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SPC 1608 - Stein (Dale Mabry): APA citing

Links and tips to help you find acceptable sources for your Informative Briefing and Persuasive Presentation speeches.

Using citation generators in the library databases and catalog

Citing your source references in APA style

Instructions and examples of source references in APA style

Elements of source references in APA style

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Source citations in APA style are called references. References contain the following four elements:

  • Author. This can be a person, group of people, or an organization. Use & for multiple authors. If there is no author, start the entry with the title.
  • Date. Refers to the date of publication and is most commonly the year or an exact date, such as year, month, and day. Use (n.d.) for no date.
  • Title. This can be either a work that stands alone, such as a book, or part of a greater whole, such as a journal article, and should always be in sentence case.
  • Source. Indicates where readers can retrieve the cited work and could be a publisher or the title of a greater whole, such as a journal article and the journal name. 
Can't find some of this information for your source? Use the the APA Style website's guide to adapting Missing reference information.