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How to cite websites, journal articles, books, videos, and more in APA 7th edition, with reference-list and in-text examples for each.
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How to Cite a Website in APA
Cite a webpage in APA 7th edition. Official §10.16 templates, Toner and WHO examples, news-site versus newspaper rules, omitted site names, n.d., and retrieval dates.
How to Cite a Journal Article in APA 7
Cite a journal article in APA 7th edition: DOI versus database versus URL, article numbers, missing volume data, retracted papers, special issues, abstracts, and UpToDate. Official §10.1 wording plus the current Niepel, Grady, Jerrentrup, and Joly examples.
How to Cite a Book in APA 7
Cite print books, ebooks, edited chapters, audiobooks, and republished books in APA 7. Official §10.2 and §10.3 wording, Jackson–Sapolsky–Svendsen, Levenson 2025, Kübler-Ross, Harris, Cain, and the DOI-versus-database test.
How to Cite a Newspaper Article in APA 7
Cite print, online, database, unsigned, and news-site stories in APA 7th edition. Official §10.1 wording, Carey, Harlan, Stobbe, Bernstein, and Reynolds examples, and the newspaper-versus-CNN test.
How to Cite a Magazine Article in APA 7
Cite print, online, database, and DOI magazine articles in APA 7. Official §10.1 wording, Lyons, Schaefer, Schulman, Thomson, and Nicholl examples, the Schulman URL-date trap, and the magazine-versus-CNN italic test.
How to Cite Social Media Posts in APA 7
Cite X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, and profiles in APA 7 §10.15. Official Gates, News From Science, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cook, Witherspoon, and Little examples, plus Threads and Bluesky templates.
How to Cite a YouTube Video in APA
Cite a YouTube video or channel in APA 7th edition. Official §10.12 templates, Asian Boss and Harvard examples, TED-versus-YouTube rules, timestamps, and retrieval dates.
How to Cite a Podcast in APA 7
Cite a podcast episode or series in APA 7 §10.13. Official Glass, Vedantam, and Santos samples, Fresh Air interviews, transcripts, n.d. dates, timestamps, and app-versus-URL rules.
How to Cite a Conference Paper in APA 7
Cite proceedings, talks, posters, abstracts, and symposium contributions in APA 7. Official §10.5 templates, Evans, Davidson, De Boer, Duckworth, and Bedenel examples, and the published-versus-presented test.
How to Cite a Dissertation or Thesis in APA 7
Cite published and unpublished dissertations and master's theses in APA 7th edition. Official §10.6 templates, ProQuest publication numbers, repository URLs, and Style Center examples.
How to Cite a Government Report in APA 7
Cite agency reports, CRS products, numbered technical reports, and WHO publications in APA 7. Official §10.4 templates, NCI and NASA examples, and the title-page test that decides group versus named authors.
How to Cite an Interview in APA 7
Cite published, personal, and research-participant interviews in APA 7. Recoverability decides the path: Chapter 10 for a recoverable container, §8.9 in the text only, or §8.36 with no citation.
How to Cite a Lecture or PowerPoint in APA 7
Cite an unrecorded class lecture, Canvas or Blackboard slides, a public PowerPoint, and untitled lecture notes in APA 7. Recoverability test, §8.8, §8.9, and §10.14, plus Mack, Jones, and Canan.
How to Cite a Film or TV Show in APA 7
Cite a movie, documentary, TV series, or episode in APA 7 §10.12. Official Forman, Mann, Fosha, Jackson, Simon, Barris, Dippold, and Malle samples, plus timestamps and streaming rules.
How to Cite an Image, Photograph, or Artwork in APA 7
APA 7 §10.14 rules for museum works, photographs, clip art, and infographics, plus figure-note copyright lines. Official Wood, Delacroix, McCurry, gdj, and APA Data sharing examples.
How to Cite a Data Set in APA 7
APA 7 §10.9 rules for archived files and unpublished raw data: official O'Donohue, Pew, and NCES examples, the ICPSR export-versus-APA rebuild, and when to cite the article instead of the file.