
APA FORMAT MICROSOFT WORD 2016 HOW TO
Links to Further HelpĬ has a wonderful quick guide on how to do in-text citations in various situations. Other verbs that can be used for signal phrases include:Īrgued, asserted, claimed, commented, confirmed, contended, declared, denied, emphasized, illustrated, implied, insisted, noted, observed, pointed out, reported, responded, said, suggested, thought, and wrote. Jane Doe (2018) asserted the importance of learning APA format and citation style early in the degree program to improve academic success (p. You can also use a signal phrase to include some of this information in the sentence, rather than in the parentheses at the end.

(creator or contributor last name, year of publication, page or paragraph number) (Paraphrased information does not need to have a page number or paragraph number cited, however, it is recommended that you still include this information whenever possible.) These are the 3 elements of an in-text citation: That is why everything cited in-text should also be fully cited on your references page, and vice-versa.Īn in-text citation requires 3 main elements for quotations and 2 main elements for a paraphrase. From that information, they can find and read the original source, if they wish. The purpose of the in-text citation is to allow the reader to check the references at the end of the page to find the full citation.

This parenthetical citation occurs right before the ending punctuation of the sentence.

This means that the basic citation information is contained in parentheses at the end of the sentence where the information from that source was used. APA requires parenthetical citations, instead of footnotes. In-text citations are used to direct the reader to the source you used to get a particular piece of information, usually contained in one sentence.
