Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style
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APA Style Guide
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: Dana Porter BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: Dana Porter BF76.7 .P83 2010ISBN: 9781433805615Publication Date: 2009-07-15
Citation resources for APA style
- APA 7th Edition Quick Reference GuideHow to format reference list entries for journal articles, books, and chapters in a book.
- APA 7th Edition Reference ExamplesProvides detailed examples for citing common and uncommon sources.
- APA 7th Edition Tutorials and WebinarsThe Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style covers the basics of the seventh edition APA Style.
- APA 7th Edition Style BolgSearch the APA's blog to find answers to specific questions.
- APA 6th Edition ResourcesFor the transition period between the 6th and 7th editions, APA has archived their 6th edition style blog, FAQs, and other resources.
Formatting style and grammar resources for APA
- FiguresAll types of visual displays other than tables are considered figures in APA Style. The rules for figures have been revised from the 6th edition.
- HeadingsHeadings identify the content within sections of a paper. The rules for tables have been revised from the 6th edition.
- Tables
Tables are visual displays composed of columns and rows in which numbers, text, or a combination of numbers and text are presented. The rules for tables are the same as in the 6th edition. - Other formatting considerationsThis present information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition.
Citing Images
You must cite the source of an image used in a paper, lab report, presentation or seminar. When citing an image in the body of your paper, cite it in one of two ways:
Credit the source at the end of the image caption:
“Reproduced with permission from (a) H.E. Hoekstra and (c) J.L. Feder.”
“Reproduced from Thakur et al. (2008a) with permission (originally published in Nature, http://www.nature.com).”
Credit images found on the Internet as follows:
Figure 2. “Water lily [Nymphaeaceae] blooming in Saint Petersburg’s Botanical Gardens, September 2005,” by A. L. Olsen. Retrieved from the NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Digital Image Library website, maintained by the Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey, http://life.nbii.gov/dml/mediadetail.do?id=2995
How to cite a video in APA format
Sample citation for YouTube video:
Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs
Sample citation for YouTube channel:
Walker, A. (n.d.). Playlists [YouTube channel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 8, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/user/DjWalkzz/playlists
JoVE video with no author listed:
Jove. (2021) Molecular cloning [video]. Jove. https://www-jove-com.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/t/5074
Jove video with author listed:
Smith J, Kemp A. (March 2019) Molecular cloning and ethics considerations [video]. Jove. https://www-jove-com.proxy.lib.uwaterloo.ca/t/5074
The date noted should be the date that the video was uploaded.
Acknowledgement
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