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How to cite using APA in the Health Sciences

In-Text Citations

The APA Publication Manual requires that you cite each reference in your writing using author-date citation style. In-text citations may appear in the body of the paper, including the text, tables, figures, footnotes, or appendices. 

  • This means that each reference requires, at the very least, the author name and the date of publication.
  • You can use parenthetical citations: (author, year) or narrative citations: author (year).
  • No matter how many times you cite a source in-text, it only appears in the reference list once.  

Missing Information?

Don't leave it blank! Find out how to properly indicate that information is missing from one of your reference elements by reading more about missing information.

Acknowledgement

Information on this page was adapted from "Chapter 8: Works Credited in the Text", in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), as well as the APA webpage, "In-Text Citations".