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A Crash Course in Lit Reviews

Quick reference

The following examples of the most commons types of citations are adapted from the 7th edition (2019) of the APA manual. For additional information browse the APA Style online guide at https://ereserves.uta.edu/2020/spring/APAWILL101.pdf

Book, Single Author Ball, P. (2001). Bright earth: Art and the invention of color. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 
Book, Multiple Authors Bird, K., & Martin, J. S. (2005). American prometheus: The triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Book, Editor Silverstein, T. (Ed). (1974). Sir Gawain and the green knight. University of Chicago Press.
Chapter in a Book Demos, J. (2001). Real lives and other fictions: Reconsidering Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose. In Carnes, M. (Ed.), Novel history: Historians and novelists confront America's past (and each other), (pp. 132-145).Simon and Schuster.
Journal Article without DOI Burns, S. (2005). Ordering the artist's body: Thomas Eakins' acts of self-portrayal. American Art, 19(1), 90-102.
Website Florida Department of Education. (2010). Next generation sunshine state standards: Grade two, social  studies.  http://www.floridastandards.org/Standards/FLStandardSearch.aspx

Data Citation

Don't forget to cite any data sets you used to find demographic or statistical information for your paper.

How to Cite Data

Each citation must include these basic elements

  • Author
  • Title
  • Distributor
  • Date
  • Version (if applicable
  • Persistent identifier (such as the Digital Object Identifier, Uniform Resource Name URN, or Handle System)

Example

Financial Services. (2018). Number of individuals experiencing homelessness in 2017. City of Austin, Texas Open Data. https://doi.org/10.26000/041.000023