When creating a citation you are answering 4 questions:
A. AUTHOR: Who created this resource? a single Author? More than one author? An organization?
B. DATE: When was this resource created? Date: details included depend on the resource e.g. (year), (year, month, date).
C. TITLE: What is this resource called? Title!
D. SOURCE: Where does this resource come from (or, where can my reader find this resource)? This can include the title of a larger work that your resource is part of (like one story from an anthology or one article from a journal) Publisher, and DOI or URL.
APA Citation Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, 2019
| Author(s) | Date | Title (book, article or webpage) | Source (publisher, journal title, site name, DOI or URL) |
Book:
Valfre, M.M. (2009). Foundations of mental health care. Mosby Elsevier.
Journal article from a library database:
Chang, Y., Davidson, C., Conklin, S., & Ewert, A. (2019). The impact of short-term adventure-based outdoor programs on college students’ stress reduction. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 19(1), 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2018.1507831
Webpage within a website:
Ligaya, A. (2007, November 21). Is 'excited delirium' at the root of many Taser deaths? CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news