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APA 7th edition
In-text Citation
- Parenthetical Citations
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One study found that ethnicities of the protagonist in children's fiction correlate with the difference in the type of emotions displayed by those characters (Grady et al.,2019)
The study of Grady et al. (2019) found that ethnicities of protagonists in children's fiction are correlated with differences in types of emotions displayed by those characters.
APA 7th edition
APA 7th edition
Reference List
- Articles with DOI
- Articles without DOI
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The 7th edition standardizes DOI formating to begin with https://doi.org/
APA 7th edition
Reference List
- Book
- eBook without DOI
- eBook with DOI
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In the 7th edition you do not need to include publisher location or database name.
APA 7th edition
Reference List
- Website
- Online reports
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in the 7th edition website titles should be italicized and "retrieved from" is not longer needed.
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