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APA Style Guide: 6th Edition

Comment on Blog Post

Two examples of formatting an in-text citation for this item are outlined below:

Reference Information

Klockman, R. (2018, October 23). Re: How to cite a government report in APA style [Blog comment]. Retrieved from https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2018/09/how-to-cite-a-governement-report-in-apa-style.html#comment-6a01157041f4e3970b022ad39b2320200d

In-text Citation Guidelines

Examples                                                                                                           

1.

Author or screen name and year of publication placed in brackets at the end of a paraphrased sentence.

 

Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Klockman, 2018).                        

2.

Quote, beginning with author or screen name.

 

According to Klockman, "consider this a direct quote" (2018).

Remember, in-text citation formatting may change depending on a number of factors.

See Number and Type of Author(s), Publication Date, and Page/Paragraph Number or Heading for more information.