APA Citation Generators

 

 

 

Probably the easiest way to create your citations and works cited page is to create it in Google Docs. 

While in a Google Doc, click on Tools and select Citations.  On the right side of the page, be sure to select APA (7th ed.)

Click on + Add Citation Source

 

Select Source type.  Select book, website, newspaper article, etc.

 

For a website:

Copy and paste the URL (the web address) in the text box that says Search with a URL and then click Search.

If it finds your correct website, click continue.  If information is missing it will ask for that information to be added.

Click Add the citation source.

If it does not find the correct website, click on Cite manually and type in the information requested.

 

For a book:

If you know the ISBN of the book you can type it in and it will look for that book. (The ISBN can be found on the back of the title page or sometimes on the back cover of the book. ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. The ISBn should have 13 numbers)

If not, click on Cite manually and add the information needed.

 

 

 

 

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     Scribbr APA Citation Generator

 

 

 

 

There are two types of citations:

 

• In-text/Parenthetical citations: Those that are found in the body of a project are called in-text/parenthetical citations. They're added into a project when a direct quote or paraphrase has been added into your work. These citations only include the name(s) of the author(s), date, and page number(s), if applicable.
• References: Those that are found on the final part of a project are called references. They're are found in the reference list (sometimes called APA works cited by some teachers), which is at the end of the assignment. It includes the full information of all sources used in a project. These types of references show the author's name, date published, title, publisher, URL, and other key pieces of information.

 

 

 

Full References Overview

Each source used in your project is listed as a full citation on the APA reference page, which is usually the last part of a project.

The structure for each citation is based on the type of source used. Scroll down to see APA format examples of some common source formats.

 

Depending on the types of sources used for your project, the structure for each citation may look different. There is a certain format or structure for books, a different one for journal articles, a different one for websites, and so on.

 

General Things to Remember:  

 

1.  If your reference source begins with A, An, or The ignore it and alphabetize the reference by the word following it.

2.  Authors are displayed in reverse order: Last name, First initial.  End this information with a period

3.  When no author is listed, exclude the author information and start the citation with the title followed by the year in parentheses.

4.  For book titles: Only capitalize the first letter of the first word in the title and the same for the subtitle. Capitalize the first letter for any proper nouns as well. Place this information in italics. End it with a period.

6.  For a publication date it should be: Year, Month Day     (Example:  2020, October 6)

 

Below are examples:

 

How to cite a book:

Author's Last name, First name initial. Middle name initial. (Year published). Title of book. Publisher.

Book Example:

Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. Simon and Schuster.

 

How to cite a web page on a website in APA:

Author's Last name, F. M. (Year, Month Day published). Title of article or page. Site Name. URL

 

APA website citation example: