Citing Sources: MLA and APA

Research Help: Citing Sources - APA
Citations in the Text
Author's surname (year of publication)

 
Examples that Refer to a Whole Work
Zeilik (2002) argues that...
Walker (2000) compared...
In his recent book, Mazur (2002) describes...

Author's surname and author's surname (year of publication)

 
Examples that Refer to a Whole Work
Baron and Kalsher (2002) found that...
Kosslyn, Koenig, and Cave (1996) demonstrated...

(Author's surname, year of publication, p. number)

 
Examples for Citing Part of a Work
80% of the company's employees perform highly specialized tasks (Smith, 1996, p. 32).

“The need for community in schools is universal because children are social beings with basic needs for belonging, and friendship” (Schaps, 1985, p. 192).

Author's surname, year of publication, para. number)

Note: if no paragraph numbers are available, cite the heading.

 
Example
(Martin, 1994, Institutionalized plagiarism)