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In-Text Citations

Resources on using in-text citations in APA style

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Resources on writing an APA style reference list, including citation formats

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APA Style Guide

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Citation Worksheets for 7th ed.

Worksheets to help you navigate citing some of the more common types of sources.

• APA Worksheets All-In-One All of the APA worksheets in one easy handout.
• APA In-text Citations Covers how to format an APA in-text citation, and how to cite more than one author.
• APA Document Formatting Covers setting up a title page and references page..
• APA Reference Page: Books Covers how to cite books on your reference page.
• APA Reference Page: Journal Articles Covers how to cite journal articles on your reference page.
• APA Reference Page: Web Pages Covers how to cite web pages on your reference page.
• APA Reference Page: Goverment Documents Covers how to cite government documents on your reference page.
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APA Style (7th ed.)

Introduction to apa style (7th ed.), apa style (7th ed.) help guide.

• 1a. General practice exercises
• 1b. Sample paper
• 2a. APA Style (7th ed.) formatting checklist
• 2b. Formatting practice exercises
• 3. Quoting and paraphrasing
• 4a. Citations versus attributions
• 4b. APA Style (7th ed.) citations checklist
• 4c. Citations practice exercise
• 4d. What information needs to be cited to avoid plagiarism?
• 5a. APA Style (7th ed.) references checklist
• 5b. References practice exercises
• 6. Academic integrity checklist
• 7. Ordering the APA Style manual from the RRU Bookstore
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In this guide, you can expect to learn more about:

• A general overview of the basics of the APA Style (7th ed.) rules
• Quoting and paraphrasing
• Citing resources
• Referencing resources
• Ordering the APA Style manual from the RRU Bookstore

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This video will provide you with an introduction to the APA Style (7th ed.) rules. The video will start automatically in browsers where autoplay of audio is enabled. If the video doesn't immediately begin, click the pause button and then click play. While the video is playing, click "Outline" to navigate through the presentation or "Notes" to see the transcript.

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• Introduction  (2:21)
• Formatting  (3:09)
• Quoting and Paraphrasing  (2:03)
• In-Text Citations  (9:06)
• References  (6:10)
• Conclusion  (Resources and contact information; 1:44)
• Reference for the presentation (0:00)

Click on Introduction to APA Style (PowerPoint) if you would like the slides from the video; the transcript is available via the slide notes. If you are working in Chrome and the PowerPoint doesn't download, please try in a different browser. 

The APA Style (7th ed.) Help Guide is a document you can download and read if you prefer reading to viewing a video. The document is formatted to the APA Style rules, so it also serves to provide examples of formatting. The only deviations from the APA Style rules are the document is set to 1.5 line spacing to make it less expensive to print.

Please note that this resource does not replace the APA Style manual; rather, it is intended to provide a general introduction to the 7th edition APA Style rules. The comprehensive source for APA Style (7th ed.) information remains the 7th edition of the  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association , which was published in 2020 .

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APA 7 Worksheet

English Level : EAP, College, & University classes

Language Focus : APA7 Formatting (and some paraphrasing)

Worksheet Download : APA7 Style Worksheet (preview below)

In October 2019, the seventh version of the APA style manual was released. Thankfully, the changes have made it a little more flexible (fonts) but also a little more uniform (header).

Find below a worksheet I made for my college class that covers what I feel are the most significant changes. Note that the worksheet is based on the changes summarized here: https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-seventh-edition-changes/ .

Note : The formatting of headers differs depending on whether the document is intended for publication (if so, follow the style of the link above) or not. For students creating assignments that will not be published, the format is to only have the page number in the right corner with no Running head/TITLE in the header at all. See here for a sample.

Teachers, you may want to adapt the worksheet to better suit the APA needs of your class. You can preview the worksheet below and download it in its entirety from the link above.

APA Version 7 Worksheet Preview

• In the bottom left of the footer
• In the bottom right of the footer
• In the top right of the header
• In the top of the left header
• If the title of your essay is “Plastic-Produced Problems”, what would your header be on the first page of your essay? (Note: different in APA7)
• What would it be on the second page?
• What font size and font do APA documents use? (note: This has changed in APA7)
• How should references be listed in the APA reference list?
• In order according to when used within the paper
• In alphabetical order according to the author's last name
• In chronological order based on year of publication
• In alphabetical order according to publication title
• Imagine that you have read the below article.
• Website: CBC News
• URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bottle-recycling-1.5416614
• Title: What really happens to plastic drink bottles you toss in your recycling bin
• Author: Emily Chung
• Date: Jan 7, 2020

You have decided that you want to use this idea in your essay: “just 25 per cent in of plastic bottles were recycled the U.S. in 2017”

• Paraphrase the above quotation into your own words. Write it below. After, add an in-text citation.
• Add the source to your References below.
• Choose the correct reference for the below source. (Note: this has changed in APA7)

Notes: "Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style" is a journal article by Donald Godfrey that was published in 2005 in the Journal of Broadcasting. The journal's volume number is 49, the issue number is 4, and the article appears on pages 544-547. The DOI for the article is 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.

• Donald, G. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting, 49(4), 544-547. DOI: 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.
• Godfrey, D. Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting , 49(4), 544-547. DOI: 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15.
• Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting historical citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting, 49(4), 544-547. https://doi.org/ 01.1207/s15506878jobem4904_15
• Godfrey, D. (2005). Adapting Historical Citations to APA Style. Journal of broadcasting , 49(4), 544-547.
• Green, R. G. (1958). The Tale of Troy (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Puffin Classics.
• Green, R. G. (1958). The Tale of Troy (3rd ed.). Puffin Classics.
• The Tale of Troy . (1958) Retrieved from Green, R.G. Puffin Classics.
• (Brown et al., 2018)
• (Brown, Jones, & Harper, 2018)
• (Brown…, 2018)
• (number '1' in far right corner)
• (number '2' in far right corner)
• Times New Roman 12”, and also now Calibri 11, Arial 11, Lucida Sans Unicode 10, and Georgia 11.
• 1) In 2017, only a quarter of plastic bottles in the United States were recycled (Chung, 2020) 2) Chung, E. (2020) What really happens to plastic drink bottles you toss in your recycling bin . CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bottle-recycling-1.5416614
• (DOIs and URLs are both shown as hyperlinks preceded by http:// or https://)
• (publisher location no longer needed)

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3 comments on “ APA 7 Worksheet ”

This work sheet is really very helpful in writing the assignments in APA format. The students who are not expert in IT skills can take help from this work sheet while writing any assignment or paper.

The worksheet has helped me learn about the APA format and will help me with my article writing.

Thank you I am going to use this as I am trying to get through to my students the importance of APA7, and how they need to know the methods.

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APA Style Guide: 7th Edition

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• Formatting: Title Page, Body, References
• Formatting: Annotated Bibliographies
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• Citing Multiple Works
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• Citing Text Content Created by AI
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• Translation, Print Book
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• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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APA 7th edition QUIZ

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