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APA 7th Edition Citation Style Guide

APA Citation Guide

From a Database

General Rule:

Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis (Publication No. #) [Doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis, Name of Institution Awarding the Degree], Name of Database.

Example:

Davis, P. M., (2010), Access, readership, citations: A randomized controlled trial of scientific journal publishing. (Publication No. 3429815[Doctoral dissertation, Cornell University], ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global.  

From the Web

General Rule:

Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis [Doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis, Name of Institution], Name of Website, URL

Example:

Buckman, A., (1997), MOOSE Crossing: Construction, community, and learning in a networked virtual world for kids, [Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology], DSpace@MIT, https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/33821

Unpublished (in print from a university library)

General Rule:

Author, A. A., (year), Title of doctoral dissertation or master’s thesis [Unpublished doctoral

dissertation or master’s thesis], Name of Institution.

Example:

Smith, J.P., (1972), A study of instructional objectives and methods for interpersonal communication, [Unpublished master’s thesis], Harvard University.