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Counseling and School Counseling : APA Citation

APA Changes

APA 7 came out in October of 2019 with quite a few changes. Most of the changes are format related, with a few changes to references and in-text citation. If you're curious what all changed, here is a quick run-down of what is new:

Online Citation Help

DOIs?

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet. A DOI will help your reader easily locate a document from your citation. 

Below is a video talking about all the ways to find a DOI. Crossref is mentioned and linked below.

DOI Video

APA Citation

Basic Format for Books

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher. DOI (if there is one)

Stoneman, R. (2008). Alexander the Great: A life in legend. Yale University Press.

*The APA 7 updates removed location.*

Article or Chapter in an Edited Book

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of chapter. In A. A. Editor & B. B. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pages of chapter). Publisher.

Armstrong, D. (2019). Malory and character. In M. G. Leitch, & C. J. Rushton (Eds.), A new companion to Malory (pp. 144-163). D. S. Brewer.


Article From an Online Periodical with DOI Assigned

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. https://doi.org/10.0000/0000

Brownlie, D. (2007). Toward effective poster presentations: An annotated bibliography. European Journal of Marketing, 41, 1245-1283. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090560710821161

*APA 7 update has the doi ALWAYS starting with https://* and should be hyperlinked

Article From an Online Periodical with no DOI Assigned

APA 7 states to not include the database name or URL for articles found with an academic database (the library's databases)

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. 

If you have an article without a DOI with a nondatabase URL

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page range. URL to article or journal homepage


Report From a Private Organization

Author or Name of organization. (Date of publication). Title of report. Publisher name. DOI or URL

American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with eating disorders (2nd ed.). Washington, DC. https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/eatingdisorders-watch.pdf


Webpage or Piece of Online Content (*make sure to evaluate these resources before use!*)

Individual webpages and documents hosted online are cited similarly to print content. Note, however, that the URL is typically included at the end of the entry. The URL may, at the author's discretion, be left as an active link. Include additional information (like translators, editors, first edition publication date, and so on) as you would for print sources.

Last name, F. M. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Site name. URL

Price, D. (2018, March 23). Laziness does not exist. Medium. https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01

If there is no date available, put (n.d.) in place of the (Year, Month Day).


*When the author and site name are the same, omit the site name from your citation, like the example below:

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (2019, November 21). Justice served: Case closed for over 40 dogfighting victimshttps://www.aspca.org/news/justice-served-case-closed-over-40-dogfighting-victims


No Author with a Retrieval Date

Title of page. (Year, Month Date). Site name. Retrieved Month Date, Year, from URL

Quantum mechanics. (2019, November 19). Wikipedia. Retrieved November 25, 2019, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics

*You include a retrieval date for any information that changes over time and the page itself is not archived.*