In-Text Citations
What do you include in an in-text citation for a direct quote?"
Author's last name, publication year, and page number (e.g., Smith, 2020, p. 45).
"How should you order sources in a reference list?"
Alphabetically by the author's last name.
"What is the correct font and size for an APA paper?"
Times New Roman, 12-point font (or similar fonts like Arial or Calibri).
"True or False: Use a period after a DOI or URL
False. Using an ending period after a DOI can mess with the link functionality
"How do you cite a source with two authors in-text?"
Use both authors' last names separated by an ampersand (e.g., (Smith & Johnson, 2020)).
"What’s the correct format for a journal article in a reference list?"
Author's last name, Initials. (Year). Title of the article. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), page numbers.
Example: Smith, J. (2020). APA referencing made easy. Journal of Education, 45(2), 123-145.
"What type of spacing is used throughout an APA-formatted paper?"
Double spacing.
True or False: In APA 7th edition, all titles in the reference list should be capitalized, including the main title and subtitles.
False. In APA 7th edition, only the first letter of the first word of the title and subtitle, as well as proper nouns, should be capitalized. Titles should not be fully capitalized.
What kind of an in-text citation incorporates the author's name into the sentence with the date in parentheses.
narrative citation
"How do you format a book reference?"
Author's last name, Initials. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.
Example: Johnson, P. (2019). The guide to referencing. Pearson.
True or False: In an APA 7th edition reference list, a hanging indent is where the first line of each reference is indented, and subsequent lines are flush left.
False. In a hanging indent, the first line of each reference is flush left, and subsequent lines are indented.
True or False: In APA 7th edition, all in-text citations for sources with three or more authors must always use "et al." after the first author’s last name.
True. For sources with three or more authors, APA 7th edition requires the use of "et al." after the first author's name in every citation, regardless of how many times the source is cited.