APA Citation
Cabrillo APA Style Guide Links to an external site.
References
In APA style, the list of detailed information about your sources at the end of your paper is called “References." Generally, your professors will call sources “references” instead "citations." The core elements of a APA style are as follows:
APA Core Elements
- Author.
- (Date).
- Title.
- Source.
Examples
Print Book
Mancini, C. (2008). Racism in Harper Lee’s To kill a mockingbird. Greenhaven Press.
Electronic Book
Schreiber, B. (2019). Music is power : Popular songs, social Justice, and the will to change. Rutgers University Press.
Web page
Hollmichel, S. (2013, April 25). The reading brain: Differences between digital and print. So Many Books. https://somanybooksblog.com/2013/04/25/the-reading-brain-differences-between-digital-and-print
Academic Journal Article
Grauer, J., Löwen, H., & Liebchen, B. (2020). Strategic spatiotemporal vaccine distribution increases the survival rate in an infectious disease like Covid-19. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–10. https://doi-org.whccd.idm.oclc.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78447-3
More APA resources
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Citations
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