This tutorial will cover the changes as we transition from the sixth edition to
the seventh edition of the APA citation style. Further information and tutorials
are available on our APA style library guide. This table illustrates the key
changes from the sixth edition to the seventh edition. Each of the changes will
be discussed further in upcoming slides.
In the seventh edition, you have more font options. You can select from any of
the sans-serif fonts or serif fonts listed on this slide. The seventh edition
has two versions: there is a student version and a professional version of
papers. This tutorial is only covering the student version. In a student's paper,
there will be no running head. The only thing in the header of your paper will
be the page numbers in the upper right hand corner. On a student's title page,
there will be additional elements included. You will continue to have your
paper title, but it will be in boldface. Then, you'll have the author's name, which
is your name; the school/department and college name. Then, you will include the
course number and name, your instructor's name, and the assignment due date. In-text
citations have been simplified, especially when you have multiple
authors. All works with three or more authors are shortened to the last name
of the first author plus et. al.
Websites can be formatted either as plain text or you can keep them as live
links if you copy them from a browser into your document. The words "Retrieved
from" are not required before the link. DOIs, which stands for digital object
identifiers, carry more importance in the seventh edition. You should include a DOI
for all works that have one, regardless of whether it was an online source or a
print source. If it has a DOI, you should include it. Just like a website, a DOI is
listed as a hyperlink, and you can keep it as a live link or type it in the
plain text. But, you should standardize the format of the DOI to look like the
example on this slide. Citations for books have also been simplified. You do
not need to include the publisher location, so that's the city and state
information is no longer required. Also, if the author and the publisher happen
to be the same, then you can omit the publisher at the end of the reference
entry as shown in the second example on this slide. Reference page citations for
journal articles have also changed. You can now list up to 20 authors on a
reference page citation for a journal article. You do not include database
information or database URLs, so if it is an
article that does not have a DOI that you retrieved from an academic database,
you will treat it as if it was a print article. And, that concludes this brief
tutorial on the major changes from the sixth edition to the seventh edition of
the APA citation style. For further information, you're encouraged to visit
our APA style library guide. Thank you.