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APA Referencing Guide

This online guide is an abridged version of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2020a) 7th edition manual.

Below are some basic templates for figure and table referencing. For variations of these, please see Figures - Alternatives, Tables - Alternatives and Notes - Alternatives.

 

A visual template outlining the formatting and placement of information for a figure/table adapted from a book. It reads: Figure 1/Table 1 (bold, left justified); on a new line: Descriptive Title (italicised, left justified); on a new line, your figure/table; on a new line: Note. From or Adapted from Title of Book (page number), by A. Author, Year, Publisher. Copyright Year by the Name of Copyright Holder.

 

Note example:

Note. Adapted from Managing Therapy-Interfering Behavior: Strategies From Dialectical Behavior Therapy (p. 172), by A. L. Chapman and M. Z. Rosenthal, 2016, American Psychological Association. Copyright 2016 by the American Psychological Association.

In-text Citation:

(Chapman & Rosenthal, 2016).

Chapman and Rosenthal (2016) demonstrates that…

and

As seen in Figure One ...

(see Figure One)

Reference list entry:

Chapman, A. L., & Rosenthal, M. Z. (2016). Managing therapy-interfering behavior: Strategies from dialectical behavior therapy [Image]. American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14752-000

For more information on figures and tables please see page 43-44 of the referencing guide.

 

A visual template outlining the formatting and placement of information for a figure/table adapted from a journal article. It reads: Figure 1/Table 1 (bold, left justified); on a new line: Descriptive Title (italicised, left justified); on a new line, your figure/table; on a new line: Note. Adapted/Retrieved/Reprinted from "Title of Article" by A. Author, Year, Journal Title, Volume(issue), page(s). Copyright Year by the Name of Copyright Holder.

 

Note example:

Note. Adapted from “Social Media: A Contextual Framework to Guide Research and Practice”, by L. A. McFarland and R. E. Ployhart, 2015, Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(6), p. 1656. Copyright 2015 by the American Psychological Association.

In-text Citation:

(McFarland & Ployhart, 2015).

McFarland and Ployhart (2015) demonstrates that…

and

As seen in Figure One ...

(see Figure One)

Reference list entry:

McFarland, L. A., & Ployhart, R. E. (2015). Social media: A contextual framework to guide research and practice [Infographic]. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(6), 1653–1677. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039244

For more information on figures and tables please see page 43-44 of the referencing guide.

 

A visual template outlining the formatting and placement of information for a figure/table adapted from a website. It reads: Figure 1/Table 1 (bold, left justified); on a new line: Descriptive Title (italicised, left justified); on a new line, your figure/table; on a new line: Note. From or Adapted from Title of Webpage, by A. Author, Year, Site Name (URL). Copyright year by Name of Copyright Holder or Creative Commons license.

 

Note example:

Note. Adapted from Evidence-Based Practice in Health, by M. Turner, 2014, University of Canberra Library (https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599346&p=4149722). Copyright 2014 by University of Canberra Library.

In-text Citation:

(Turner, 2014).

Turner (2014) demonstrates that…

and

As seen in Figure One ...

(see Figure One)

Reference list entry:

Turner, M. (2014). Evidence-based practice in health. University of Canberra Library. https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599346&p=4149722

For more information on figures and tables please see page 43-44 of the referencing guide.




 

Note example:

Note. Adapted from Jane Doe’s Nutrition, by Nutrition Experts, 2023, Foodzone (https://foodzone.io/). Copyright 2023 by Nutrition Experts.

In-text Citation:

(Nutrition Experts, 2023)

Nutrition Experts (2023)

and

As seen in Table One ... / As seen in Figure One...

(see Table One) / (see Figure One)

Reference list entry:

Nutrition Experts. (2023). Jane Doe’s nutrition. Foodzone. https://foodzone.io/

For more information on figures and tables please see page 43-44 of the referencing guide.

References

 

References

American Psychological Association. (n.d.-a). APA style. https://apastyle.apa.org/ 

American Psychological Association. (n.d.-b). Student sample paper with annotations. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/student-annotated.pdf

American Psychological Association. (2020a). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

American Psychological Association. (2020b, October 21). Student paper setup guide. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/student-paper-setup-guide.pdf

American Psychological Association. (2021a, December). Sample Tables. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/sample-tables

American Psychological Association. (2021b, December). Table setup. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables

American Psychological Association. (2022a, July). Appropriate level of citation. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/appropriate-citation

American Psychological Association. (2022b, July). Elements of reference list entries. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/elements-list-entry

American Psychological Association. (2022c, July). Font. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/font

American Psychological Association. (2022d, July). Headings. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/headings

American Psychological Association. (2022e, July). Numbers expressed in numerals. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/numbers/numerals

American Psychological Association. (2022f, July). Numbers expressed in words. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/numbers/words

American Psychological Association. (2022g, July). Paragraph alignment and indentation. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/paragraph-format

American Psychological Association. (2022h, July). Paraphrasing. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/paraphrasing

American Psychological Association. (2022i, July). Quotations. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/quotations

American Psychological Association. (2022j, July). Sample papers. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/sample-papers

American Psychological Association. (2022k, July). Use of italics. APA Style.  https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/italics-quotations/italics

American Psychological Association. (2022l, August). Citing multiple works. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/basic-principles/multiple-works

American Psychological Association. (2023, March). About APA style. https://apastyle.apa.org/about-apa-style

McAdoo, T. (2023, April 7). How to cite ChatGPT. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt

Microsoft. (n.d.-a). Add a heading. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-a-heading-3eb8b917-56dc-4a17-891a-a026b2c790f2

Microsoft. (n.d.-b). Change margins. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-margins-in-your-word-document-c95c1ea1-70b1-4dde-a1da-f5aa2042c829

Microsoft. (n.d.-c). Create a hanging indent. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-hanging-indent-7bdfb86a-c714-41a8-ac7a-3782a91ccad5

Microsoft. (n.d.-d). Double-space the lines in a document. https://bit.ly/3GRcExu

PSI CHI. (2022, April 5). Webinar: So you need to write a literature review/key tasks & how to accomplish them 03/16/2022 [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/LWMf-FYOpJ8