APA Style (Newest = 7th edition)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: Baker-Berry Reference BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style.
Changes in the 7th edition include:
- References can include up to 20 authors.
- Format your reference based on the document type, not the retrieval method. For example, format as a book regardless of whether you accessed it as a print book or ebook.
- Doi's should always be included and formatted as https://doi.org/xxxxx (highlighted and underlined as a link)
- Add a url if you found the work online, it doesn't have a doi, and the link works.
Online resources to refer to:
- APA StyleRefer to for other tips and commonly asked questions about APA style.
- Recorded Webinar: Creating References Using Seventh Edition APA StyleProvided by ACRL and Choice Media, this one hour webinar is a great overview of the APA basics including 7th edition changes.
- APA Style - 7th ed. Quick Reference Guide (APA site)Overview of required elements for journal articles, books, and book chapters
- APA Style: Purdue OWLThe Purdue OWL site provides numerous examples for citing various types of publications and it includes a sample paper illustrating the proper way to format a research paper and cite sources.
APA Format for Gen AI
Example of the reference and in-text citations for ChatGPT are formatted as follows:
OpenAI. (2023). ChatGPT (Mar 14 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com/chat
- Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023)
- Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023)