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APA (7th) Citation Style Guide

Other Examples

The ERIC database sometimes includes non-periodical results, including manuscripts, policy briefs, and other documents (ED's). 

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of work (ERIC Document Number). ERIC. http://xxxxx

Example:

Garza, Roxanne. (2019). Paving the Way for Latinx Teachers: Recruitment and Preparation to Promote Educator

Diversity. (ED599745). ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED599745

Only cite an interview if it is retrievable. If it is a personal interview that is not able to be accessed by the reader, follow the guidelines for personal communication. Cite them in text only.

Template

Interviewee, A. A. (Year, month day interviewed). Title of interview [Interview]. Website. http://xxxxx

Example:

Glazer, I. (2020, January 28 ). Ilana Glazer - Embracing stand-up with "the planet is burning" and "horny 4 tha polls"- Extended

interview [Interview]. Comedy Central.  http://www.cc.com/video-clips/taqvfi/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-ilana-glazer--

embracing-stand-up-with--the-planet-is-burning--and--horny-4-tha-polls-

Note: if the author and website are the same, omit the website.

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of report (Report No. xxx). Website. http://xxxxx


Example: Individual Author

Church, K. (2019). Market‐Based Inflation Expectations and Inflation Realities: A Comparison of the Treasury Breakeven

Inflation (TBI) Rate Curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession (Working

Paper No. 511).Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/osmr/research-papers/2019/pdf/ec190010.pdf


Example: Organizational Author

For sub agencies, use the specific agency instead of including the full hierarchy in which it is under.


National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2011). Your guide to anemia (NIH Publication No. 11-7629).

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/blood/anemia-yg.pdf


Example: Report Retrieved from Other Site

Matese, M. A. (1997, March). Accountability-based sanctions (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fact

Sheet No. 58). National Criminal Justice Reference Service. https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/fs-9758.pdf

Template

Name of the Statute/Act, Title Number Source § Section number(s) (Year of Code Used). http://xxxx

Example: Federal Statute

Mental Health Systems Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9401 (1988). https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2017-title42/USCODE

2017-title42-chap102-sec9401


Example: State Statute

Hours and Days of Sale, MN. Stat. § 340A.504 (2019) https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/340A.504


U.S. Constitution

If you cite the U.S. Constitution as a whole, you can mention it in your paper without adding a citation in your references list.

if citing a specific part of the Constitution, use the article, amendment, section, and/or clause numbers.

  • Article = art. [use Roman numerals: I, II, III]

  • Amendment = amend. [use Roman numerals: I, II, III]

  • Section = § [use Arabic numbers: 1, 2, 3]
      (how to create the section symbol in Word)

  • Clause = cl. [use Arabic numbers: 1, 2, 3]

  • Preamble = pmbl

Examples:

The Founding Fathers addressed the process by which new states may join the union (U.S. Const. art. I, § 3).

During prohibition, the sale of liquor was made illegal (U.S. Const. amend. XVIII, repealed 1933).

Template

Name v. Name, Volume Source Page (Court Date). http://xxxxx

Example:

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973). https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18

Template

Artist, A. A. (copyright year). Title of work [Medium: Painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, etc.]. Museum, Location. http://xxxxx

Example: Physical Work of Art

Wood, G. (1930). American Gothic [Painting]. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Example: Artwork Viewed Online

Basquiat, J. (1983). Untitled, From Leonardo [Screenprint]. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY, United States.

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/146283?artist_id=370&locale=en&page=1&sov_referrer=artist