Fall is finally here on the main campus of FSU,
and so is the 7th edition of the APA Style Publication
Manual!
The APA style is one of the most common styles for formatting citations and
references, and more than 100 academic disciplines are reportedly using the
style for their writing and publishing scholarly works. The APA 7th features
two new chapters: Journal article reporting standards (Chapter 3), and bias-free
language guidelines (Chapter 5), respectively. It also includes a sample paper
for students, with over 100 simplified in-text citations and new reference
examples.
A few notable changes in the APA 7th include:
· One space after a period
· No location required for book and book chapter references
· Use of singular “they”
· Three or more authors shortened to name of first author plus “et al.”
· DOIs and URLs are now presented as underlined hyperlinks.
For more detail on the changes, watch the recording of webinar, “What’s New in APA Style:
Inside the Seventh Edition of the Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association” from the
ACRL Choice. The APA Style Blog is the best source to
get information on the APA 7th. The Blog also provides links to handouts and guides for instructors, such as Reference Quick
Guide, and Student Title Page Guide. In the meantime, contents on the 6th
edition APA Style Blog are archived in here.
Six print copies of the APA 7th edition
are available at the following locations of the University Libraries:
· 3 Copies at Strozier Course Reserves
· 3 Copies at Dirac Course Reserves
The copies are now available for in-library use only for 2 hours. Unfortunately, eBook copies of the APA 7th are not available for the Libraries. The Libraries’ Citation Guide to APA will be updated accordingly, and published before Spring 2020. Stay tuned!
Kyung Kim (Social Sciences Librarian) & Kirsten Kinsley (Assessment Librarian)