7th Grade Science Research

APA Formatting

Purdue OWL has excellent APA formatting information and examples. Below are samples of an in-text citation and a reference page citation, but the OWL website has examples for many other specific types of citations.

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In-Text Citation

She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

Reference Page Citation

Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL