How To Write Citation In APA Format?

Author’s last name, first initial. (Year). Title of the work. Publisher.

For journal articles: Author’s last name, first initial. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. https://doi.org/xxxx

For books: Author’s last name, first initial. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

For websites: Author’s last name, first initial. (Year, Month Day). Title of webpage. Website Name. URL

For articles with no author: Title of article. (Year, Month Day). Website Name. URL

In-text citation: (Author’s last name, Year)

In-text citation with direct quote: (Author’s last name, Year, p. Page number)

Two authors in-text: (Author’s last name & Author’s last name, Year)

Three or more authors in-text: (Author’s last name et al., Year)

Use a hanging indent for the reference list

Alphabetize references by the first author’s last name

Italicize book titles, journal titles, and volume numbers

Capitalize only the first word of titles and subtitles, and proper nouns

Include DOI as a clickable link when available

Use sentence case for article and webpage titles

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