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APA - In-Text Citations 5th Edition

This document provides guidelines for formatting in-text citations in APA style. It discusses citing direct quotations, paraphrases, summaries, and references with different numbers of authors. It also covers citing electronic sources, personal communications, sources without dates or page numbers, and indirect sources. The guidelines are intended to be consistent with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition.

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APA - In-Text Citations 5th Edition

This document provides guidelines for formatting in-text citations in APA style. It discusses citing direct quotations, paraphrases, summaries, and references with different numbers of authors. It also covers citing electronic sources, personal communications, sources without dates or page numbers, and indirect sources. The guidelines are intended to be consistent with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition.

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APAintextcitations
APAsintextcitationsprovideatleasttheauthorslastnameandtheyearofpublication.Fordirectquotationsandsome
paraphrases,apagenumberisgivenaswell.
TheguidelinespresentedhereareconsistentwithadvicegiveninthePublicationManualoftheAmericanPsychological
Association,6thed.(2010).
NOTE:APAstylerequirestheuseofthepasttenseorthepresentperfecttenseinsignalphrasesintroducingcitedmaterial:
Smith(2005)reportedSmith(2005)hasargued.
APAintextcitations

1.BasicformatforaquotationOrdinarily,introducethequotationwithasignalphrasethatincludestheauthorslastname
followedbytheyearofpublicationinparentheses.Putthepagenumberprecededby"p."(or"pp."formorethanonepage)in
parenthesesafterthequotation.

Critser(2003)notedthatdespitegrowingnumbersofoverweightAmericans,manyhealthcareprovidersstill
remaineitherinignoranceoroutrightdenialaboutthehealthdangertothepoorandtheyoung(p.5).
Iftheauthorisnotnamedinthesignalphrase,placetheauthorsname,theyear,andthepagenumberinparenthesesafterthe
quotation:(Critser,2003,p.5).
NOTE:APAstylerequirestheyearofpublicationinanintextcitation.Donotincludeamonth,eveniftheentryinthe
referencelistincludesthemonth.
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2.BasicformatforasummaryoraparaphraseIncludetheauthorslastnameandtheyeareitherinasignalphraseintroducing
thematerialorinparenthesesfollowingit.Giveapagenumbertohelpreadersfindthepassage.Foronlinesourceswithout
pagenumbers,seeNopagenumbersinitem12.

YanovskiandYanovski(2002)explainedthatsibutraminesuppressesappetitebyblockingthereuptakeofthe
neurotransmittersserotoninandnorepinephrineinthebrain(p.594).
Sibutraminesuppressesappetitebyblockingthereuptakeoftheneurotransmittersserotoninandnorepinephrinein
thebrain(Yanovski&Yanovski,2002,p.594).
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3.WorkwithtwoauthorsNamebothauthorsinthesignalphraseortheparentheseseachtimeyoucitethework.Inthe
parentheses,use&betweentheauthorsnamesinthesignalphrase,useand.

AccordingtoSothernandGordon(2003),Environmentalfactorsmaycontributeasmuchas80%tothecausesof
childhoodobesity(p.104).
Obesechildrenoftenengageinlimitedphysicalactivity(Sothern&Gordon,2003,p.104).
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4.WorkwiththreetofiveauthorsIdentifyallauthorsinthesignalphraseortheparenthesesthefirsttimeyoucitethesource.

In2003,Berkowitz,Wadden,Tershakovec,andCronquistconcluded,Sibutramine...mustbecarefully
monitoredinadolescents,asinadults,tocontrolincreasesin[bloodpressure]andpulserate(p.1811).
Insubsequentcitations,usethefirstauthorsnamefollowedbyetal.ineitherthesignalphraseortheparentheses.

AsBerkowitzetal.(2003)advised,Untilmoreextensivesafetyandefficacydataareavailable,...weightloss
medicationsshouldbeusedonlyonanexperimentalbasisforadolescents(p.1811).
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5.WorkwithsixormoreauthorsUsethefirstauthorsnamefollowedbyetal.inthesignalphraseortheparentheses.

McDuffieetal.(2002)tested20adolescents,aged1216,overathreemonthperiodandfoundthatorlistat,
combinedwithbehavioraltherapy,producedanaverageweightlossof4.4kg,or9.7pounds(p.646).
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6.WorkwithunknownauthorIftheauthorisunknown,mentiontheworkstitleinthesignalphraseorgivethefirstwordor
twoofthetitleintheparentheticalcitation.Titlesofarticlesandchaptersareputinquotationmarkstitlesofbooksandreports
areitalicized.(Foronlinesourceswithnoauthor,seeitem12.)

Childrenstrugglingtocontroltheirweightmustalsostrugglewiththepressuresoftelevisionadvertisingthat,on
theonehand,encouragestheconsumptionofjunkfoodand,ontheother,celebratesthincelebrities(Television,
2002).
NOTE:IntherarecasewhenAnonymousisspecifiedastheauthor,treatitasifitwerearealname:(Anonymous,2001).In
thelistofreferences,alsousethenameAnonymousasauthor.
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7.OrganizationasauthorIftheauthorisagovernmentagencyoranotherorganization,nametheorganizationinthesignal
phraseorintheparentheticalcitationthefirsttimeyoucitethesource.

