APA 7th Edition Referencing Style

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing core principles, in-text citation rules, reference list conventions, and key guidelines of APA 7th edition referencing.

APA Referencing Style

A system created by the American Psychological Association used to acknowledge sources of information in academic writing and research, with APA 7th edition being the current widely used version.

In-text Citation

Brief information about a source provided within the body of an academic work, normally containing the author's surname and year of publication.

Reference List

A complete list of publication details for all sources cited in an academic work, located at the end on a new page under the heading 'References'.

Parenthetical Citation

An in-text citation format where both the author's surname and publication year appear inside brackets, e.g., (Kolb, 1984).

Narrative Citation

An in-text citation format where the author's surname forms part of the sentence followed by the year in brackets, e.g., Kolb (1984).

Two Authors Citation Rule

An APA rule specifying the use of 'and' between author names in narrative citations, but the ampersand '&' in parenthetical citations.

et al.

An abbreviation used in APA 7 in-text citations for sources with three or more authors starting from the first citation; it is not italicised in APA 7.

Short Quotation

A direct citation of fewer than 40 words placed within quotation marks and accompanied by the author, year, and page number.

Long Quotation

A direct citation of 40 words or more formatted as a block quotation without quotation marks, followed by the source citation.

Paraphrasing

Expressing another author's ideas in your own words while acknowledging the source; a page number is not required for paraphrases in APA.

Hanging Indent

An indentation layout required for reference list entries where the first line is flush left and subsequent lines are indented.

DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

A unique identifier for scholarly articles and online publications that is presented as a full URL in APA 7th edition.

Publisher Location

A piece of publication detail previously included in older APA editions that is no longer required in APA 7th edition reference list entries.

n.d.

An abbreviation meaning 'no date', used in APA in-text citations and reference list entries when a source has no publication date available.

Multiple Sources in One Citation

A parenthetical citation combining two or more sources inside the same brackets, ordered alphabetically by author surname and separated by semicolons.

Plagiarism

The act of presenting another person's ideas, words, data, or work as one's own without proper acknowledgement.

APA 7th Edition Formatting Rules

A summary of standard rules for formatting fonts, spacing, reference list entries, author formatting, and title italicisation under APA 7.