APA generally uses the (author, date) format for in-text citations. This means that you include the author’s surname followed by the date of publication in parentheses at the end of your, paraphrase or summary. When you are using direct quotes, you include the (author, date, page) at the end of the quote, including the abbreviation p. (for a single page) or pp. (for multiple pages).If you mention the author by name in your signal phrase, you need to include the (date) after the author’s name and the (page) at the end of the quote or paraphrase.
If you are citing resources which do not include a fixed layout or page numbers, you should reference another logical indicator, such as parapgraph, chapter or subheading instead at the end of your quote or paraphrase.
If the resource does not have an author, you include the first item or phrase from the References List. The first item could be the author, article title, website name or film name etc..
According to Bryson and Gosney (2012), Shakespeare came into his strength at the best possible time (p.101).
“Shakespeare could not have chosen a more propitious time to come of age.”(Bryson and Gosney, 2012, p.101)
Bryson, B., & Gosney, J. (2012). Shakespeare : the illustrated edition. Harper Press.
Citation in prose (Signal Phrase):
According to “William Shakespeare Biography” (2000), “Shakespeare’s works include 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems.” (para. 8).
“No original manuscripts of Shakespeare’s plays are known to exist today.” (“William Shakespeare Biography”, 2000, para. 8).
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. (2000). William Shakespeare Biography. https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/william-shakespeare-biography/
Fig 2.
APA Table Format
Reference List:
Caulfield, J. (2020). APA Table Format [Online image]. In Scribbr. https://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/tables-and-figures/
Fig 1.
Nine Dragons
Reference List:
Chen Rong, Chinese, first half of the 13th century, Asian, Far East Asian, & Chinese. (n.d.). Nine Dragons [Images]. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Francis Gardner Curtis Fund;17.1697;http://www.mfa.org/. https://jstor.org/stable/community.15623280
When using pictures and graphs to illustrate your argument, you still need to cite and reference each item. You need to clearly label each item as a Figure. Each item is captioned Figure 1. etc., in bold above the image or table. On the next line, the caption should include a brief title in italics and title case, which means each word is capitalized, except for small words such as articles and prepositions. If you have adapted or reproduced the item from another source, you should also acknowledge the original source in a Note directly below the image.
Tables follow a similar format. Each table is captioned Table 1. etc. in bold above the table. On the next line the title should be in italics and title case. If you have used information from other sources to create your table, you should acknowledge them in the notes below the table, including a full reference.
Your in-text citation would then refer directly to the Figure or Table number.
Example:
The image shown in Figure 1. shows only a small section of the entire piece.