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Here's how to format a citation in APA:
A book:
Last Name, First Initial. Middle Initial. & Additional Author, First Initial. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter only for first word of title and subtitle. Publisher Name.
A web site:
Last name, First Initial. Middle Initial. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. Retrieved Month, Day, Year, from URL
A digital article:
Lastname, F. M., & Lastname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, Vol.(Issue), page numbers. DOI
Here's how to format an in-text citation in APA:
This is a little complicated! This is what you need to know:
Standard Format
(Author's Last Name, Publication Date).
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If you are QUOTING a source from one page
(Author's Last Name, Publication Date, p. #).
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If you are PARAPHRASING a source:
(Author's Last Name, Publication Date).
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If you are QUOTING a source from more than one page
(Author's Last Name, Publication Date, pp.#-#).
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A couple of points:
A DOI is the permanent URL for a journal article. You can find it usually at the top or bottom of the article. You don't have to write "retrieved from" because the webpage is static and will not change over time.
If you don't have a date to use for your works cited list or in text citation, write (n.d.) which stands for (no date).
If you have more than one author in your citation, you just need to include the first one in your in-text citation.
