How to use it
- Choose the type of source: website, book, journal article or YouTube video.
- Fill in the authors (one per line), the title and the details that appear.
- Copy the reference and the in-text citation, or add it to your list and copy the whole list at the end.
Questions and answers
How do I cite a website in APA 7?
Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of the page. Site Name. URL. If the author and the site are the same organization, leave the site name out. With no date, write (n.d.).
How do I write an APA in-text citation?
Author and year in parentheses: (Smith, 2024). Two authors: (Smith & Roberts, 2024). Three or more: (Smith et al., 2024). The generator shows it under the reference.
How do I cite a source with no author?
Start the reference with the title, then the date. In the text, use the first words of the title in quotation marks and the year.
How do I cite a YouTube video in APA?
Channel name. (Year, Month Day). Title of the video [Video]. YouTube. URL. Choose “YouTube video” and type the channel name.
What changed in the APA 7th edition?
No publisher city for books, “Retrieved from” only when content changes over time, DOIs written as https://doi.org/ links, and up to 20 authors listed in the reference.
How do I cite a PDF in APA?
Cite what the PDF is: a report, an article or a book. Use the matching source type and add the URL where you found it.