs)

In-text

• parenthetical referencing examples within the text
• citing author names within the text

Authors

• formatting of author variations (one or more, no named author, multiple sources by the same author) within the Works Cited

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The formatting and citation examples in this guide are based upon rules and examples in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style, 7th edition. If you would like additions or would like to report a correction to this guide, please contact Lori Mardis.