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    This document outlines the key changes between the 6th and 7th editions of the APA Publication Manual. It discusses updated guidelines for citing online media, inclusive language, student paper formatting, and minor citation changes. The changes include removing publisher location from references, shortening in-text citations, allowing up to 20 authors in references, formatting DOIs as URLs, updated guidelines for citing webpages, ebooks, and contributors other than authors.

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    This document outlines the key changes between the 6th and 7th editions of the APA Publication Manual. It discusses updated guidelines for citing online media, inclusive language, student paper formatting, and minor citation changes. The changes include removing publisher location from references, shortening in-text citations, allowing up to 20 authors in references, formatting DOIs as URLs, updated guidelines for citing webpages, ebooks, and contributors other than authors.

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    This document outlines the key changes between the 6th and 7th editions of the APA Publication Manual. It discusses updated guidelines for citing online media, inclusive language, student paper formatting, and minor citation changes. The changes include removing publisher location from references, shortening in-text citations, allowing up to 20 authors in references, formatting DOIs as URLs, updated guidelines for citing webpages, ebooks, and contributors other than authors.

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    This document outlines the key changes between the 6th and 7th editions of the APA Publication Manual. It discusses updated guidelines for citing online media, inclusive language, student paper formatting, and minor citation changes. The changes include removing publisher location from references, shortening in-text citations, allowing up to 20 authors in references, formatting DOIs as URLs, updated guidelines for citing webpages, ebooks, and contributors other than authors.

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    The key takeaways are that the 7th edition of the APA publication manual includes better guidelines for citing online media, updated guidelines for inclusive language, student-specific paper formatting, and minor changes to how sources are cited.

    Some notable changes in the 7th edition include better guidelines for citing online media, updated guidelines for inclusive and bias-free language, student-specific paper formatting, and minor changes in how to cite sources.

    Changes to in-text citations in the 7th edition include shortening citations with three or more authors to 'et al.' and allowing up to 20 authors to be listed in the reference list before using 'et al.'.

    APA 7th Edition

    The most notable changes


    APA Publication Manual

    6th edition 7th edition


    (2009) (October 2019)
    What’s changed?

    ● Better guidelines for citing online media


    ● Updated guidelines for inclusive and bias-free language
    ● Student-specific paper format
    ● Minor changes in how to cite sources
    References and
    in-text citations
    7 notable changes
    1. Publisher location not included

    ✗ Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal
    change. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster.
    ✓ Covey, S. R. (2013). The 7 habits of highly effective people: Powerful lessons in personal
    change. Simon & Schuster.
    2. In-text citations are shortened

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


    ✓ (Taylor et al., 2018)
    3. Up to 20 authors in the reference list

    ✗ Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., …
    Nelson, T. P. (2018).
    ✓ Miller, T. C., Brown, M. J., Wilson, G. L., Evans, B. B., Kelly, R. S., Turner, S. T., Lewis,
    F., Lee, L. H., 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., … Nelson, T. P. (2018).
    4. DOIs are formatted as URLs

    ✗ doi: 10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449
    ✓ https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449
    5. Citing web pages

    ✗ Walker, A. (2019, November 14). Germany avoids recession but growth remains weak.
    Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127
    ✓ Walker, A. (2019, November 14). Germany avoids recession but growth remains weak.
    BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127
    6. Citing ebooks

    ✗ Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites [Kindle
    version]. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2
    ✓ Brück, M. (2009). Women in early British and Irish astronomy: Stars and satellites.
    Springer Nature. https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2
    7. Contributors other than authors
    Media type Include as author

    Film Director

    TV series Executive producer(s)

    Podcast episode Host of episode

    Webinar Instructor

    Online streaming video Person or group who


    uploaded the video

    Photograph Photographer
    Inclusive and
    bias-free language
    Updated guidelines
    Use singular “they”

    ✗ A researcher’s career depends on how often he is cited.


    ✓ A researcher’s career depends on how often they are cited.

    ✗ Each examiner submitted his or her assessment.


    ✓ Each examiner submitted their assessment.
    Be sensitive to labels

    ✗ The poor
    ✓ People living in poverty

    ✗ Transsexuals
    ✓ Transgender people
    Appropriate level of specificity

    ✗ Over-65s
    ✓ People aged 65 to 75

    ✗ Asian participants
    ✓ Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Thai participants
    Paper format
    Student-specific guidelines
    More fonts to choose from

    ✓ Times New Roman (12 pt)


    ✓ Arial (11pt)
    ✓ Georgia (11pt)
    ✓ Calibri (11pt)
    ✓ Lucida Sans Unicode (10pt)
    No more running head
    Updated heading styles

    Level Format

    1 Centered, Bold, Title Case

    2 Left-aligned, Bold, Title Case

    3 Left-aligned, Bold, Italic, Title Case

    4 Indented, Bold, Title Case, Period. Text begin on


    the same line.

    5 Indented, Bold, Italic, Title Case, Period. Text begin


    on the same line.
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    ● Ebook ($35.99)
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