Module Topic:

This set of videos reviews sections of an APA-style article, where to find key information within a peer-reviewed journal article to complete your annotated bibliography tables, and how to use APA (7th edition) to compose your references for each article.

Key Terms and Ideas:

Peer-reviewed article
Sections of an Article (Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References)
In-text citation versus Reference citation

Videos:

Sections of APA paper (4:56)

APA 7 - 17 Most Notable Changes (3:57)
In October 2019, the APA Manual updated to version 7. Several elements related to citations have changed.
This video highlights what's changed from version 6 to version 7. We will be using version 7 for this course.

APA 6 vs. 7 - Most Notable Changes

APA 6 vs. 7 - In-text citation
APA 6 = (Johnson, Honda, Rabe, & Chen, 2019)
APA 7 = (Johnson et al., 2019)

APA 6 vs. 7 - Remove inclusion of Publisher city

APA 7 - In-text Citations vs. References (2:39)

APA 7 - Common Reference Examples (4:11)

APA 7 - Most Commonly Used Examples

Journal Article

More APA Examples

APA 7 Format:

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title: Lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and subheadings. Journal Name Capitalized and Italicized, Volume number italicized(issue number), first page-last page.

Journal article with DOI:

Herbst-Damm, K.L., & Kulik, J.A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225-229. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Journal article without DOI (when DOI is not available):

Sillick, T.J., & Schutte, N.S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38-48.

Book

More APA Examples I
More APA Examples II

APA 7 Format:

Author, F.I. (Year of Publication). Title italicized and lowercase after the first word except for proper nouns and adjectives and subheadings. Publisher.

Shotten, M. A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. Taylor & Francis.

Chapter in Edited Book:

Haybron, D.M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R.J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17-43). Guilford Press.