Below are some examples of the differences between APA 6th and 7th edition.
For more information on the changes, visit:
Website URLS:
“Retrieved from” is no longer needed following website URLS, unless there is also a retrieval date.
6th edition:
Understanding employee demographics. (2019, February 1). Retrieved from City of Boston website: https://www.cityofboston.gov/diversity/
7th edition:
Understanding employee demographics. (2019, February 1). City of Boston website: https://www.cityofboston.gov/diversity/
eBooks:
The type of eBook format is no longer required, such as PDF or Kindle.
6th edition:
Walker, I., & Schandl, H. (Eds.). (2017). Social science and sustainability [PDF]. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com
7th edition:
Walker, I., & Schandl, H. (Eds.). (2017). Social science and sustainability. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com
DOI number:
Sources with DOI number must include entire URL doi.org.
6th edition:
Hudson, D. J. (2017). On "diversity" as anti-racism in library and information studies: A critique. Journal of Critical Information and Library Studies, 1(1). DOI: 10.24242/jclis.v1i1.6
7th edition:
Hudson, D. J. (2017). On "diversity" as anti-racism in library and information studies: A critique. Journal of Critical Information and Library Studies, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.24242/jclis.v1i1.6
More than one author:
20 authors must be included in the reference list citation before using the ellipsis, before it was only 6 authors.
6th edition:
Shoemaker, E. S., Becker, M. L., Liddy, C. E., McClarty, L. M., Asghari, S., Hurd, J., … Kendall, C. E. (2019). Creating Clinical Cohorts: Challenges Encountered in Two Canadian Provinces. Healthcare Policy, 15(1), 10–18.
7th edition:
Shoemaker, E. S., Becker, M. L., Liddy, C. E., McClarty, L. M., Asghari, S., Hurd, J., Rourke, S.B., Shaw, S. Y., Bibeau, C., Rosenes, R., Lundrigan, P., Crowe, L., Ireland, L., Loeppky, C., Kendall, C. E. (2019). Creating Clinical Cohorts: Challenges Encountered in Two Canadian Provinces. Healthcare Policy, 15(1), 10–18.
In-text citation for more than 1 author:
When a source has more than one author, for the in-text citation only the first author is listed then et al.
6th edition:
(Vorobyov, Voronin, Burkhanova, Ivanova, Stafeeva, Kiseliv, Bocharin, 2019)
7th edition:
(Vorobyov et al., 2019)
