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If paraphrasing an idea from another work, you only have to refer to the author and

year of publication in your in-text reference, but APA guidelines encourage you to

also provide the page number (although it is not required.)

Ex: paraphrasing of the text (Author last name, year of publication) punctuation at

the end

Ex: … (Robbins, 2008).

Quote less than 40 words:

Name author in the signal phrase or in the parentheses each time you cite the work.

In the parenthetical citation after the author’s last name, include the publication year

and the quoted page numbers from the reference. Make sure to separate each piece of

information in the parenthetical citation with commas.

Ex: “…” (Smith, 2005, p.6).

Ex: “…” (Smith, 2005, pp. 8-9).

Incorporating a source into a paragraph:

If you are directly quoting from a work, you will need to include the author, year of

publication, and the page number for the reference (preceded by "p."). Introduce the

quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author's last name followed by the

date of publication in parentheses.

According to Stemmer (2008)…

Stemmer (2008) indicates…

Quote more than 40 words (block quote):

Block quotes in APA are like MLA but with a year attached. For prose, if a quotation

runs longer than 40 words into the text, set it off from the text by beginning a new

line, indenting one-half inch from the left margin, and typing it double-spaced,

without adding quotation marks. Indent any new, subsequent paragraph by one-half

inch. The parenthetical reference for a block quotation sits at the very end in

parentheses after the closing punctuation.

Ex: . (Roueche & Roueche, 1993, p.121)

Secondary Source:

When citing a source within a source, name the original work and give a citation for

the secondary source.

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