List the last name of the author. For example: James. If the author is an organization, list the name of the organization. If there is no known author, list the title of the work in place of the author's last name. Major works such as books should be italicized. Minor works such as poems, articles and websites should appear in quotation marks.
List the page number you are referencing.
Place both the author's last name and the page number within parentheses, with no punctuation between them. For example: (James 49).
Position your citation directly after the quoted or paraphrased passage. For example: Some have claimed that relativity theory is misguided; in the words of one scientist, "there is no reason to believe Einstein whatsoever" (James 49).
If you mention the author by name in the sentence, you may omit it from your citation. For example:
Some have claimed that relativity theory is misguided; Robert James went so far as to state that "there is no reason to believe Einstein whatsoever" (49).
List the last name of the author, followed by a comma. For example: James,. If the author is an organization, list the name of the organization. Organizational names should also be followed by a comma. If there is no known author, list the title of the work in place of the author's last name. Major works such as books should be italicized. Minor works such as poems, articles and websites should appear in quotation marks. Titles must also be followed by a comma. If your title appears in quotation marks, the comma should fall within the quotation marks. For example: "Communism,"
List the year of publication, followed by a comma. For example: 1988,
List the page number. In APA style, you must precede the page number with a lowercase letter "p" followed by a period. For example: p. 49
Arrange the elements of your citation so that they appear in order and enclose them in parentheses. For example: (Jameson, 1988, p. 49)
Position your citation directly after the quoted or paraphrased passage. For example: Some have claimed that relativity theory is misguided; in the words of one scientist, "there is no reason to believe Einstein whatsoever" (James, 1988, p. 49).
If you mention the author by name in the sentence, you may omit it from your citation. In this case, split your citation into two pieces. Position the year of publication in parentheses after the name of the author. The page number should remain directly after the quoted passage. For example: Some have claimed that relativity theory is misguided; Robert James (1988) went so far as to state that "there is no reason to believe Einstein whatsoever" (p. 49).