APA 7th Citation Guide
In-text Citations
Mention the name(s) of the author(s) and the publication year for in-text citations.
The way of citing is different for the first in-text citation of a document whose author is an organization with official abbreviation and for the following mentions of the same document - see the example at the right.
To cite a specific part of a document with page numbers, mention the page(s), the table, or the figure number after the year. For documents with no page numbers, mention the paragraph, the title of the section, the table, the figure, etc. (APA 7th, 2020, p. 264).
Examples:
| Author (Year, p. 15) | or | (Author, Year, pp. 15-17) |
| Author (Year, para. 2) | or | (Author, Year, paras. 3-5) |
| Author (Year, Chapter 5) | or | (Author, Year, Chapter 5) |
| Author (Year, Table 2) | or | (Author, Year, Table 2) |
| Author (Year, Figure 3) | or | (Author, Year, Figure 3) |
Ex. 1: There were 416.2 million trips in 2016 (Société de transport de Montréal [STM], 2017).
or
According to the STM (2017), there were 416.2 million trips in 2016.
Ex. 2: Tremblay et al. (2019) have shown that ...
or
Tests have shown that ... (Tremblay et al., 2019).
Ex. 3: Tremblay and Martin (2020) have demonstrated that ...
or
It was demonstrated that ... (Tremblay & Martin, 2020).
NOTE: To format in-text citations in Word with EndNote:
- For Author (Year):
Edit & Manage Citation(s) → Formatting: Display as Author (Year)
- For (Author, Year):
Edit & Manage Citation(s) → Formatting: Default
