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Cite Using APA

A brief guide to APA 7

IN-TEXT or PARENTHETICAL CITATIONS!

Whether paraphrasing or directly quoting from another work within your paper, you must always cite the source within the text. If directly quoting, the citation will be in parentheses and include the author's last name(s), the year of publication, and the page number(s). If paraphrasing, the citation will only include the author's last name(s) and the year of publication. 

Quotation:

"The focusing question is a way of helping people define the boundaries of a systems analysis." (Stroh, 2015, p. 84).

  • use a comma to separate each element
  • use p. for a single page and pp. for multiple pages
  • use an en dash for page ranges
  • the period is placed outside the parenthesis 

 

Paraphrasing:

According to Stroh (2015), there is a benefit in detailing the way different stakeholders interpret the problem.  

or

Following up with ongoing outreach allows an organization to be effective in the long term (Stroh, 2015).

 

 

NOTE: THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE A CORRESPONDING REFERENCE TO THE CITED SOURCE IN YOUR REFERENCE LIST AT THE END OF YOUR PAPER.

For more detailed examples of in-text citations, check the OWL!