Basic format for a summary or a paraphrase (APA)

APA-41

In-text citations

Hilts (2002) reported that in 2001 a consumer group claimed that the medication was related to the deaths of 19 people and filed a petition with the Department of Health and Human Services to ban the medication.

In 2001, a consumer group claimed that the medication was related to the deaths of 19 people and filed a petition with the Department of Health and Human Services to ban the medication (Hilts, 2002).

Explain

  • Include the author’s last name and the year either in a signal phrase introducing the material or in parentheses following it.
  • Use a page number, if one is available, following the cited material.
  • 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 (as in this example).

Reference list entry

Hilts, P. J. (2002, March 20). Petition asks for removal of diet drug from market. The New York Times, p. A26. Retrieved from http://nytimes.com/

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