Basic format for a quotation (APA)

APA-40

In-text citation

Critser (2003) noted that despite growing numbers of overweight Americans, many health care providers still “remain either in ignorance or outright denial about the health danger to the poor and the young” (p. 5).

Explain

  • Ordinarily, introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author’s last name followed by the year of publication in parentheses.
  • Put the page number (preceded by “p.”) in parentheses after the quotation. For sources from the web without page numbers, see How to cite web sources.
  • If the author is not named in the signal phrase, place the author’s name, the year, and the page number in parentheses after the quotation: (Critser, 2003, p. 5).
  • APA style requires the year of publication in an in-text citation. Do not include a month, even if the entry in the reference list includes the month.

See also How to cite web sources for sources without page numbers and Work with unknown author for sources with no authors.

Reference list entry

Critser, G. (2003). Fat land. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

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