APA-7 Electronic Examples

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APA-7 Electronic Examples

Entire Website (APA pp. 350-352)

When you need to cite an entire website, not a specific portion of the web site, it is sufficient

to give the address of the site in just the text:

Sam Houston's website can be very informative (http://www.shsu.edu).

Specific Webpage (APA pp. 350-352)

If you are citing a specific page from a website, you will need to create a reference entry.

Keep in mind that the "What" is often divided into "child" and "parent" where the parent (the

larger site containing the cited information) is italicized and the child has no special

formatting. Also, include the title of the parent site if it is not part of the URL.

Vonnegut, K. (2007). The sculpture. http://vonnegut.com/sculpture.asp

Webpage With an Organization as Author (APA pp. 350-352)

For websites that do not list an individual author, a corporate author or entity is usually listed

at the bottom of the page. Treat this author as you would the individual author above.

Sam Houston State University. (2010). Majors and programs. http://www.shsu.edu/academics

E-Books (APA pp. 321-323)

For E-books, include the author, the year of publication, the title of the work, the kind/edition

of the work (Kindle book, Audiobook, etc.), the publisher, and the web address or DOI if

available.

Christian, B.,

Griffiths, T. (2016). Algorithms to live by: The computer science of human

decisions. Henry Holt and Co. http://a.co/7qGBZAk

Online Newspaper Article (APA p. 320; p. 351)

Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brains agile. The New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/health/11iht-11brod.8685746.html

Online Magazine Article (APA p. 320)

Chamberlin, J. (2017, November). How to get your book published- Acquisitions editors

reveal what they look for in a book proposal and what you can do to ensure your book

is a success. Monitor on Psychology, 48(10). http://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/11/book

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Online Journal Articles

APA journal references use a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number that, unlike a URL, will

not break. Most documents found in a database and journals that use APA Style provide their

DOI as either a number or a link. If the DOI is not provided, you may use CrossRef.org's

Guest Query form to look up the DOI. If the document only has a URL, make sure to test the

URL before turning in your final draft. Remember: use sentence case for article title

capitalization and use title case for the title of the journal or periodical of which it is a part.

An Article in a Scholarly Journal that Does Have a DOI (APA p. 317)

When an article has a DOI, the number goes at the end of the reference.

Brinkmann, S. (2010). Character, personality, and identity: On historical aspects of human

subjectivity. Nordic Psychology, 62(1), 65-85. https://doi.org/10.1027/1901-2276/

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An Article in a Scholarly Journal that Does Not Have a DOI (APA p. 317)

If the article does not have a DOI, simply leave it off the entry unless your professor requests

a URL; in that case, the URL would be placed at the end of the entry.

Spindler, J. C. (2009). How private is private equity, and at what cost? The University of

Chicago Law Review, 76(1), 311-334. http:/lawreview.uchicago.edu

Reference Page

The Reference Page(s) is placed at the end of the document on a new page.

Continue the page numbers from the body of the document.

The title of the section (References) should be the first line and centered on the page.

The References entries use a hanging indent. This means that the first line is flush with

the left-hand margin, but each subsequent line is indented .5".

The entire page should be double spaced.

All the entries should be arranged in alphabetical order by the author's last name. If the

author's name is unknown, use the title to alphabetize; do not use articles (a, an, or the).

If you have two or more works by the same author, arrange all works by that author

chronologically by publication date.

Please refer to pages 317- 320, 350-352 in the APA Publication Manual 7

Edition for more in

depth examples (APA, 2020).

Handout based on The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition)