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APA style 7th version or American Psychological Association style -formatting- seventh version- A brief note

 

A Brief Note on APA (American Psychological Association) Style Seventh (7th) Version

 

Dr. Sankaranarayanan Paleeri

Assistant Professor and Head

Dept. of Social Science Education

NSS Training College, Ottapalam, Kerala -679 101

 

 

American Psychological Association

 

American Psychological Association (APA) was founded in 1892 by certain professional researchers. APA is the largest scientific and professional organization representing academicians. APA also has 54 divisions in subfields of psychology. It was founded with the view- “the new psychology.” Professor Stanley Hall was the first president of APA. It started with 31 members and now has nearly 125000 memebrs!

APA suggests a method or style to prepare research and academic articles. MLA (Modern Language Association- founded by AM Elliot, America) Chicago Style are some other organisations contributing to the same field.

The first edition of the APA Publication Manual was published in 1952 Subsequent editions were released in 1974, 1983, 1994, 2001, 2009, and 2019.

APA style is a writing style and format. It designed for academic documents such as scholarly journal articles and books. It is commonly used for citing sources within the field of behavioural and social sciences. (Wikipedia). The style is being published in style guide of the APA which is titled the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

The guidelines were developed to –

-           support reading comprehension in the social and behavioural sciences

-           for clarity of communication, and for "word choice that best reduces bias in academic language. 

-           APA style is widely used, either entirely or with modifications, by hundreds of scientific journals, in many textbooks, and in academia (for papers written in classes).

 

APA 6th version existed from 2009 to 2019 and the present is its 7th revision. The 7th revision introduced in October, 2019. The errors in the 6th revision, emergence of different types of resources to be referred, large use of online materials, introduction of e-books, OERs, products of creative commons, online videos and discussions and etc. are to be cited in papers. Reference of all these have to be read in different way and APA thought of new version. The new version introduced in October 2019 with the hope that by the start of 2020, publishers may follow the 7th revision. 

Difference from 6th revision to 7th revision

           Comparatively 6th version seemed to be more comprehensive than the 7th. In 7th revision APA style suggests methods for all types of references. It differentiates student articles and academic articles in many ways. All suggestions may not be necessary for all types of publishers.

Why APA style?

    Truly, APA style is not for the research documents to be adjudicated or stacked, but for the documents to be published.

 It is a relevant question that why should an author follow APA style. The noted reasons are;

·       To avoid language bias

·       To keep international accessibility to scholars

·       To provide an international standard norm

·       To avoid concomitant of content matters

·       To assure relevance and validity.

 

However APA is not a monopoly in the field. MLA style, Chicago style are some other examples. APA style is suggested not for a research document that to be stacked. It is suggested for publication. The institutions those produce research documents are need not follow compulsorily the APA format for the dissertation copy to be kept with them. While the document to be published with a journal or publishers who follow APA style, then the author must organize the paper in APA style. Suppose your research report is documented in APA style and you got a publication agreement with a publisher who follows MLA style, you have to re-frame your paper in the advised format. It means that APA is not the final word.

 Now let’s see how 7th revision of APA style suggests the preparation of paper.

 In-text citations in 7th revision (how to include citations in text?)

 Mainly citations are two in type. They are-

·       Parenthetical citation and

·       Narrative citation

APA Style uses an author–date reference citation system in the text with an accompanying reference list. That means that to cite any reference in a paper, the writer should cite the author and year of the work, either by putting both in parentheses separated by a comma (parenthetical citation) or by putting the author in the narrative of the sentence and the year in parentheses (narrative citation).

Example narrative citation (in a script) 

Paleeri and Jadhav (2017) described that school education for the linguistic minority students in Kerala is designed not with the needy cultural relevance.

Example parenthetical citation: 

It is observed that the school education for the linguistic minority students in Kerala is designed not with the needy cultural relevance (Paleeri & Jadhav, 2017).

Title Page

 

A title page is required for all APA Style papers. There are both student and professional versions of the title page. Students should use the student version of the title page unless their instructor or institution has requested they use the professional version

This time the title page has significant change. It is focused to the centre of the page.

 

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/student-title-page-guide.pdf

 

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/paper-format/title-page

Student Title Page

The student title page includes the paper title, author names (the by line), author affiliation, course number and name for which the paper is being submitted, instructor/supervisor name, date, and page number, as shown in the following example. (This is for student papers. Changes are there for professional papers)

·       Place the title three to four lines down from the top of the title page.

·       Center it and type it in bold font. Capitalize major words of the title.

·       Place the main title and any subtitle on separate double-spaced lines if desired.

·       There is no maximum length for titles; however, keep titles focused and include key terms.

·     Use the page number 1 on the title page.

·     Use the automatic page-numbering function of your word processing program to insert page numbers in the top right corner of the page header.

  • Apply title case (capitalize the first letter of each word, except small words such as articles and short prepositions)
  • Keep it shorter than 12 words
  • Don’t use abbreviations or contractions
  • Place the title in the center of the page

Running head is must for professional papers

“Running head:” followed by a (shortened) version of your paper’s title. It must be:

  • Left aligned
  • Capitalized
  • Maximum 50 characters (not including the words “running head:”)

Read more on how to insert and format a running head. (use this link)

How to prepare the script?

Preparation of script uses some suggestions as they were in 6th version. Some suggestions are listed below;

Font and Font Size: Use the same font and font size throughout the paper (exception: figure images require a sans serif font and can use various font sizes- or can use the default font that arises while generating the figure).

Recommended serif and sans serif fonts:

·       11-point Calibri

·       11-point Arial

·       10-point Lucida Sans Unicode °

·       12-point Times New Roman

·       11-point Georgia

·       10-point Computer Modern

The use of numbers in paper or dissertation or thesis should follow:

1.     Spell out common fractions and common expressions

2.     If you start a sentence with a number, spell it out

3.     Spell out numbers below ten (e.g. "eight participants" not "8 participants")

4.     If you refer to numbers above 10, simple write the number (e.g. "A total of 10")

5.     Use the percentage sign in tables, but not in text (e.g. "seven percent" vs. "7%").

APA heading formatting

The APA formatting guidelines for each heading style are outlined in the table below. It is recommended using 12pt. Times New Roman font for both the body text as the headings.

Heading 1

Centered, Bold, Title Case Capitalization

Heading 2

Left-Aligned, Bold, Title Case Capitalization

Heading 3

Indented, bold, sentence case capitalization, a final period. The body text begins immediately after the period.

Heading 4

   Indented, bold, italics, sentence case capitalization, a final period. 

The body text begins immediately after the period.

Heading 5

  Indented, italics, sentence case capitalization,** a final period. The body text begins immediately after the point.

Capitalize the first word of the title and all major words (including words that have four or more letters).

Example: The Effects of Kinaesthetic Learning on Listening Skills.

Capitalize the first word of the title and proper nouns (just as you would capitalize a sentence). An example: Teenagers with autism in the United States.

Tables in APA 7th version

 Tables usually show numerical values or textual information. It can be qualitative or quantitative in nature.

 Table  Components:

A table shall have number, title, subtitles, headings, body and note. Methods of preparing a table are described below!

  • Number: The table number (e.g. Table 1) appears  above the table  in bold font 
  • Title: The table  title appears one double-spaced line below the table number in italic title case
  • Headings: All tables should include column headings, including  a heading for the leftmost column (stub heading)
  • Body:  The table body includes all the rows and columns of a table.  The body may be single space, one and  a half spaced, or double spaced
  • Note: A note can appear below the table to describe the contents of the table  that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone, (e.g. definitions of abbreviations, copyright attribution). Notes are double-spaced and flush left. Not all tables include table notes

 General rules:

  • In the text, refer to every table by its number. For example, As shown in Table 1, ... (no italics, but with capital T and hyphen or dot in between the word Table and Number)
  • There are two options for the placement of tables in a paper. The first option is to place all tables on separate pages after the reference list. The second option is to embed each table within the text
  • If you reprint or adapt a table from another source in your paper (e.g. a table from a published work), you must include a copyright attribution in the table  note indicating the origin of the reprinted or adapted material in addition to a reference list entry for the work

 Example for table formation

 Table 1

Measures of Central Tendencies of the Variable Scores

Item

SD

Mean

Medium

Mode

Creative dramatics

07.00

34.54

36.46

36

Student Perception

 

08.67

45.55

55.55

45.55

Active regulations

09.00

25.33

23.33

34.44

 

Note : can give note here

 

Example 2 is given under. Source APA blog

 

There are some differences in formatting table if the source is different

Table reproduced in your text- if you reproduce a table it is advised to follow the format in the original text. See the model given below:

 

Example:

 

Table 4

 

Percentage of New Zealand Population Who Have Never Worked by Age Group.

June 2016 quarter

Age group (years)

Never-worked group
(% of total age group)

15–19

 48.5

 20–24

 8.4

 25–29

 3.4

 30–34

 1.8

 35–39

 1.5


Note. Adapted from http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/income-and-work/employment_and_unemployment/people-never-worked.aspx. Copyright 2016 by Statistics New Zealand. 

 

Formatting of Figure/Picture

 

figure may be a chart, a graph, a photograph, a drawing, or any other illustration or nontextual depiction. Any type of illustration or image other than a table is referred to as a figure.

 Figure Components:

  • Number: The figure number(e.g. Figure 1) appears above the figure in bold
  • Title: The figure title appears one double-spaced line below the figure number in italic title case.
  • Image: The image portion of the figure is the chart, graph, photograph, drawing, or other illustration itself
  • Legend: A figure legend, or key, if present, should be positioned within the borders of the figure and explains any symbols used in the figure image
  • Note: A note can appear below the figure to describe contents of the figure that cannot be understood from the figure title, image, and/or legend alone (e.g. definitions of abbreviations, copyright attribution). Notes are double-spaced and flush left. Not all figures include notes.

 

General rules:

  • In the text, refer to every figure by its number. For example, As shown in Figure 1, ... 
  • There are two options for the placement of figures in a paper. The first option is to place all figures on separate pages after the reference list. The second option is to embed each figure within the text
  • If you reprint or adapt a figure from another source in your paper (e.g., an image you found on the internet), you must include a copyright attribution in the figure note indicating the origin of the reprinted or adapted material in addition to a reference list entry for the work

Here is an example

Figure 1

 

Distribution of Scores on awareness in Water Management

Example 2 source APA blog

Reference Format

In the APA reference list, the writer should provide

-       the author

-       year

-       title, and

-       source of the cited work in an alphabetical list of references (not year wise, it is alphabetical)

Important suggestions

·       If a reference is not cited in the text, it should not be included in the reference list. (it should be noted that scholars include many titles that are not cited in the text in bibliography)

·        The reference format varies depending on the document type (e.g., journal article, edited book chapter, blog post, webpage, video, OER and etc.), but broadly speaking always follows the same pattern of author, date, title, source.

 

 

The reference style can be read from the Table 1.

 

Table 1

 

Reference style in APA 7th version

 

Reference type

Template

Example

Journal article with a DOI

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of article. Journal TitleVolume(Issue), page range. DOI

Paleeri, S., & Jadhav, V. (2017). The cultural crisis in education of Tamil Linguistic minorities in Kerala. Journal of Minority Studies 4(1), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000029

Note that no need of first letter capital for words in the article title, unless it is to be mentioned with capital letter.

Whole book

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of book. Publisher.

Paleeri, S. (2010). Rudiments of  Education: Sociology and Philosophy. Neelkamal Publications

Note that no need of first letter capital for words. No need to mention place of publisher

Edited book chapter with a DOI

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of chapter. In E. Editor & A. Editor (Eds.), Title of book (pp. xx-xx). Publisher. DOI

Jadhav, V., Sameer, N. J., & Avinash, B. (2017). Effect of techno based teaching among slow learners. In A. Ambali & C. M. Jawed (Eds.), Education for gifted and slow learners (pp. 41–68). Kanishka Books. https://doi.org/10.1037/14957-003

See the change. Author initials prefix the name in edited book

Webpage on a website

Author, A., & Author, B. (year). Title of page. Site Name. URL

Group Author. (year). Title of page. URL

Paleeri, S., Jadhav, V. (2018) University governance. E-PG Pathshala. www.epgpathshala.nic.in

 

American Psychological Association. (2020). APA divisionshttps://www.apa.org/about/division/

·       If a DOI is assigned to the work, give the DOI. If the item is available online but does not have a DOI, and it has a URL that will work, give the URL. Do not give a URL that will not work.

·       Always include the publisher in the source element for books and reference works; exceptions to this guideline include when the author and publisher are the same, and in this case, you omit the publisher from your reference.

·       In the seventh edition, the title of a webpage is always italic.

·       As of the seventh edition, the issue number of a journal is always listed in a reference citation if one is available. Prior to the seventh edition, if the journal cited employed continuous pagination throughout a volume, only the volume number was listed in the reference list.

·       According to the seventh edition, it is no longer obligatory to provide the publisher's location when citing a book.

 

Reference format: More Information

Source APA blog

Please note that the following part of this note is direct copy from the blog that discuss APA format or style. I have not changed the pattern given in the blog

 

Who

When

What

Where

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

See the section on Reference list, Elements of a reference for more information on author format

(Year).

 

Title of the article: Subtitle.

Title of the Journal, Volume number(Issue number), page–page.

https://doi.org/xxx

https://xxxx

  • Find more information about the use of DOI and URL from the Elements of a reference page.

Article with a DOI

Dilkes-Frayne, E., Savic, M., Carter, A., Kakanovic, R. & Lubman, D. I. (2019). Going online: The affordances of online counseling for families affected by alcohol and other drug issues. Qualitative Health Research, 29(14), 2010–2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732319838231

Article without a DOI and not from a Library database

Dayton, K. J. (2019). Tangled arms: Modernizing and unifying the arm-of-the-state doctrine. The University of Chicago Law Review, 86.6, 1497–1737.  https://bit.ly/2SkWwcy 

Article without a DOI from a Library database, or a print version

McCrickard, M., Raymond, A., Raymond, F., & Song, H. (2018). The APLIA math assessment scores and introductory economics courses: An analysis. Journal of Business and Educational Leadership, 8(1), 4–18.

  • Do not include the database name or URL.

Article with an article number or eLocator

Yeh, D. A., Gómez, M. I., & Kaiser, H. M. (2019). Signaling impacts of GMO labeling on fruit and vegetable demand. PLOS ONE,14(10), Article e0223910. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223910

  • Do not include page numbers.

Article in press

Ruiza,L. A., Serranoa, L., Españab, P. P., Martinez-Indartc, L., Gómeza, A., Urangab, A., Castroa, S., Artarazb, A., & Zalacaina, R. (in press). Factors influencing long-term survival after hospitalization with pneumococcal pneumonia. Journal of Infection.

Advance online publication

Perry, M., & El-Amine, H. (2019). Computational efficiency in multivariate adversarial risk analysis models. Decision Analysis. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2019.0394

  • Where multiple versions of the same work may be available cite the version you used.  Ideally you should cite the final published version.

Article from the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Ryan, A., Nevitt, S. J., Tuohy, O., & Cook, P. (2019). Biomarkers for diagnoses of Wilson's disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviewshttps://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012267.pub2 

  • If the DOI link includes "ezproxy.aut.ac.nz", remove it.

Special issues or sections

Citing the whole special issue or section:

Haney, C., & Wiener, R. L. (Eds.). (2004). Capital punishment in the United States [Special issue]. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 10(4).

Citing an article within a special section or special issue:

  • Follow the format for a journal article (see above). 
  • Do not need to include the title of the special issue or section.

Article with no DOI or journal website, but available in an archival database

Fennimore, D. L. (1981). American neoclassical furniture and its European antecedents. American Art Journal, 13(4), 49–65. http://www.jstor.org

Include the database home page URL if the article is:

  • published in a journal which does not have its own home page
  • ​​published in a discontinued journal
  • only available through an archival database, such as JSTOR 

 

Find how to cite in text on the In-text citation page.

Articles from magazines, newspapers, blog posts

Reference format

Who

When

What

Where

 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

(Year, Month dd)

 

Title of the article: Subtitle

Title of the publication, Volume number(Issue number), page–page.

https://doi.org/xxx

https://xxxx

Magazine article

Bilger, B. (2019, November 25). Can babies learn to love vegetables? The New Yorkerhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/can-babies-learn-to-love-vegetables

Desperation for mechanical engineers. (2019, November). New Zealand Engineering News, 41(21), 11.

Eaqub, S. (2019, September/October). Generation rent revisited. Metro, (425), 64–77. 

Voosen, P. (2019, November 15). Drones reveal earthquake hazards hidden in the abyss. Science366(6467), 85. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.366.6467.785

Newspaper article

Class actions key feature of litigations. (2020, January 8). The Northern Advocate, A014.

Moodie, K. (2019, November 21). Almost half of sunscreens tested don't live up to label claims in Consumer NZ report. New Zealand Heraldhttps://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12286981

Blog post 

Martinko, K. (2019, November 22). Burger King is running out of zesty sauce because of climate change. TreeHuggerhttps://www.treehugger.com/green-food/burger-king-running-out-zesty-sauce-because-climate-change.html

Editorial

Hou, L. (2019). Editorial for the special issue on water pollution control [Editorial] [Special issue]. Engineering, 5(5), 813–814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2019.08.001

 

BOOK REFERNCE

Reference format

 

Who

When

What

Where

 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B.

Name of Group.

Editor, E. E. (Ed.).

Editor, E. E., & Editor, F. F. (Eds.).

(Year)

 

Title of book: Subtitle.

Title of book (3rd. ed.)

Title of book (E. E. Editor, Ed.)

Publisher Name

First Publisher; Second Publisher.

https://doi.org/xxx

https://xxxx

  • Title in italics
  • Include all publishers listed on the copyright page of the book, use a semicolon after each publisher
  • Always include the DOI if it is available
  • For ebooks, the format, platform or device (e.g., Kindle), is no longer included in the reference. APA Manual, p. 321, s10.2

Books and ebooks

More than one publisher

Koda, H., & Bolton, A. (2007). Poiret. Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. 

  • List all publishers in the order they appear separating names with a semicolon. APA Manual p. 296, s9.29

Two authors

Page, J. T., & Parnell, L. J. (2019). Introduction to strategic public relations: Digital, global, and socially responsible communication. Sage.

Books and ebooks with DOI

Ewert, E. W., Mitten, D. S., & Overholt, J. R. (2014). Natural environments and human health. CAB International.   https://doi.org/10.1079/9781845939199.0000 

Group author (organisation)

The CORE Team. (2017). The economy: Economics for a changing world. Oxford University Press.

  • Group authors may range from government departments to study groups. APA manual p. 288, s9.11

New edition of a book

Berk, L. E. (2018). Development through the lifespan (7th ed.). Pearson.

Edited book

Hamilton, L., & Ravenscroft, J. (Eds.). (2018). Building research design in education: Theoretically informed advanced methods. Bloomsbury Academic.

ebook - free online, no DOI

Lessig, L. (2011). Republic, lost: How money corrupts – and a plan to stop it. Twelve. https://lesterland.lessig.org/pdf/republic-lost.pdf

ebook - via the AUT Library, no DOI

St-Hilaire, W. A. (2019). Entrepreneurship: Strategies and policies. Apple Academic Press.

  • ebook without a DOI and retrieved from a research database, such as Proquest ebook center, cited as a print book
  • Do not include the database name or URL

Several volumes in a multivolume work

Lerner, R. M. (Ed.). (2015). Handbook of child psychology and developmental science (7th ed., Vols.1-4). John Wiley & Sons.

Books from the ERIC database

Association of American Colleges and Universities. (2018). A vision for equity: Results from AAC&U's project "Committing to equity and inclusive excellence: Campus-based strategies for student success."  ERIC database.

  • Provide the name of the database for works of limited circulation. 

Republished books and ebooks

Barthes, R. (2012). Mythologies (R. Howard & A. Lavers, Eds.). Hill & Wang. (Original work published 1957)

Colenso, W. (2004). The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. University of Auckland Library & Learning Services. (Original work published 1890). http://www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/document/?wid=121&page=0&action=null

  • Give the date of the republished version that you read after the author's name; put the date of the original publication at the end in brackets. APA Manual p. 323, s10.2 example 29

Translations

Pastoureau, M. (2018). Blue: The history of a color (M.I. Cruse, Trans.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 2000)

  • Give the details of the version you read including the translator; put the date of the original publication at the end in brackets. APA Manual p. 301, s9.39

Classical works

Plato. (1961). Meno (R. S. Bluck, Trans.). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published ca. 380 B.C.)

Graphic novel where author and illustrator are given equal credit for authorship

Moore, A., & Gibbons, D. (2019). Watchmen. DC Comics.

  • Differentiate between author roles only if these are indicated on the front cover

 

Find how to cite in text on the In-text citation page.

Chapter in an edited book

Chapter in an edited ebook - with DOI

Sharma, R., Mehta, M., & Dhawan, A. (2015). Treatment of substance-abusing adolescents. In M. Mehta & R. Sagar (Eds.), A practical approach to cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents (pp. 331–361). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2241-5_16 

Chapter in an edited book - without DOI

Hall, K., & Cork, H. (2017). Back to basics: Reforming Australia's private sector whistleblowing laws. In R. Levy, M. O'Brien, S. Rice, P. Ridge & M. Thornton (Eds.), New directions for law in Australia: Essays in contemporary law reform (pp. 93–101). Australian National University Press.

Chapter in edited book with volume number and individual name

Vogel, C. (2016). Communication sequences and survival analysis. In A. Esposito & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Toward robotic socially believable behaving systems series: Vol. 2. Modeling social signals (pp. 47-59). Springerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31056-5

  • If a numbered book volume has its own title, include the volume number and title after the main title. APA Manual p. 295, s9.28

Chapter in an edited ebook - not from AUT Library

Smith, H. (2019). Monetizing movement. In M. Graham, R. Kitchin, S. Mattern & J. Shaw (Eds.), How to run a city like Amazon, and other fables (pp. 570-605). Meatspace Press. https://issuu.com/meatspacepress/docs/how_to_run_a_city_like_amazon_and_other_fables

  • Include the URL to the content

 

Find how to cite in text on the In-text citation page.

Book compilations / custom publications

  • Treat a book that is a compilation of chapters from other books and published specifically for AUT (or another organisation) as an edited book
  • Include the name and centre for which it is published, if that is stated with the other publishing details in the first few pages of the book

 

Book - where the organisation for which the book is compiled is not named:

Mpofu, C. (Ed.). (2010). Psychology and lifespan development: An introductory text for health professionals [Custom textbook].  Pearson Custom Publication.

Book - where the organisation is named:

Krägeloh, C. (Ed.). (2008). Research methods and statistics in the health sciences [Custom textbook]. McGraw-Hill. Custom publication for Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology.

 

Chong, S., & Werner, M. (Ed.). (2016). ACCT 601 accounting practice & systems for AUT University [Custom textbook]. Cengage Learning. Custom publication for Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology.

Book chapter

Bordens, K., & Abbott, B. (2008). Explaining behavior. In C. Krägeloh (Ed.), Research methods and statistics in the health sciences [Custom textbook] (pp. 3–30). McGraw-Hill. Custom publication for Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology.

 

Find how to cite in text on the In-text citation page.

Dictionaries and encyclopedia

Group author

Oxford University Press. (2010). Biomorph. In Oxford English dictionary (3rd ed.). https://www-oed-com/view/Entry/19236?redirectedFrom=biomorph#eid

  • When the entry is archived on the dictionary website, a retrieval date is not needed. 

 

Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Light. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved January 23, 2020, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/light  

  • If the entry is continuously updated and the versions are not archived, use "n.d." for the date and include a retrieval date. 

 

With author/s

Bringsjord, S., & Govindarajulu, N. S. (2018). Artificial intelligence. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/artificial-intelligence/

 

Conclusion

 APA style is available in APA 7th version text in printed form either hard bound or spiral. All details are available from the APA blog also. A researcher can refer the APA style at any time form this source. Most of the publishers are providing their own APA template and or link to the APA style. So, following the APA style is not a Herculean task to the authors. I would like to repeat that APA style is the suggestions for publication of papers or other works. 

 

Bibliography

 

1.     Evans, R. B., Sexton, V.S., & Cadwallader, T.C. (Eds.), The American Psychological Association: A Historical Perspective . Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association

2.      The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 2020

3.       Product page for Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020). American Psychological Association. Retrieved February 04, 2020.

4.     https://www.apa.org

                         5.     https://apastyle.apa.org blog of APA style

                         6.     http://apastyle.org  website for APA style.

                         7.     https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/apa-title-page