Obesityputschildrenatriskforanumberofmedicalcomplications,includingtype2diabetes,hypertension,sleep
apnea,andorthopedicproblems(HenryJ.KaiserFamilyFoundation,2004,p.1).

Iftheorganizationhasafamiliarabbreviation,youmayincludeitinbracketsthefirsttimeyoucitethesourceandusethe
abbreviationaloneinlatercitations.
FIRSTCITATION
(CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention[CDC],2009)
LATERCITATIONS
(CDC,2009)

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8.AuthorswiththesamelastnameToavoidconfusion,useinitialswiththelastnamesifyourreferencelistincludestwoor
moreauthorswiththesamelastname.

ResearchbyE.Smith(1989)revealedthat...
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9.TwoormoreworksbythesameauthorinthesameyearWhenyourlistofreferencesincludesmorethanoneworkbythe
sameauthorinthesameyear,uselowercaseletters(a,b,andsoon)withtheyeartoordertheentriesinthereferencelist.
(Seeitem6.)Usethosesameletterswiththeyearintheintextcitation.

ResearchbyDurgin(2003b)hasyieldednewfindingsabouttheroleofcounselingintreatingchildhoodobesity.
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10.TwoormoreworksinthesameparenthesesWhenyourparentheticalcitationnamestwoormoreworks,puttheminthe
sameorderthattheyappearinthereferencelist,separatedwithsemicolons.

Researchershaveindicatedthatstudiesofpharmacologicaltreatmentsforchildhoodobesityareinconclusive
(Berkowitzetal.,2003McDuffieetal.,2002).
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11.PersonalcommunicationPersonalinterviews,memos,letters,email,andsimilarunpublishedcommunicationsshouldbe
citedinthetextonly,notinthereferencelist.(Usethefirstinitialwiththelastnameinparentheses.)

OneofAtkinsonscolleagues,whohasstudiedtheeffectofthemediaonchildrenseatinghabits,hascontended
thatadvertisersforsnackfoodswillneedtodesignadsresponsiblyfortheiryoungerviewers(F.Johnson,personal
communication,October20,2009).
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12.ElectronicsourceWhenpossible,citeelectronicsources,includingonlinesources,asyouwouldanyothersource,giving
theauthorandtheyear.

Atkinson(2001)foundthatchildrenwhospentatleastfourhoursadaywatchingTVwerelesslikelytoengagein
adequatephysicalactivityduringtheweek.
Electronicsourcessometimeslackauthorsnames,dates,orpagenumbers.
Unknownauthor
Ifnoauthorisnamed,mentionthetitleofthesourceinthesignalphraseorgivethefirstwordortwoofthetitleinthe
parentheses(seealsoitem6).(Ifanorganizationservesastheauthor,seeitem7.)

Thebodysbasalmetabolicrate,orBMR,isameasureofitsatrestenergyrequirement(Exercise,2003).
Unknowndate
Whenthedateisunknown,usetheabbreviationn.d.(fornodate).

Attemptstoestablishadefinitivelinkbetweentelevisionprogrammingandchildrenseatinghabitshavebeen
problematic(Magnus,n.d.).
Nopagenumbers
APAordinarilyrequirespagenumbersforquotations,summaries,andparaphrases.Whenanelectronicsourcelacksstable
numberedpages,includeparagraphnumbersorheadingstohelpreaderslocatetheparticularpassagebeingcited.
Ifthesourcehasnumberedparagraphs,usetheparagraphnumberprecededbytheabbreviationpara.:(Hall,2008,para.5).If
thesourcecontainsheadings,citetheappropriateheadinginparenthesesyoumayalsoindicatetheparagraphunderthe
headingthatyouarereferringto,eveniftheparagraphsarenotnumbered.

HoppinandTaveras(2004)pointedoutthatseveralothermedicationswereclassifiedbytheDrugEnforcement
Administrationashavingthepotentialforabuse(WeightLossDrugssection,para.6).
NOTE:Electronicfilesinportabledocumentformat(PDF)oftenhavestablepagenumbers.Forsuchsources,givethepage
numberintheparentheticalcitation.
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13.IndirectsourceIfyouuseasourcethatwascitedinanothersource(asecondarysource),nametheoriginalsourceinyour
signalphrase.Listthesecondarysourceinyourreferencelistandincludeitinyourparentheticalcitation,precededbythe
wordsascitedin.Inthefollowingexample,Satcheristheoriginalsource,andCritseristhesecondarysource,giveninthe
referencelist.

FormersurgeongeneralDr.DavidSatcherdescribedanationofyoungpeopleseriouslyatriskofstartingout
obeseanddoomingthemselvestothedifficulttaskofovercomingatoughillness(ascitedinCritser,2003,p.4).
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14.SacredorclassicaltextIdentifythetext,theversionoreditionyouused,andtherelevantpart(chapter,verse,line).Itisnot
necessarytoincludethesourceinthereferencelist.

Peaceactivistshavelongcitedthebiblicalprophetsvisionofaworldwithoutwar:Andtheyshallbeattheir
swordsintoplowshares,andtheirspearsintopruninghooksnationshallnotliftupswordagainstnation,neither
shalltheylearnwaranymore(Isaiah2:4,RevisedStandardVersion).
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