APA uses the (author, date) citation system, which means that each in-text citation requires the following parts:
Sometimes, you must also include a page number, paragraph number, heading or time stamp in your in-text citation.
Examples are outlined below:
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1. Author(s) last name(s), and year placed in brackets at the end of a paraphrased sentence. Note: If you are paraphrasing from a long book or article, also include page, paragraph or heading info. |
Consider this a paraphrased sentence (Robins, 2009). |
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2. Quote, beginning with date and author(s) last name(s); page # at the end of the sentence in brackets |
In 2009, Robins stated that "consider this a direct quote" (p. 6). |
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3. Sentence beginning with author(s) last name(s) followed immediately by date in brackets; page # in brackets at the end of the quote |
According to Robins (2009), "consider this a direct quote" (p. 6). |