88 APA: Two Types of Documentation: In-text Citations and References List Entries

Sarah Adams; Debbie Feisst; and Christina Frasier

Learning Outcomes

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Create and format in-text citations in APA style
  • Create and format reference list citations in APA style

In APA Style, there are two parts to every citation: an in-text citation and a reference list citation.

Reference list citations are longer citations that provide enough information needed to describe and find your source again, physically or online. Example of a reference list page for a paper showing four reference examples from the previous source type section in alphabetical order.
In-text citations are the shortened form of a reference list citation where a source is credited in your paper. It has enough information to locate its matching reference citation. Image of two in-text citation examples for narrative and parenthetical in-text citations. The narrative example reads "Smith and Gould (2009) recognized that eating cake is fun. The parenthetical example reads "Eating cake is fun (Smith & Gould, 2009).

We will discuss both of these separately first and then together later. First, we will discuss reference list citations.

APA Style Citation Tutorial, 7th ed. by Sarah Addams and Debbie Feisst, CC BY-SA 4.0

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