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APA Style (6th ed.)

This guide shows how to reference with the APA 6th edition style

Page numbers

Citations:

Page numbers are always used in citations after quotations. They are not mandatory for in-text citations for paraphrases or summaries, but APA encourages them when it would help the reader to find the relevant section or information in a long or complex text. You can also check with your lecturer(s) as to their preference in this regard for your assignments.

 

 

Reference List:

In the Reference List, use the abbreviations p. for a single page (e.g. p. 10) and pp. for a page range (e.g. pp. 11-12) to precede newspaper article and book chapter references. These abbreviations are not required for journal and magazine article references, unless they do not have a volume and it is required to make it obvious to the reader that it is a page number(s).

Citation when page numbers are not available

If a source contains no page numbers, such as a webpage or online newspaper articles, do not include a page number in the relevant reference entries.


For direct quotations from a source without page numbers, use the major sections, headings or chapters and paragraph numbers.

 

 

You can also refer to a specific section heading (or abbreviated heading in quotation marks if it is long) and a paragraph number within that section.

 


You should cite album tracks or times, video frames or times, or other specific points on a larger piece of work in the same way:

 

 

To point the reader to a specific spot in an audio-visual source (e.g. video, podcasts), include a timestamp in the APA style in-text citation, just as you would include a page number under similar circumstances for a print source like a book or journal.

Time should be in the 24-hour clock in the format hh:mm:

 


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