In-Text Citations
When you cite a source, you give credit to wherever these borrowed ideas come from. You must cite each source as an in-text citation and include it in the reference list (a complete list of sources) at the end of your assignment.
For in-text citations in APA, provide the author’s name (or the title if there is no author) and the year of publication or n.d. (no date). If it’s a book, you use the copyright date and include page/paragraph numbers for direct quotations. These are also recommended for paraphrases and summaries (check with your lecturer).
For print sources (e.g. books), provide the page number or numbers.
Example:
As Myers (2015, p. 5) points out, “positive emotions are a means to a more caring society.”
For online sources, provide the page number/s or paragraph number/s (use “para.”) or no page given (n.p.g.)
Example:
As Myers (2015, para. 5) points out, “positive emotions are a means to a more caring society.”
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