Research Guides: Social Work: How to Cite APA

APA

In-Text Citation

In-text citations - author/authors
- One to five authors: (Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993)
- Six or more authors: (Harris et al., 2001)

In-Text Citations - short quotations (under 40 words)
- According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).

In-Text Citations - long quotations
- For longer than 40 words quotations, start the quotation on a new line, indented 1/2 inch from the left margin, i.e., in the same place you would begin a new paragraph. Type the entire quotation on the new margin, and indent the first line of any subsequent paragraph within the quotation 1/2 inch from the new margin.

In-Text Citations - Summary or paraphrase
- According to Jones (1998), APA style is a difficult citation format for first-time learners.

Websites

Numbers

Citing Indirect Sources: If you use a source that was cited in another source, name the original source in your signal phrase. List the secondary source in your reference list and include the secondary source in the parentheses. If you know the year of the original source, include it in the citation.

Johnson argued that... (as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102).
(Johnson, 1985, as cited in Smith, 2003, p. 102).

Legal materials

Paper Format

MyBibA a free APA, Harvard, & MLA Citation Generator

Generative AI in APA style as of June 2023, APA style recommends citing the AI tool as the author, with in-text citations and references adapted from the reference template for software in Section 10.10 of the Publication Manual (American Psychological Association, 2020, Chapter 10).

APA 7th Number and Statistics Guide

All most all CMU databases can generate citations. However, a writer needs to use citation generators responsibly. Citation generators are, clearly, powerful tools to save time, but they can introduce systematic errors that the writer isn’t even aware of. Double-check the citation you receive against a reference. The following are a few video clips on how to use some databases to generate citations:

For Journal articles:

ProQuest (Social Services Abstracts)
CMU Library Smart Search

For Online Reference Articles

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Plagiarism is the act of presenting the words, ideas, or images of another as your own; it denies authors or creators of content the credit they are due. Whether deliberate or unintentional, plagiarism violates ethical standards in scholarship (see APA Ethics Code Standard 8.11, Plagiarism).