APA 7th Ed. Style Quick Guide

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APA 7th ed. Style Quick Guide
References are written at the end of the discussion or paper.
Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work.
All references should be double-spaced just like the rest of your paper.
Note: In Canvas, you cannot format a hanging indention for your references. However, in Word, you
can, so use the hanging indentions for all your writing in Word. To create the handing indention for
your references,
1. Select the text where you want to add a hanging indent.

2. Go to Home > click on the small button to the right of the word, Paragraph (the paragraph dialog
launcher) > Indentation and Spacing.
3. Under Special, select Hanging. You can set the depth of the indent by typing .5 in the “By” field.
4. Select OK.
BOOKS and EBOOKS
Last name of author1, F. M., & Last name of author2, F. M. (Year). Title of book. Publishing Agency.
F – First initial of the first name of author
M – First initial of the middle name of author
The title of the book is written in italics. Generally, only the first letter of the first word in the title and
proper nouns are capitalized.
If the book includes a DOI, include the DOI in the reference after the publisher’s name.
Complete book
Covey, S. R. (2020). The 7 habits of highly effective people. Simon & Schuster.
Sayles, N. N., & Kavanaugh-Burke, L. (2021). Introduction to information systems for health information
technology (4th ed.). American Health Information Management Association.
Chapter in an edited book
Shortliffe, E. H. & Blois, M. S. (2014). Biomedical informatics: The science and the pragmatics. In
Shortliffe, E. H. & Cimino, J. J. (Eds.). (2014). Biomedical informatics: Computer applications in
healthcare and biomedicine. (4th ed.). DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_4
Ebook
Last name of author, F. M. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

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Use the same formats for both print books and eBooks. If the book includes a DOI, include the DOI in the
reference after the publisher’s name.
URL ARTICLES (from databases or newspaper/journal/magazine websites)
For all electronic documents, use the DOI (digital object identifier) number. If there is no DOI, include
the homepage URL for the cited source.
With DOI
Last name of author1, F. M., Last name of author2, F. M., & Last name of author3, F. M. (Year). Title of
article. Title of Periodical, volume (issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx
Without DOI
Last name of author1, F. M., Last name of author2, F. M., & Last name of author3, F. M. (Year). Title of
article. Title of Periodical, volume (issue number), pages. Journal home page URL
YouTube Video
The person or group who uploaded the video is credited as the author for retrievability, even if they did
not create the work.
The title is written in italics.
Last name of the person or group who uploaded the video, F.M. (Year, month date). Title of video.
[Video]. YouTube. URL for video
Example:
Norton, R. (2022, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video]. YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs
Online journal or magazine article with DOI
Author1, F. M., Author2, F. M., & Author3, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number
(issue number), pages. DOI.
Example:
Filiatreault, S., Hodgins, M., & Witherspoon, R. (2021). An umbrella review of clinical practice guidelines
for the management of patients with hip fractures and a synthesis of recommendations for the
pre‐operative period. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(6), 1278-1288. doi: 10.1111/jan.13550
Note: Always capitalize the first letter of each relevant word in Title of Journal/periodical.
Online journal or magazine article without DOI

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Author1, F. M., Author2, F. M., & Author3, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number
(issue number), pages. URL
Jerrentrup, A., Mueller, T., Glowalla, U., Herder, M., Henrichs, N., Neubauer, A., & Schaefer, J. R. (2018).
Teaching medicine with the help of “Dr. House.” PLoS ONE, 13(3), Article
e0193972https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193972
WEB PAGES
Author, A. A. (Year of last update). Title of document. URL
Example:
Hackensack, J. (2009). Obtaining a wild mushroom commercial license.
http://www.oregonmushrooms_license.org.html
Government web page
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Digital Healthcare Research: Clinical Decision
Support. https://digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/current-priorities/clinical-decision-
support-cds
In Text Citations in the body of the paper
In-text citations are used to give credit to authors when paraphrasing or quoting their ideas. If an idea is
not your own, then credit must be given to the author(s). If you paraphrase or use another author’s
ideas and do not use an in-text citation, you are committing plagiarism.
Direct Quotes
A direct quote is a word for word copy of source material. The quote is enclosed in quotation marks.
Include the author's last name and date of publication and page numbers, if available.
Two examples:
"The market for these low-cost machines is driven by inexpensive bandwidth” (Fontana & Montalbano,
2018, p.12).
Fontana and Montalbano (2018) point out “the market for these low-cost machines is being driven by
inexpensive bandwidth” (p.12).
Block Quotes
The block quote is used for direct quotations that are longer than 40 words. Indent the entire quote ½
inch. Double space the entire quotation.
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Example:
Experts have said that the big question is how big the market will become for low-cost
computing devices. ULCPCs are attracting interest from governments, schools, emerging
markets and developing countries. Microsoft is fighting against emerging interests in using Linux
over Windows to keep development costs down (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008, p. 12).
Paraphrase
A paraphrase is an idea from another work written in your own words. Include the author's last name
and the year of publication. Page numbers are encouraged but optional.
Example:
Fontana and Montalbano (2008) note that low priced Netbooks are gaining share because of the
relatively cheap Internet access capable of downloading large files; the wealth of Internet based
applications; and ability for files to be created, produced, stored, and administered on Internet hosted
sites (p.12).
Need more information?
• There are six copies of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th
edition for the IU Campuses. Refer to the University Library webpage to request the APA 7th
edition Publication manual of the American Psychological Association from any IU campus.
• Purdue’s OWL APA online guide
• Ask the IUPUI Writing Center or the ESL Tutoring Center (email at [email protected]) for free
formatting assistance.
• Ask the Luddy librarian, Mahasin S. Ameen, for assistance. Her email is [email protected]

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APA 7th ed. Style Quick Guide

References are written at the end of the discussion or paper.

1. Select the text where you want to add a hanging indent.

BOOKS and EBOOKS

F – First initial of the first name of author

M – First initial of the middle name of author

technology (4th ed.). American Health Information Management Association.

Chapter in an edited book

Shortliffe, E. H. & Cimino, J. J. (Eds.). (2014). Biomedical informatics: Computer applications in

healthcare and biomedicine. (4th ed.). DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_4

Last name of author, F. M. (Year). Title of book. Publisher.

URL ARTICLES (from databases or newspaper/journal/magazine websites)

The title is written in italics.

Online journal or magazine article with DOI

pre‐operative period. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(6), 1278-1288. doi: 10.1111/jan.13550

Online journal or magazine article without DOI

Author, A. A. (Year of last update). Title of document. URL

Hackensack, J. (2009). Obtaining a wild mushroom commercial license.

Government web page

In Text Citations in the body of the paper

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