APA Style Guide, 7th edition: Home

Use for print book, eBook from Library Database
or eBook on the Web

Use for chapter in a print book, chapter in an eBook from a library database, or chapter in an eBook on the web

Use for DSM-5 online or DSM-5 in print.

Use for an entry in a dictionary, thesaurus or encyclopedia in print, from a library database, or on the web

Use for a work that has been republished in an anthology in print or in an eBook from a library database.

Use for citing information from tables and charts found in library databases and on the web. For tables and charts that you reprint or embed in your work, see Images and Tables (Reprinted / Embedded).

Use these guidelines for images you reprint or embed directly in your work. These images are not cited on your references list but instead use the rules for tables and figures.

Use for reports published by government agencies (most frequently found using government websites).

Use for a blog post.

Use for a scholarly journal article in print, from a library database, or on the web.

Use for a magazine article in print, from a library database, or on the web.

Use for a newspaper article in print, from a library database, or on the web. For news articles on other websites that are not not newspaper, magazine, journal or blog sites, use the example for a webpage.

Use for systematic reviews found using Cochrane Database (through the library).

Use this format for content found in Ferguson's Career Guidance Center database.

Use for webpages on websites that are not newspapers, magazines, journals or blogs. For an online dictionary, thesaurus or encyclopedia, see the example for Entry in a Reference Book.

Use for Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

Use for a blog post.

Use for a video on DVD, from a Library Database, or on the web.

Use for images that you refer to, but do not reprint or embed in your work.

Use these guidelines for images you reprint or embed directly in your work. These images are not cited on your references list but instead use the rules for tables and figures.

Personal communications, including e-mails, live interviews, conversations, text messages, classroom lectures, live speeches, personal letters, etc., are cited only in your text and NOT on your references page.