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Referencing and formatting with APA 7th ed. (STA): APA References

Handout covers APA 7th ed. style for in-text citaiton, references and formating (the latter is for student papers)

About this guide

This page provides resources to assist with citing and referencing sources in APA 7th ed. 

  • APA Style by the American Psychological Association is the referencing style that the UWI thesis guide states should be used by students in the School of Education (SoE), Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

  • All SoE UWISTA students from 2022-2023 onward are to use APA Style 7th. ed.

 

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APA Style 7th ed. References

These handouts for APA 7th ed. are compiled by the Librarian, Dr Shamin Renwick, at the School of Education Library (SoEL).

APA 7th ed. was released in July 2019.

Reference list example in APA 7th ed style

Date - Format in References

Locator Info

If the page number is missing, use other means of identifying where the source info is located.

Introducing the APA 7th edition

References in APA 7th ed.

In-text Citation in APA 7th ed.

APA style: 7th ed.

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official guide to APA style. 2019
 
 
 

Missing Elements in a Reference (Section 9.4, p. 284 of the Manual)

Abbreviations in APA references

Abbreviations Book or publication part
ed.

edition
Rev. ed.

revised edition
2nd ed. second edition
Ed. (Eds.) editor (editors)
Trans. translator (s)
Narr. ((Narrs.) narrator (narrators)
n.d. no date
p. (pp.) page (pages)
para. (paras.) paragraph (paragraphs)
Vol. (Vols.) volume (volume)
No.  number
Pt. part
Tech. Rep.  technical report
Suppl.  supplement

Source: APA 7the ed. Manual, pp. 306-307

See Handout from APA Style.

How to alphabetize "a," "an," and "the" in APA Style References