A quick guideline of APA (7th edition) referencing style for your academic papers/ essays
1. In-text citation
Examples
Components
Integral
Direct quote
Indirect quote
(the direct words of the
(your own words)
author/s)
However, as Lau & Wu In a recent article,
(2012) mention that Landis et al. (2014)
“being influenced by the suggest that it is
traditional
teaching, important that business
Chinese girls are more managers develop and
passive and less willing apply leadership
to exhibit their emotions strategies to maintain
to others” (p. 5).
effective
communication within
the team setting.
Surname/s
Surname/s
Publication year
Publication year
Page number/s
N/A
Non-integral
Direct quote
Indirect quote
(the direct words of the
(your own words)
author/s)
However,
“being It is important that
influenced
by
the business managers
traditional
teaching, develop and apply
Chinese girls are more leadership strategies to
passive and less willing maintain effective
to exhibit their emotions communication within
to others” (Lau & Wu, the team setting (Landis
2012, p. 5).
et al., 2014).
Surname/s
Publication year
Page number/s
Surname/s
Publication year
N/A
2. Reference list (end-of-text reference list)1
Journal articles:
Use hanging
Author(s) of journal article – family name and initials, “use & for multiple authors”. (Year). Title of journal article. Journal
name – italicised, Volume – italicised(Issue or number), Page number(s).
Lowrie, T., & Diezmann, C. M. (2009). National numeracy tests: A graphic tells a thousand words. Australian Journal of
Education, 53, 141-158.
Books:
Use hanging
Author(s) of book – family name and initials, “use & for multiple authors”. (Year). Title of book - italicised. Publisher. DOI
or Web address - if available
Swartz, W. (2019). Descriptive psychology and the person concept: Essential attributes of persons and behavior. Academic
Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00372-5
Book chapters:
Use hanging
Author(s) of chapter – family name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year). Title of chapter. In Editor(s) – initial(s)
and family name - of book (Ed. OR Eds.), Title of book – italicised (pp. Page numbers). Publisher. DOI or Web
address (if available)
Rattan, A. (2019). How lay theories (or mindsets) shape the confrontation of prejudice. In R. K. Mallett & M. J. Monteith
(Eds.), Confronting prejudice and discrimination: The science of changing minds and behaviors (pp. 121-140).
Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814715-3.00008-4
Conference papers:
Use hanging
Author(s) of paper – last name and initials, use & for multiple authors. (Year, Month Date). Title of paper - italicised. [Type
of paper eg. Paper presentation]. Conference Name, Location. DOI or Web address - if available.
Norton, M., Moloney, G., Burke, S., Sanson, A., & Louis, W. (2018, September 27-30). Psychological responses to social
threats: From stigma to solidarity[Paper presentation]. 2018 APS Congress Psychology advancing into a new age,
Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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