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APA Style 7th ed.

Citing in the American Psychological Association Style

Other Changes from APA 6th ed.

Multiple acceptable font styles and sizes

 

No running head for student papers.

 

For in-text citations of works with three or more authors, include only the first author's last name followed by et. al.

Example:

❌ (Taylor, Kotler, Johnson, & Parker, 2018)

💯 (Taylor et al., 2018)

 

Use of the singular third person "they" is encouraged.

 

For the reference of a work with 21 authors or more, include the first 19 names, an ellipses, and the last author's name.

Example:

❌ Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., . . . Lee, L. H. (2018).

💯 Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis, F., Nelson, T. P., Cox, G., Harris, H. L., Martin, P., Gonzalez, W. L., Hughes, W., Carter, D., Campbell, C., Baker, A. B., Flores, T., Gray, W. E., Green, G., . . . Lee, L. H. (2018).


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