To avoid plagiarism, you should cite a source when:
Remember, it's not just words that can be plagiarized, but thoughts and ideas too. If in doubt, err on the side of citation.
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In-text Citations
APA 7th edition requires in-text citations that include the author's last name and publication year in parenthesis. If the you are directly quoting a work, you should also include the page number. See examples below.
Bibliography
For the APA style bibliography, citations should be placed in alphabetical order by the last name of the first author. If you are citing an article without a specified author, use the Article Title. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word, proper names, and acronyms in the article title. Use only initials for authors' first and middle names. Write out all author names up to 20 authors.* For more than 20 authors, use ellipses.
Template:
1st author last name, first initial, 2nd author last name,
first initial. (year). Article title. Journal title, volume
(issue), page #s. DOI
Example:
Miller, A., Hess, J., Bybee, D., & Goodkind, J. (2018).
Understanding the mental health consequences of
family separation for refugees: Implications for policy
and practice. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry,
88(1),26-37. doi:10.1037/ort0000272
Note: * indicates 7th edition updates
As of October 2019, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association has been updated to its 7th edition. This edition includes some notable changes from the 6th edition.
It outlines the key elements to include when referencing electronic sources, with an emphasis on using the digital object identifier (DOI) to locate web-based information reliably. Most important, it provides a wealth of examples for readers to model for everything from online journal articles to supplemental data sets and measurement instruments to books, videos, apps, websites, podcasts, blog posts, and social media. Approximately 70 examples are provided for readers to consider as they learn how to create reliable references for electronic sources.
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Example data citation:
Financial Services. (2018). Number of individuals experiencing homelessness in 2017. City of Austin, Texas Open Data. https://doi.org/10.26000/041.000023
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