APA 7 Citation Style: One Author

References List Format

Last name of author, First and middle initial of author. (Year of publication). Title of book (edition if any).

     Publisher.

In-Text Citation Format (Direct Quote)

(Author’s Last Name, Year of publication, p. #)

In-Text Citation Format (Paraphrased or Summarized)

(Author’s Last Name, Year of publication)

References List Example

​Dudek, S. G. (2013). Nutrition essentials for nursing practice (7^th ed.). Lippincott.

In-Text Citation Example (Direct Quote)

(Dudek, 2013, p. 13)

In-Text Citation Example (Paraphrased or Summarized)

(Dudek, 2013)

When writing an APA paper you use two types of citations: 

1. in-text (or parenthetical) citation
2. References page citation. 

These citations are directly linked.  Any in-text citation should reflect a citation in your References page at the end of your APA paper.

The in-text citation is a brief reference to your source which then leads your reader to your References page for the full citation. 

The punctuation in your citations does matter.  Make sure you pay attention to where the periods and commas are in the examples.